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Cafe Juanita, Kapitolyo: A (Lovingly Biased) Deep Dive Into My Favorite Filipino Comfort Food Haunt
Let’s get the disclaimer out of the way first, because I believe in truth in advertising: I am not an objective narrator here. Cafe Juanita is my favorite restaurant in Kapitolyo, full stop, and I have been going back so often that the servers no longer bother asking if it’s my first time. So if this review reads a little starry-eyed in places, that’s why. I’m not a food critic parachuting in for one meal and a hot take — I’m a regular, and regulars are, by definition, a little bit in love with the place they keep returning to. That said, “biased” doesn’t mean “blind.” I’ve had enough meals…


