We're Still Alive!

Sharing leftover stocks with the cafe staff.

Road-widening is in full swing!

The cafe has been closed for more than a week. We're facing two major challenges right now: our lack of electricity and the road-widening in front of us. We can't do anything about the latter but once the power comes back we WILL open and continue with life. Parking will be extremely difficult if not impossible. Please continue praying with us as we wait for Meralco to fix things up. Follow us on Twitter for real-time updates: www.twitter.com/cafeantonioelbi

Thank you for your concern, loyalty, and support!

Road-Widening Day 1 and Post-Glenda Menu

The road-widening project reached the cafe yesterday morning. We are closed because we still don't have electricity. We don't know when it will come back. If ever the power comes back, we will let you know via Twitter (twitter.com/cafeantonioelbi) and open immediately. But the road-widening project will give us lots of problems for parking space. So I guess, we are being encouraged to commute and ride bikes for a few months. 

Our post-Glenda Menu:

PIZZA

- Margherita Pizza

- Pepperoni Pizza

- All-Cheese Pizza

PANINI

- Lemon Chicken Panini

- Bacon and Ham Panini

- Veggie Panini

PASTA

- Tomato Basil Spaghettini

- Pasta Carbonara

- Spicy Tuna Pasta

Post-Glenda Update

Minimal damage suffered by the cafe, thank God! We will resume regular operations on Monday, July 21. Happy Sunday!

Menu Change/Diet Shift

Tofu Nuggets with Sweet Chili Soy Sauce (Php 159) #CafeAntonioWeeklySpecials #CafeAntonio #LuntiangLunes

The Blackeye: Doppio Sleepy Time Blend espresso with 4 oz pourover drip coffee. Ang sarap ng tama! (Php 110) #CafeAntonioWeeklySpecials #Blackeye

Dark Chocolate Apple Mint Shake: Homemade apple sauce blended with fresh spearmint leaves and milk (Php 120)  #CafeAntonioWeeklySpecials

At last, the reality of price hikes have hit us hard. It was bound to happen anyway. Vegetable and meat prices have sky-rocketed while people hide in their homes trying their best to save money. 

If you have noticed, our menu is gradually morphing. The idea has been hovering for a couple of years now but we decided not to make any abrupt changes. Instead we took baby steps leading to a grander plan.

We significantly reduced the number of our flavored and blended beverages. We stopped using food coloring. We started using organic produce. We set up a garden for our veggie supplies. We added a vegetarian menu section. We introduced vegetarian dishes for Luntiang Lunes. We started using malunggay in our dishes. And we will be releasing a line of local and sustainable dishes at the end of every month for our #CafeAntonioWeeklySpecials promo.  And we started planting coffee seedlings (arabica and robusta)

The grand plan is to get all of our food ingredients locally. And it should be organic! And we should know the farmer! Along with this we would like to develop a healthy menu that is more resilient to price hikes.  

It's gonna be a long-term project, no doubt. But it's gonna be a good future to look forward to. And work hard for.

Cafe Antonio's garden at Kainos Farm

Growing sweet basil, lettuce, cherry tomato, cucumber, and other herbs, fruits and vegetables at Kainos Farm

Road-Widening Starts on Monday

#CafeAntonioWeeklySpecials (July 7 to 13)

Vegetarian Shitake Mushroom Malunggay Burger with Basil and White Cheese (Php 120)

Spearmint and Calamansi Iced Tea (Php 80)

Ethiopia Konga on Aeropress from Craft Coffee Revolution (Php 100)