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Sugbo Mercado reopens with safety measures in place

Ryan Macasero

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Sugbo Mercado reopens  with safety measures in place

Sugbo Mercado

Sugbo Mercado at The Garden Bloc in IT Park will be open from 11 am to 8 pm Wednesdays to Sundays. Street Food by Sugbo is open at Ayala Terraces from 11 am to 8 pm Mondays to Saturdays.

After nearly 5 months out of operation, food market staples in Cebu City Sugbo Mercado reopens on Wednesday, August 12.

According to a press release from Sugbo Mercado, both markets will open and close earlier than its pre-pandemic hours.

Sugbo Mercado at The Garden Bloc in IT Park will be open from 11 am to 8 pm Wednesdays to Sundays. Street Food by Sugbo is open at Ayala Terraces from 11 am to 8 pm Monday to Saturdays.

This is the first time the food markets will be open since Cebu City first went on lockdown late March.

The city went through almost 4 straight months of enhanced community quarantine until restrictions were eased on August 1, when Cebu City was placed on general community quarantine (GCQ) after cases of the new coronavirus started going down.

Sugbo Mercado’s management team, however, said they took time to put safety measures in place before re-opening.

“Sugbo Mercado and Street Food’s open-air setup already mitigate risk as COVID-19 transmission is less likely to occur in outdoor settings versus indoors,” the food events company said in a press statement. “One can enjoy their old favorites and even discover new ones in the safety of our outdoor locations and with our enhanced sanitation and security protocols.”

What are new health measures in place?

A no-mask, no-entry policy will be enforced at the market locations.

Entry is registered via a health declaration form and QR codes for visitors for contact tracing purposes.

Signages are put up for physical distancing reminders, while safety barriers between vendors and guests have also been set-up.

For this week’s run, only take-out and delivery will be available via Food Panda or the in-house Let’s Eat Bai LEB delivery service.

Dine-in will only be allowed at 50% capacity starting Wednesday, August 19.

“When dine-in will be allowed, we’ll set the tables two meters apart. One table only per group, there will be no sharing if not with the same group or couple or family,” JP Chiongbian, a co-founder of the outdoor food markets, told Rappler.

STREET FOOD. Street Food at the Ayala Center is re-opening for the first time since the coronavirus outbreak.
Street Food Cebu
Which places are open?

Here are some of the places you may have been missing that will be open at Sugbo Mercado starting this week:

  • Hebrews Shebrews;
  • Cribs;
  • Lemon Boss;
  • Kuzina Guadalupe;
  • Pasta Hut;
  • Tropic;
  • BPT- Banana Pancake Trail;
  • My Sassy House;
  • Cheat day;
  • Ville Fruit;
  • OG Burger’s;
  • Manok Bisaya;
  • Macology 101;
  • Happy Dipping;
  • Nanay Nidas;
  • Apurado;
  • Sisig Bar;
  • Mr. Bones;

At StreetFood at Ayala Terraces:

  • Balot sa Nigo;
  • Berto’s Habhaban;
  • Mini Kickers fishballs;
  • Unit 62;
  • Ngohiong House;
  • Everest Cebu Ice Cream;

– Rappler.com

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Ryan Macasero

Ryan covers social welfare for Rappler. He started at Rappler as social media producer in 2013, and later took on various roles for the company: editor for the #BalikBayan section, correspondent in Cebu, and general assignments reporter in the Visayas region. He graduated from California State University, East Bay, with a degree in international studies and a minor in political science. Outside of work, Ryan performs spoken word poetry and loves attending local music gigs. Follow him on Twitter @ryanmacasero or drop him leads for stories at ryan.macasero@rappler.com