BigNorm

Korean takeout counter · 1 location · Brooklyn: Carroll Gardens

A tiny Korean takeout counter on Smith Street with two stools and a bibimbap menu. It comes from the family behind the Mill, the Columbia-area Korean restaurant that closed in 2021 after 35 years, and the lime rickey came with them.

Founder-run

The Big Picture

Genuinely Independent

BigNorm is one small Korean takeout counter on Smith Street, with no outside investor in any filing and no franchising, run by the family whose Columbia-area restaurant closed in 2021 after 35 years. As a single storefront open since late 2022, it has almost no public labor, environmental, or sourcing record yet, and it names no suppliers. It answers to one family-held New York corporation rather than to a fund or a franchisor.

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Local ownership

9/10

Founder involvement

7/10

Worker pay & benefits

6/10

Environmental impact

6/10

Sourcing & labor

6/10

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Company data last updated August 2026

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