In and around Kuopio you can eat well in establishments offering traditional home cooking and in high class à la carte restaurants. Eight well-known Kuopio restaurants serve the KuopioMenu with 3–6 courses bringing out the best local ingredients.

Kuopio Market Square is the heartbeat of the city where you’ll encounter all the fun things offered by the Savo region at its best. The Market Square is also the place to shop for the genuine tastes of Northern Savo. And right next to the Square is the old Market Hall, which has for a century been the traditional place to buy fresh meat, fish and bakery products, including time-honoured delicacies such as the kalakukko fish pasty, a variety of pies, and rieska bread, all set out alongside more contemporary products.