TAPIKA

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                    [Title] => Lite and Live at Tapika
                    [Summary] => Rock bands are enjoying another peak period in the local entertainment scene. However, if you will take a closer scrutiny of the current big-selling tunes by these groups, The Day You Said Goodnight by Hale or Stay by Cueshe, you will find that what the public actually likes are not the rockers but the romantic ballads. And when the mood calls for mellow sounds that are "pang-emote," nothing beats going acoustic.


                    [DatePublished] => 2005-08-05 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Baby A. Gil
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                    [Title] => Another kind of Dimsum
                    [Summary] => Dennis Garcia, the man who created the Manila Sound with his group Hotdog and ushered in the glory days of Filipino pop music in the ‘70s, has recently returned to his one real–and I must say, great love–making music. And this kind he says is "Music that is not ‘manufactured’ to please a ‘targetted’ segment of our society, but to please everyone who loves beautiful music. (Sorta like…what Hotdog set out to do).’  Quixotic?  You bet."


                    [DatePublished] => 2004-04-05 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => The sounds of Tapika
                    [Summary] => The word Tapika means "rays of the sun" in a Native American  dialect.  It has proven to be most fitting for the sun, plus the moon and the stars have all been shining brightly on the resto-bar since it began operations more than two years ago.  Located at 220 Blueridge, Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, Tapika now plays host to a varied clientele who have discovered the easy charm of its homey ambience, reasonable prices, mouth-watering menu and best of all, great music. 


                    [DatePublished] => 2003-09-17 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Tapika: Lutong-bahay and not lasang-resto
                    [Summary] => How time flies! When celebrity photographer Richard Chen and I first went to Tapika in November last year, the bar-restaurant was barely a month old, having opened only on Oct. 12.
                    [DatePublished] => 2002-08-05 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134227
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                    [AuthorID] => 1697794
                    [AuthorName] => Ricky Lo
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                    [Title] => Where Acoustic Dreams come true
                    [Summary] => How lucky can these guys get? Two of them haven’t graduated (from a music course), but they’re having the time of their lives performing like there’s no tomorrow, and earning good money at that. The three-member band Acoustic Dream – composed of guitarist Jerome Rico, flutist Anna Santos and vocalist Ria Victorino – all come from UP College of Music. Of the trio, only Ria has graduated (major in piano), and only recently at that.


                    [DatePublished] => 2002-06-18 00:00:00
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                    [Title] => Lutong bahay, pica-pica and chica-chica at Tapika
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The invitation came from Baby Gil, Philippine STAR columnist (Sounds Familiar) and Viva Group of Companies VP for Corporate Media.


"There’s a new bar-restaurant along Katipunan Road, Blue Ridge (in Quezon City)," smiled Baby. "It’s called Tapika. You should try the food. One of the owners is Tess."


Tess R. Cruz, that is, a top executive also of Viva which is headed by her brother, "Boss" Vic del Rosario, Jr.


                    [DatePublished] => 2001-12-05 00:00:00
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Lite and Live at Tapika

By Baby A. Gil | August 5, 2005 - 12:00am

Rock bands are enjoying another peak period in the local entertainment scene. However, if you will take a closer scrutiny of the current big-selling tunes by these groups, The Day You Said Goodnight by Hale or Stay...

Entertainment

Another kind of Dimsum

By Baby A. Gil | April 5, 2004 - 12:00am

Dennis Garcia, the man who created the Manila Sound with his group Hotdog and ushered in the glory days of Filipino pop music in the ‘70s, has recently returned to his one real–and I must say, great love–making...

Entertainment

The sounds of Tapika

By Baby A. Gil | September 17, 2003 - 12:00am

The word Tapika means "rays of the sun" in a Native American dialect. It has proven to be most fitting for the sun, plus the moon and the stars have all been shining brightly on the resto-bar since it...

Entertainment

Tapika: Lutong-bahay and not lasang-resto

By Ricky Lo | August 5, 2002 - 12:00am

How time flies! When celebrity photographer Richard Chen and I first went to Tapika in November last year, the bar-restaurant was barely a month old, having opened only on Oct. 12.

Entertainment

Where Acoustic Dreams come true

June 18, 2002 - 12:00am

How lucky can these guys get? Two of them haven’t graduated (from a music course), but they’re having the time of their lives performing like there’s no tomorrow, and earning good money at that. The...

Entertainment

Lutong bahay, pica-pica and chica-chica at Tapika

By Ricky Lo | December 5, 2001 - 12:00am

The invitation came from Baby Gil, Philippine STAR columnist (Sounds Familiar) and Viva Group of Companies VP for Corporate Media. "There’s a new bar-restaurant along Katipunan Road, Blue Ridge (in Quezon...

Food and Leisure