Kuappi

Kuappi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈku̯ɑpːi]) is a restaurant in Iisalmi, Finland. According to Guinness World Records, it is the smallest restaurant in the world. The building has a footprint of 8 m2 (86 sq ft), of which 3.6 m2 (39 sq ft) is indoors.

Not to be confused with Kauppi.

The building housing the restaurant was constructed in 1907 as a cabin for Finnish State Railways (now VR Group) track inspectors to rest in, and it was later moved from its trackside location to its current place. It was named Korkki for a long time. Inside the building is a bar, a television, one table for two people and a toilet. The interior of the restaurant is fully licensed to serve alcohol and can seat two people in addition to a waiter. There is also a small terrace outdoors. In late May 2020, there was an announcement that because of the COVID-19 restrictions only one customer could enter the restaurant at a time in early summer 2020. The terrace could still seat two customers as terraces were free of customer limit restrictions.

The name of the restaurant, Kuappi, means "cupboard" in English. The actual word in Finnish is kaappi, but the double vowel "aa" tends to morph into "ua" in Savonian dialects, hence kaappi becomes kuappi.

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