Chic-Boy, the popular roast chicken and pork restaurant chain, is the last place one would expect to feature live music. But for the past few years, its Timog Avenue branch in Quezon City has been enjoying full-house crowds—who not only feast on lechon manok and liempo, but also watch its star performer, Cathy Go.
You don’t have to be a gambler to enjoy the nightlife at Resorts World Manila (Newport Boulevard, Newport City, Pasay). Although it’s the sight of security men guarding the casino entrance that greets guests, there’s actually a lot to do here than just play blackjack, baccarat, or the slot machines.
What was once part of a somber military camp—where the likes of Ninoy Aquino, Serge Osmeña and Geny Lopez were once imprisoned—is now a vibrant “gimik” place called Bonifacio Global City (or BGC) in Taguig.
You would not imagine that inside the car exchange dealership compound Auto Camp (Ortigas Avenue Extension, Pasig, across The Medical City) is a bar and grill joint called Ang Pulo.
There is only one place that comes to mind whenever friends would like to hang out in Cubao—the Araneta Center.
Twenty years ago, singer-songwriter Jay Durias cofounded the band South Border, named in honor of his birthplace in southern Philippines, Davao. To celebrate the milestone this year, he took the band on a club tour that kicked off a few weeks ago at 19 East in Sucat, Parañaque.
Harbor Square at the CCP complex is an ideal place to have dinner and a few drinks before watching the Circus Band-New Minstrels gig on Sept. 20 at the PICC.
When the SM Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena opened in May last year with Lady Gaga’s two-night concerts, we heaved a sigh of relief—finally we won’t have to suffer from watching gigs at the so-called MOA concert grounds which was actually a parking lot.
It was too early to indulge in the foamy brew at 3 p.m., but that was the whole point of attending the media launch of the Megaworld Lifestyle Malls Beer Festival last Thursday at Publiko in Eastwood, Quezon City.
I remember very well that it was June 1977 that fashion designer Ernest Santiago jolted Manila with the opening of Coco Banana, a disco club in the heart of the Malate district where many bohemians converged.
