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It’s unlikely that we’ll be able to dance without inhibition and drink until the wee hours of the night (or morning) at any of our old haunts any time soon.
For the meantime, “until we can get drinks together again,” Manila Takeout has released a series of shirts that pay tribute and raise funds for some of Metro Manila’s beloved watering holes.
Manila Takeout, a design initiative that’s been releasing shirts designed by Filipino artists in collaboration with iconic Filipino restaurants to produce merchandise, announced Sunday, August 23, its third release of shirts that feature 5 of Metro Manila’s favorite bars.
All proceeds from the sales of the shirts will go to the bars and their service teams – as most of them remain closed, operate on a limited capacity, or have announced their closure after over 5 months in varying degrees of coronavirus lockdown.
The third release features the following shirt designs:
- OTO by EDSA
- Bowery by Elbert Uba
- Route 196 by Rob Cham
- Curator by CJ de Silva-Ong
- Today x Future by Bad Student
The 5 shirts can be ordered via the Manila Takeout website and are available on a pre-order basis. Shirts will only be produced once the two-week pre-order window is open and will be delivered 3 to 4 weeks from the release date. Each shirt costs P850.
Two of the establishments in the 3rd wave of merchandise designs have, sadly, closed shop. Today x Future, a popular spot and LGBTQ+ safe space, announced that it’d be leaving its Cubao spot in June. Future’s sister bar, Futurist in Poblacion, is still open and operates on a limited basis.
Route 196, a Quezon City institution that’s played host to the biggest names in OPM, announced on August 23 that it’d close shop. Live music venues and bars have struggled during the coronavirus pandemic, as quarantine protocols remain necessary in Metro Manila, where COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
Metro Manila, where all 5 bars are located, has been in different levels of quarantine since mid-March. – Rappler.com
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