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🇵🇭 Historic Filipinotown, Eagle Rock & Cerritos

Filipino SoCal: Historic Filipinotown & Cerritos

Greater LA is home to one of the largest Filipino communities in the U.S. Here's where families find Jollibee and turo-turo home cooking, Filipino supermarkets, bakeries, the country's largest Filipino-American history mural, and Simbang Gabi at Christmas.

Curated by Simir Shah

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8 spots across Southern California — add your zip or city to sort by what's closest to you

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Island Pacific Supermarket

Cerritos

A Filipino grocery and seafood market on South Street with a hot-food counter serving turo-turo (point-point) dishes like adobo, sinigang, and lumpia.

🗓️ Daily 8am–9pm

Free32 mi

Seafood City Supermarket

Cerritos

Flagship of the Filipino-American supermarket chain, stocking fresh seafood, tropical produce, and pantry staples; the same complex houses Grill City and Red Ribbon Bakeshop for lunch and pasalubong.

🗓️ Daily 8am–9pm

Free32 mi

Red Ribbon Bakeshop

Cerritos

A Filipino bakeshop chain known for ube cake, mango cake, and ensaymada, located in the Seafood City complex on Norwalk Blvd.

🗓️ Daily 8am–9pm

Free49 mi

Historic Filipinotown Gateway & Unidad Park Mural

Los Angeles

Unidad Park on Beverly Blvd holds the largest mural of Filipino-American history in the U.S. ('Gintong Kasaysayan, Gintong Pamana,' 1995); the 2022 'Talang Gabay: Our Guiding Star' gateway arches over Beverly Blvd nearby.

🗓️ Daylight hours, year-round

Free49 mi

Our Lady of Loretto Catholic Church

Los Angeles

A parish on N. Union Ave serving Historic Filipinotown that hosts Simbang Gabi, the nine-day Filipino dawn-Mass novena leading up to Christmas.

🗓️ Mass times vary; Simbang Gabi mid-December

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Bahay Kubo Restaurant

Los Angeles · Restaurant

A long-running turo-turo (point-point) cafeteria-style Filipino eatery on W. Temple St in Historic Filipinotown, serving home-style dishes such as kare-kare, dinuguan, and pancit.

🗓️ Mon–Sat 7am–7pm, Sun 7am–5pm

💵 $ Filipino

Free50 mi

Eagle Rock Plaza (Little Manila)

Los Angeles

Nicknamed the 'Mall of Manila,' this Eagle Rock mall anchors the Filipino community with Jollibee, Chowking, and a Seafood City Marketplace among its tenants.

🗓️ Mall hours, daily

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Jollibee Eagle Rock

Los Angeles · Restaurant

The popular Philippine fast-food chain inside Eagle Rock Plaza, known for its Chickenjoy fried chicken, Jolly Spaghetti, and peach-mango pie; one of its busiest U.S. branches.

🗓️ Daily, mall hours

💵 $ fast food

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A warm note: these are real, verified places to help a newcomer family get oriented — and your community is far richer than any short list. Hours and details change, so confirm before visiting, and suggest a place we should add. Looking for celebrations? See the cultural-festivals calendar.