Ten years after it was initially launched, the popular Bonifacio Global City’s weekend night market Mercato Centrale on Friday, August 6, opened its first physical restaurant called Mercato United Kitchen, a cloud kitchen housing 19 vendors for takeout and delivery.
Aiming to serve not just the customers but also “foodpreneurs” amid the pandemic, Mercato Centrale had been able to pivot into the growing global restaurant model of cloud kitchens while retaining the original Mercato spirit with al fresco dining setup and considering all protocols in place.
With its new brick-and-mortar concept, The Mercato United Kitchen is located in Ayala Circuit Mall in Makati City. It allows customers to order various dishes from different merchants under one delivery fee.
Their local brand partners include: Above Sea Level, Bounty Sprouts, Capa’s Seafood, Crisp,s Chef Rocky’s Kitchen, Green Meat Hub, Cabanatuan’s Harvest Cafe and Bistro, Ibarra’s Kitchen, Cavite’s Pizza, Didi Kahatea PH, Khuttz Diner, Kuranosuke, PARES Express, Takoichi, The Gourmet Kitchen, Tipsy Cream, Wildsmoke, and Woke Brothers.
They are also introducing international brands The Cheesecake Factory and Cebu’s Zubuchon Lechon to their roster.
Mercato United Kitchen is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm during enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) and from 10 am to 9 pm during general community quarantine (GCQ). Customers can order for citywide delivery via 7719-0808, Mercato’s website, GrabFood, Foodpanda, or DingDong PH. Contactless ordering in-store is also available via a QR code.
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Meanwhile, Al fresco dining with protocols will be allowed when the ECQ is lifted.
Mercato Centrale’s Midnight food fair was first launched in 2011 at the BGC Tent, featuring several local startups and food businesses in one place.
The weekend food festival closed for business at the start of March 2020’s lockdown. But they were able to launch their first online delivery portal in June 2020. They reopened for outdoor dining in October 2020 at High StrEAT, an outdoor takeout food market at the Bonifacio High Street Amphitheater in Taguig City.
RJ Ledesma, an award-winning host, serial entrepreneur and also serves as Honorary Vice Consul of Monaco to the Philippines, co-founded the food and lifestyle night market.
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