Top Bay Area Filipino spots to satisfy your sweet tooth this new year
Kickstarting your new year may be full of resolutions, things to manifest for 2024 and regaining that pre-holiday weight. Why not add something sweet as the cherry on top of your New Year’s list? These Filipino food spots in the Bay Area serve a dose of sweetness, sweet tooth or not.
Not just a diverse food haven, but San Francisco in the Bay Area also has various visual art events ready to wake up the Picasso in you. Before getting your schedules full in the first month of the year, you might need some energy boosters aka – sweets.
Your guide to Filipino desserts in the Bay Area
From food trucks to artisanal shops and iconic Pinoy food spots, here are the Filipino desserts havens ready to give you a sugar rush to kickstart your new year.
Binka Bites
Christmas may be over but bibingka lives forever in this Filipino shop. Picture this: Perfectly-portioned, bite-sized bibingka with a modern twist, that’s exactly what Binka Bites has to offer.
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Must-try: Binka pizzas (in Jalapeño cheddar and Pepperoni savory), Binka bites topped with macapuno, langka (jackfruit), mango cream or leche flan
Located at: 979 Broadway #106, Millbrae CA
Ube Area
Ube when whipped into a sweet treat? A dessert made in heaven. This beloved spot for everything ube will let you in for some ube feast with their Ubento variety box. Its location? Ooh Bay Area!
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Must-try: Ube cannoli, cassava ube cake with flan on top, ube cake truffles, ube pocket pie
Located at: 2229 Railroad Ave, Pittsburg, California
Also, you can order online at UbeAreaBakery.com
You may also like: 5 easy ube desserts you can make at home
Sweet Condesa
If you love tartlets and pies with a dash of welcoming vibes from the business owner Melody Anne Lorenzo, Sweet Condesa has you covered.
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Must try: Brazo de Mercedes tartlets, kamote pie, pandan meringue, or halo-halo panna cotta
Located at: 6000 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon, CA 94583
Marley’s Treats
Filipino food trucks run by our fellow Filipinos are thriving all across the US and Marley’s Treats is a living testament of food truck dreams coming true. Rolling up and serving up Filipino classics is this food spot in Hayward.
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Must try: Ube cupcakes, cheesecake flan, ube flandesal, ube tiramisu and smores
Located at: 838 B St, Hayward, CA 94541
Alnico
Brunch or merienda Filipino style? This is the place for you. Sweets aside, Alnico also offers savory meals, from salads to bistek and sisig, to name a few.
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Must try: Ube hotcakes drenched in creamy ube coconut sauce, French toast and pandan waffles
Located at: 1050 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Kokak Chocolates
Too visually aesthetic to eat but you’re in for a chocolate indulgence like no other. Queer and woman owner Carol Gancia is the brain behind this sweet gem.
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Must try: Mixed box of chocolate variants, dried mangoes dipped in dark chocolate, a new concoction of salty to sweet and spicy — chocolate blend of candied ginger, sesame seeds, orange rind, masago arare and nori
Located at: 3901 18th Street, San Francisco, California 94114
Abacá
A premier and Michelin guide dining spot offering a four-course Chef’s tasting menu also boasts of its sweet delights alongside their sumptuous Filipino dishes.
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Must try: Bibingka pancakes, buko lychee cream puff, apple pie ala mode (with langka and tanglad or lemongrass stuffing) and fried ube mochi
Located at: 2700 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA (inside Kimpton Alton Hotel)
Luisa & Son
A food charmer since the 1950s, it’s not just your tastebuds traveling to sugar wonderland but it also brings nostalgia. Their chicken empanada and pancit Malabon are also timeless.
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Must try: Buko tarts, polvoron, ube and buko pandan ensaymada, yema balls
Located at: 4128 Dyer St, Union City, CA 94587
Mitchell’s Ice Cream
It’s where tradition meets innovation, promising a year-round of ice cream affair. Up in business since 1953, Mitchell’s Ice Cream has been sourcing its ingredients from the Philippines.
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Must try: holiday favorite eggnog flavor, pumpkin, cantaloupe, vegan flavor Colombian coffee and peach
Located at: 688 San Jose Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110
Valerio’s Tropical Bakeshop
Baking memories since the 70s, get ready to travel back in time with comforting sweets that never gets old.
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Must try: fresh pan de sal, ube coffee cake, buchi (fried mochi balls), and ube cheese pan de sal
Located at: Several locations in the Bay Area
Dessert aficionados or just craving Filipino sweets, these Bay Area gems will transport you back home.
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