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Filipino-American “Dessert Bar”
Fil-American in Koreatown, Los Angeles
In 2015, the United States Census Bureau American Community Survey estimated that there were over 3.8 million Filipinos in the United States.
In 2018, the American Community Survey estimated the population of Filipinos in the United States to be over 4 million.
There are a substantial number of establishments serving the Filipino American community in Koreatown — Pinoy grocery stores, bakeshops, restaurants, financial and shipping services… Even the Korean supermarkets carry a few Philippine items, such as mellorine ice-cream and sauces.
Filipino-American “Dessert Bar”
Seafood City is a chain of Filipino grocery stores. This branch is located in North Koreatown / New Filipinotown on Vermont Avenue, just north of Third Street. Carries Filipino ice cream (mellorine), bottled bagoong, halo-halo ingredients, and chicharon.
Usually open Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am – 9:00 pm.
Located just a few steps west of Western Avenue.
For shipping packages to the Philippines
For money remittance to the Philippines
Filipino-American bakeshop that opened in 2014 in the former spot of Goldilocks in North Koreatown. It is owned by the same family that handled the Goldilocks franchise for decades.
Items for sale include Filipino classics like silvañas, sans rival, ube pastries, hopia, mango cakes, polvoron, mamon, and siopao. Brazo de Mercedes rolls and customized cakes such as red velvet can be ordered in advance.
Filipino-American, not Filipino, food.
Associates itself with the notorious OMGpeke movement. Being boycotted by real Filipinos.
Adobo Hut was a Filipino stall at the now-defunct Wilshire/Normandie food court.