Cafe Inggo: caffeine fix at Santo Domingo Church
ON THE night of the feast of St. Dominic, a small, cozy café tucked in the corner of the Santo Domingo Parish and convent complex in Quezon Avenue went abuzz with customers.
UST alumnus and ex-seminarian Vic Alcuaz expected only 60 people during the soft opening of the St. Dominic-inspired Café Inggo. But to his whole kitchen and café staff’s surprise, more than 150 people came to visit after the Aug. 8 Mass in honor of the founder of the Order of Preachers.
Alcuaz named his café after the Dominican band “Inggo 1587.” Fr. Jomar Sibug O.P., an original member of the band, asked him to open a café inside the parish compound.
Alcuaz, who is friends with many Dominican friars, said St. Dominic’s charism inspired the interiors and the motifs of the café.
“I thought of this concept. And I want it aligned to the church. The interiors will have to be Dominican,” Alcuaz told the Varsitarian.
Café Inggo’s curtains are black and white, the Dominican colors, and are drawn to the side. A huge portrait of St. Dominic hangs on the wall.
Artist Alex Uy’s illustrations of Dominican churches in Albay and Cagayan are on display.
UST alumnus and ex-seminarian Vic Alcuaz expected only 60 people during the soft opening of the St. Dominic-inspired Café Inggo. But to his whole kitchen and café staff’s surprise, more than 150 people came to visit after the Aug. 8 Mass in honor of the founder of the Order of Preachers.
Alcuaz named his café after the Dominican band “Inggo 1587.” Fr. Jomar Sibug O.P., an original member of the band, asked him to open a café inside the parish compound.
Alcuaz, who is friends with many Dominican friars, said St. Dominic’s charism inspired the interiors and the motifs of the café.
“I thought of this concept. And I want it aligned to the church. The interiors will have to be Dominican,” Alcuaz told the Varsitarian.
Café Inggo’s curtains are black and white, the Dominican colors, and are drawn to the side. A huge portrait of St. Dominic hangs on the wall.
Artist Alex Uy’s illustrations of Dominican churches in Albay and Cagayan are on display.
