Filipino Hang-Outs

There are particular places you can go to meet new filipinos, or to find a lot of filipinos, or, if you are a filipino, go to hang out.

Filipino Community Center.
Address: 4681 Mission St. SF, Ca 94112
For more information go to: http://filipinocc.org/

Bayanihan Community Center.
1010 Mision Street, CA, San Francisco, 94103
For more information go to: http://www.bayanihancc.org/

Serramonte Center.
Highway 280 and Serramonte Blvd. Daly City, 94015
For more information go to: http://www.serramontecenter.com/

Saint Patrick's Church has Tagalog masses at 2pm Sundays.
756 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
For more information go to: http://www.stpatricksf.org/

Petitions

Many Filipinos came to the United states with petitions. Meaning that one family member can issue a paper(petition) to send one relative to the United States(beneficiary). After a beneficiary receives their petition, very often they will file for citizenship, or get married to become a citizen.

Filipino Traditions

The Filipinos in the Bay Area preserve relevance of their traditions, here are some traditional Filipino clothes:

Wedding Traditions veil and cord 

Money Dance

Filipino Barong(sp)

Butterfly Shoulder Dress

Also, When we were doing online research for Filipino traditions, we came upon this very interesting story from a filipino blogger:

“Jun, don’t forget the rice and salt,” my mom hurriedly said before our goodbyes. “Yes, of course. We’re taking a dozen eggs from the girls along with the rice and salt to the house tonight.” I said. My family rented and moved three times before we could afford a house that we called our own. Filipinos say taking rice and salt to a new home brings prosperity. For me, it isn’t superstition. It is a tradition, a reminder of who I am and where I am from. 

More from this blog can be found here : http://blog.junbelen.com/2012/11/07/rice-and-salt/

Filipino Restaurants in the Bay Area

For the filipinos in the Bay Area, there is no problem finding food that is just like at home. These foods can be found at famous chain restaurants like:

Jollibee
http://www.jollibeeusa.com/

447 Great Mall Dr
Milpitas, CA
(408) 719-1344

6955 Mission St
Daly City, CA
(650) 755-4848

32460 Dyer St
Union City, California
(510) 324-2075

Jollibee is a Filipino fast-food chain. You can find Jolibee in:

Goldilocks

http://www.goldilocks-usa.com

4516 Mission St

San Francisco

(415) 333-6963

3535 Callan Blvd

S San Francisco

(650) 873-0565

2030 Diamond Blvd

Concord

(925) 825-8881

Goldilocks is a Filipino Bake Shop, you can find Goldilocks in:

Manila Bay

In several malls food courts or strip malls (Serramonte and South San Francisco in the Lowes Strip Mall on El Camino).

Red Ribbon
redribbonbakeshop.us/‎

Red Ribbon Bake shop is a bakery, and can be found in:

6877 Mission St

Daly City

(650) 755-2376

3434 Enterprise Ave

Hayward

(510) 783-9469

3495 Sonoma Blvd

Vallejo

(707) 554-2025