Press Release

Filipino Restaurant Month (FRM 2022) Supports MB The Place To Be’s Pivot during the Pandemic from Entertainment Place to Serving Filipino Specialties

2022-04-25

PR-2022-25

Toronto, 09 April – Consul General Orontes V. Castro visited MB The Place To Be with members of the media to try out the prix fixe offerings of MB The Place To Be in support of its participation in the FRM 2022 this whole month of April 2022. He was accompanied by Consul Mary Grace Villamayor.

Before the pandemic, MB The Place To Be was a known hang-out place of Canadian locals and overseas Filipinos who want to enjoy the comedy or karaoke nights scheduled from Thursdays to the weekends. During its comedy nights, patrons are able to watch the comedy sets of numerous stand-up comedians of various backgrounds and representations.

Pandemic restrictions greatly affected the operations of MB The Place To Be. In order to weather the challenges, its owners decided to pivot from an entertainment place serving delicious bar food to a restaurant that delivers quality Filipino food that can satisfy the food curiosity of local Canadians. Its owners and cooks studied which representative Filipino dishes to best include in their menu to directly appeal to the broad Canadian market they had as an entertainment place, and they experimented on taste and quantity that can best please to broaden their Canadian local and overseas Filipino patrons. The result is rich-tasting Filipino dishes which are already enjoying interest world-wide such as adobo and sisig, with a twist and in generous servings. MB the Place To Be partnered with various delivery apps to make their menu accessible to a wider GTA market, which during the pandemic became more adventurous in choosing what food to eat.

Everyone can enjoy a sample of MB The Place To Be’s well-curated menu of well-loved Filipino dishes when ordering their FRM 2022 prix fixe offerings’ generous meal servings, each can be shared by two. END—

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