I’ve never seen any kind of fresh fruit offered at a U.S. Korean restaurant- we sometimes go to a Korean big box store- it carries all kinds of Chinese, Japanese and especially Korean foods (it is a Korean company) with a huge fresh produce dept., but I never looked there for fresh jujubes.
I know enough about Korea to know that there are a wide range of Koren cultures all with different food traditions. Given how good they taste raw, I would find it very surprising if they aren’t frequently eaten that way in parts of Korea, that would make no sense to me because I want to eat the two in the picture right now. The fresh ones I ate at the site were delicious, and the Korean woman who shared them with me certainly enjoyed them raw. She also uses them in a lot of recipes, but this was the first year they bore a big crop, so she’s probalby talking about dried ones. She gets her Korean food at the same place my wife and I go to.
I have read two of the good to eat fresh types(according to CHAT) discussed on this forum, if memory serves.
In face in this column one of our faithful leaders mentioned planting 3 varieties, and I believe all are noted for their good quality fresh. Jujubes- Our New Adventure