CARLOS RECOMMENDS...
MAKATI AVENUE MON AMOUR
It's no secret that I just love love love the I Love You Store (above) But as of late I've been discovering that the neighborhood - especially the areas within a fifteen minute walking radius from the I Love You - is turning out to be quite lovable as well. Aside from the easy picks of Barrio Fiesta (where the cooks and waiters sing - Makati Ave cor. Valdez Tel.8994020), Gulliver's Steakhouse (Great Eastern's affordable alternative to the Intercon's Prince Albert), P. Burgos street (where we all know is still the best place to find...a taco salad - Filling Station Diner: 5012 P. Burgos St. Tel: 897-2053), and the Museo ng Makati (which I have never entered but looks interesting from the outside), here are a couple of other places I discovered:
KARMA
The Jetsons and Studio 54 have a joint garage sale. Moderist furniture from many decades stuffed into one basement store (above). Although some stuff you find here might be recognizable from the Evangelista Street flea markets, what sets this place apart is that everything is curated. Almost everything here is something I would have chosen myself actually. It's not as cheap as one would hope but haggling is permitted. Besides, everything is in pretty good condition and you are paying for real period pieces too. Most of the furniture were originally manufactured in the Philippines in the mid-2oth century. I especially love the original cane and hardwood office chairs nicked from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Check out their website here.
KARMAThe Jetsons and Studio 54 have a joint garage sale. Moderist furniture from many decades stuffed into one basement store (above). Although some stuff you find here might be recognizable from the Evangelista Street flea markets, what sets this place apart is that everything is curated. Almost everything here is something I would have chosen myself actually. It's not as cheap as one would hope but haggling is permitted. Besides, everything is in pretty good condition and you are paying for real period pieces too. Most of the furniture were originally manufactured in the Philippines in the mid-2oth century. I especially love the original cane and hardwood office chairs nicked from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. Check out their website here.
AFFETTO CAFEA very cute little cafe (above) located on the second floor of a building right between The I Love You Store and Karma. The ambience is eclectic, the music is jazzy, and the espresso is as strong a three dollar snort of crack. They also serve Italian cheese and cold cuts. As of this posting, wine and alcohol are not served but they said that they are working on their license.
Tel. 8903194/92
7838 Makati Avenue
And all these places stay open till late (8pm for the cafe, midnight or so for I Love You and Karma), so one can feasibly check these places out right after work, right before going to club at Government, or before going to P. Burgos to look for that...taco salad.
posted by carlosceldran @ 12:25 PM
5 Comments:
tacos? is that what they are calling it nowadays? In my day, we called it something much different.
met one of the designers in the i love you store. he's extremely young and talented. was very impressed. hope it's okay to link you up in my blog. i love to travel too. will constantly be lookin here in your blog and save enought to go on to one of your tours or recommendations.
(where we all know is still the best place to find...a taco salad
Wehehehe. Good one. ;p
A friend has suggested chacking out the interesting finds in the 1001 korean groceries and stores throughout the Poblacion neighborhood, not far from P Burgos and those tacos. I must admit to enjoying the style of the building which houses I love you, and used to wonder why they don't just build up the entire street with that architecture. Faux French district in Makati.... hmmmm....
I love that building too.
The guy who owns it wanted to make it look like San Francisco daw.
Love it. Yes. I wonder who the architect is...
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