Beyond Alcoholic Beverages and Shots, Is There Anything Else from Baguio Bars and Restos?

I don’t drink. (“,)

That being established, it doesn’t necessarily mean that bars don’t have anything to offer a foodie like me.  For one thing, I like eating pulutan/finger foods.  *yumyum (Much to my drinker friends’ chagrin *hihi  Thanks for feeding me you, guys! ^^,)  Another thing, there are a number of establishments in the city that double up as restaurants (and have succeeded \m/).  Here are the drinking places on my list (that I thought offered the prospect of good food/meals):

1.)    Dugout Sports Bar

2.)    The Gallery

3.)    Concoctions

4.)    Eat Avenue/Shot Circuit

5.)    Kalye Luna

Dugout Sports Bar

Dug Out is a sports bar that opens at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Race and I got mushroom cracklings, red sox seafood pasta, and tofu bean cakes from here.  I love their tofu bean cakes (although they’re more cubes than cakes really, teenie tiny flavorful tofu cubes (“,)).

Red Sox seafood pasta, tofu bean cakes *yum (“,) and mushroom cracklings

If you’re planning on eating heartily, you might want to get your food from somewhere else first.

Surroundings, Interior, Details and Me (happy with my tofu bean cakes) (“,)

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Dug Out Sports Bar

Leonard Wood Road

Baguio City, Philippines

The Gallery Cafe (sure, you are) and Restaurant 

Race and I went to the Gallery as part of a binging fest to cross off a number of places on my Baguio resto list at one time.  They were open as early as 10 a.m. and they had a ton of stuff to offer (breakfast meals, rice meals, pasta, etc.  Weeee!)  The only stuff we could fit in our tummies after eating elsewhere was the buffalo wings, graham cake and rootbeer float.

The Gallery – menu, surroundings and me

Dining at the Gallery

The buffalo wings look kind of dry but they were very tasty – flavorful to the bone minus the sticky icky fingers.  \m/  We’ll have to come back here again when we haven’t eaten at other places so we could try the heavier stuff on the menu.  (Also, they have a new fusion menu that I’d love to sample.)

The Gallery rootbeer float and graham cake

(For now,)

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The Gallery Café and Restaurant

North Drive Street, Engineer’s Hill

Baguio City, Philippines

facebook.com/thegallerybc

Concoctions Bar and Resto

I’ve always been curious about what it looks like inside a particular section of Casa Generosa.  Concoctions Bar and Resto gave me the best excuse for a look-see.  Looking at their details on their Facebook page, I saw that they had meals to offer besides shots.  I was so ecstatic.  It also said in an album of their food offering that they open at 11 a.m. every day.  (I went through all those photos which made me hungry with every click.  Oh, man!)

Drowning myself in Italian soda …mango shake photo bomb =))

We got there at 5ish (afternoon, just to be clear) and sad to say, I didn’t get to satisfy my hunger there.  Their kitchen wasn’t open yet, the lady manning the bar said.  So you could say that everything (oh you, delectable looking meals in FB photos) wasn’t available.  All wasn’t lost, however, because Race got to try their best seller, the baby back ribs (which we had to wait a long time for *bleh).  I, on the other hand, took solace in their Italian soda selection (trying to entertain myself with the nice colors of the drink) but it didn’t help.  Plain and simple, I was disappointed (and super hungry argh!).

Baby Back Ribs

Food:  for the baby back ribs.  Zero for everything else because I didn’t get any food in my tummy and because their Facebook page was such a tease. *humph!

Service:   because the kitchen was closed even when we were there way into their hours of operation.

Ambiance: The place looks more mystical from the outside.  This is ‘curiosity killed the cat’ being personified in me. =))

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Concoctions Bar and Resto

Upper General Luna Road

Baguio City, Philipppines

facebook.com/concoctionsbarandresto

Shot Circuit Shooter and Cocktail Bar

The first time we took the trip to Shot Circuit a.k.a. Eat Avenue, the street bar was still closed.  (I say going to Shot Circuit is like taking a trip because the establishment is found in the outskirts of the city.)  We lingered in the vicinity thinking they would open since their Facebook page said their business hours are from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.  We didn’t get anywhere that day and we had to settle for one of my favorites – one of the more reliable restaurants to get some food.  (Always a winner! =D)

Before we took the trip for our next visit, I sent the owner a message asking if they were open.  When they said they were, Race and I found ourselves riding down Marcos Highway to try Shot Circuit’s Mexican food offering.   We got the quesadilla, huevos rancheros, beef and bean burritos, and the Hawaiian loco moco steak.

Loved their quesadilla – savory … so were the beef and bean burritos. \m/ Huevos rancheros – interesting. The Hawaiian loco moco steak didn’t really look like the one on the menu but it was okay. (“,)

We didn’t have any drinks then because the master drink mixer who was also the owner, went out to buy essentials for his bar.  The attendant who took care of us said, this hole-in-the-wall bar opens for business at 7 p.m.  (Oh, I see.  Noted =D)  We decided that we’d just come for another visit to try the shakes and other nonalcoholic beverages.

This is what a street bar looks like. =D  Hold on to your hair and nurse your drink in the  typhoon season! *heeharhar

Overall, the food was great – delicious, filling and also, (the best thing about it) easy on the pocket.  There was some stuff that wasn’t available but then we’ll just get those when we come back again.  Note to self: Go past 7 p.m. =b

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Shot Circuit Shooter and Cocktail Bar

Balacbac Feeder Road

Baguio City, Philippines

facebook.com/EatAvenue

Kalye Luna Art Bar and Restaurant

Seeing one of Kalye Luna’s desserts on foodspotting.com, I decided to give this art bar a try (against Race’s advice, after having so many disappointing experiences in bars).  Checking this establishment’s Facebook page, I found that they also offered other stuff to eat.  (Goodie.)  When we got there, however, many of the things we wanted (including the fried ice cream that I thought was so enticing) weren’t available.  We settled for their pork sisig (that’s missing an egg *teehee) and their camaron rebosado which was a filling enough meal.  However, i wasn’t really impressed.  (I’m doing the Mykayla Maroney face now.)

The menu, the food, the drink and the surroundings. =b

The Stage =)

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Kalye Luna Art Bar and Restaurant

Upper General Luna Road

Baguio City, Philippines

facebook.com/pages/Kalye-Luna/251307191631644?ref=ts&fref=ts

And the answer to the title question is yes (from certain establishments).  X marks Dug Out, The Gallery, and Eat Avenue/Shot Circuit for good food in Baguio.  Although they’re mainly bars, they still bring it for the people who want the good stuff, the filling stuff.  Thank you so much for your effort, guys!  (“,)