CHURCH IN DAGUPAN CITY




St. John Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist also known as Dagupan Cathedral is located among Burgos Street in Dagupan City, Pangasinan. It is the Cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan. It's Titular head is Archbishop Socrates B. Villegas. The Cathedral of Saint John in Dagupan City is the second church in the Archdiocese of Lingayen Dagupan to be granted the title “special bond of spiritual affinity” with one of the four papal basilicas worldwide. The first church to be granted this special title and privilege is the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manaoag bestowed by the papal basilica of Saint Mary Major. Francesco Cardinal Monterisi, Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of the Saint Paul outside the walls, has bestowed upon the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in the City of Dagupan a special bond of spiritual affinity with the papal basilica of Saint Paul outside the walls by virtue of decree from the Rome dated Februeary 15, 2012, the Eve of the 49th anniversary of the elevation of Lingayen Dagupan so the rank of a Metropolitan See.



MALLS IN DAGUPAN CITY

City Supermarket,Inc. 

CSI is a retailer under the CSI Group of Companies based in Dagupan City, Pangasinan, Philippines. It is the largest retailer in Northern Luzon.

It is operated by Belen Fernandez, an elected public official of Dagupan. Mayor Fernandez has led the CSI Group over the years to its enviable position in the local economy and has seen the need for a facility like Stadia in the city. Vice-President for Operations is Josephine Fernandez-Seen, an accomplished business figure in Dagupan.

From Candon, Ilocos Sur and Baguio City to Alaminos and Bayambang in Pangasinan, CSI has been in operation for the past decade providing the best service and value for money to its customers. Adding support to its operations is the largest cable network operator in the region USA TV beaming to thousands of households providing local news and public announcements as well as coverage of local activities held in and around Pangasinan. CSI is a major contributor to the economic growth of Region 1.

CSI has 13 retail centers. The new mall under construction in the town of Tayug will serve the eastern towns of Pangasinan. Tayug Mayor Carlos Trese Mapili said executives of CSI Group of Companies believed in the bullish economy of this eastern Pangasinan municipality.

NEPO MALL

Nepo Mall is the centerpiece of the Nepo Commercial Complex, which was developed in 1968.The mall and the complex are strategically situated at the convergence point of the city’s prime commercial, business, educational, religious, historical, cultural, and residential districts, all within a one kilometer radius. Nepo Mall Angeles opened its doors on December 14, 2002, with 24000 square meters of built area and 60% tenancy. On March 14, 2003, the 1000 square meter annex was opened, bringing the mall’s total area to 25000 square meters, with about 16,800 square meters of leasable space. By April 2003, occupancy had reached 80% and 96% by the end of 2004.

Nepo Mall Angeles is anchored by Robinsons Supermarket and Robinsons Department Store, the Fiesta Food Court, and Wonder Park Amusement. High performance stores include Abensons Appliances, Doctor’s Generic Pharmacy, National Book Store Express, Expressions, Jollibee, Chowking,Greenwich, KFC, Pizza Hut, Mang Inasal, Red Ribbon, Cindy’s, DIY Do-It-Yourself Hardware, Handyman Hardware, Smart Communications, LBC, Cebuana Lhuillier,Western Union, Jag, RRJ, Blues Brothers, Mendrez, Broadway Gems, Ideal Vision, and Photoline. Other attractions include over 100 micro-retail boutiques in an area called Nepo Lane, and over 40 techno-oriented retail micro-stores called Nepo Alley, which are owned and operated by local entrepreneurs.

CSI STADIA

Under the pioneering vision of the CSI Group of companies, CSI Stadia Jimmy Lim Fernandez Center opened in 2005 as the first and only world-class purpose-built facility in the Northern Luzon and Ilocos Region. The flexibility and the expanse of CSI Stadia was built to realize the vision of the company to make Dagupan City the prime location for business conferences, exhibitions, trade shows, concerts, and big events in the region. For eight years, CSI Stadia has been the preferred venue of the biggest exhibitions, professional trade shows, and spectacular shows in the region. Annual trade shows like the Sari-Sari Store Fair, Children’s Expo, CSI Home Expo Sale, regional DTI trade fairs, big gatherings of various religious groups and many more has been held annually at CSI Stadia. The high capacity and top-notch facility has also been the reason why CSI Stadia has been the preferred venue for a lot of regional shows of ABS-CBN, GMA 7, and TV5. Annual Valentines and Christmas concerts, headlined by the biggest recording artists in the country, has also been staged at CSI Stadia over the years. The CSI Center at Lucao District Dagupan City is located near national high ways connecting Dagupan and other neighboring towns. This prime location makes CSI Stadia easily accessible to those coming from other cities in the Ilocos region or those from Metro Manila. The city center of Dagupan is also easily accessible through the Joe deVenecia extension highway, making your travel time from one point to the other fast and traffic-free.
Making things more convenient, the CSI The City Mall is also right in front of CSI Stadia, where you can shop, dine and have fun during your stay at Dagupan City.

RESTAURANTS IN DAGUPAN CITY

MATUTINAS

Every Dagupeño knows about Matutina as having the best seafood dishes in Dagupan. It had existed and endured the test of time. The food scene in Dagupan has finally started to become lively, and there are several restaurants opening up and making a name for themselves right now. But Matutina still reserves a spot in our hearts.

In fact, it's so popular, it has other branches in Luzon, like one in Tarlac near SM Tarlac and another bigger venue in Dagupan at the De Venecia Highway.

Let's check out the food. Like the name implies, their specialty is seafood! Especially since Dagupan is a thriving fishing village filled with fishponds and near the sea.

The top dishes to order are the Crispy Shrimp, Shanghai Bangus, Ginataang Alimango/Hipon/Tangigue, Sweet and Sour Lapu-Lapu, Buttered Talaba and Sizzling Gambas and Bangus, and the Kinilaw na Bangus. To be honest, everything on their menu containing seafood is yummy! And you can be assured of the freshness. Let us not forget the Crab Rice or Binagoongang Rice!

KAHLUTS 

Dagupan City is well-known for their celebration of Bangus Festival specifically one of their events which is called “Kalutan ed Dalan.” This event is a main attraction for local or even international visitors because the event includes grilling of milk fish or ‘bangus’ along Dagupan streets. Everyone may want to come to this celebration or just taste the Dagupan’s grilled Bangus again but sadly, this only comes once in a year. “Khaluts” does not only give us a taste of province with their grilled bangus but also some tasteful dishes that are also grilled. This includes their sisig special and litsong manok (Roasted Chicken). One of the best things about Khaluts is their gravy which you can even eat alone with rice. They have a lot of dishes to choose from and you can even see them doing the grilling before they serve it to you. Khaluts really proved their goal to give the best at the most convenient price. It is a perfect place for the family, couples or ‘barkada’ who wish to enjoy grilled foods and other local delicacies. So if you want to take a voyage in the city of the Dagupan, you better take a stop over at Khaluts. Experience Dagupan City with the taste of their grilled bangus and other mouth-watering dishes.

SILVERIOS

Whenever you're in Dagupan and wants to experience great seafood with live bands, SILVERIO'S seafood restaurant is definitely the right place! The location is accessible. Seafood is always great and the value is just right. Good for special occasions and they also have function rooms and great river view.

This was one of the place to be while in Dagupan. Large restaurant. Service was good. Food was good. The atmospher is great. Also good for families. Saturday night. Live music starts at 8pm. The band sounded good. Many dishes in the menu to choose from. Next to the water- fish ponds. They have monkeys as pets for attraction. Crab sellers on boats are available. The coconut juice was fantastic. Large parking lot. Security on premises. Good for tourists. They always have the things that could attract the costumers.

MANG PEPINGS

Kainan ni Mang Peping offers variety of delicious “Lutong Bahay” foods which customers will surely loved aside from its relaxing ambiance and friendly service.  Located at De Venecia Highway Extension, Dagupan City. It's a typical Filipino food restaurant, with quite a large menu, staff is correct and friendly, the food is good and served hot in porcelain bowls with a cover. It's not expensive and there is a fan in the kubo. The place is developed by someone with architectural experience, nice plants, flowers and trees and many places with shadow.

CIUDAD ELMINA 

The Ciudad Elmina is located in Arzadon Compound Mayombo District Dagupan City. This wasbuilt last 2015. It was a seafood house that was visited by many tourist like Kris Aquino and other.

More and more tourists have been rediscovering the coastal city of Dagupan in Pangasinan province, not only for its famous “bangus” (milkfish) but for the culinary adventure and experience it offers.

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“This is the kitchen of the North. There’s a lot to eat and it’s cheap,” says Martin Valera, Ilocos regional director of the Department of Tourism.

“I think this is its secret. The food here is delicious. Not only bangus, but the ‘pigar-pigar’ (deep-fried beef), the ‘kaleskes’ (innards stew) and others,” he says.

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On a typical weekend, a tourist can hop from one restaurant to another to try a variety of bangus and other seafood dishes.

 GORINGS PANCIT MALABON RESTAURANT

It tastes good thanks to the good proportion of its yummy sauce and Pancit Palabok noodles. I think it  needs a whole lot of more garnish. Sure, there was a good amount of egg, lots of spring onion, a generous amount of crushed chicharon and tiny bits of prawn, but it could use other sources of protein like ground meat to get more of that umami. Oysters would probably elevate the dish to a whole new level too. But given that it was less than 300 pesos, who am I to complain! We were able to eat at least 2 plates each, and it was better that expected. I would say its a pretty fair deal.

SHAKEYS





Shakey's Pizza was founded in Sacramento, California, on April 30, 1954, by Sherwood "Shakey" Johnson and Ed Plummer. Johnson's nickname resulted from nerve damage following a bout of malaria suffered during World War II. The parlor opened on a weekend, but since the pizza ovens were not yet completed, only beer was served and Shakey took the profits from beer sales and bought ingredients for pizza the following Monday. Shakey personally played dixieland jazz piano to entertain patrons and hired the original members of the Silver Dollar Jazz Band for $10 per person plus all the beer and pizza they wanted—he soon realized it was cheaper to pay the musicians scale—this brought the music of Lu Watters to the Sacramento area and caused a local sensation. Jazz historian K. O. Eckland gives this band the credit for the jazz revival in Sacramento that extended to the formation of the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society. Shakey's also became known outside Sacramento, not for its pizza, but for the jazz program it sponsored on a regional radio network. Shakey Johnson is honored in the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for his longtime use of banjo music at his pizza parlors. Other live music, including piano, was also a staple in the old Shakey's parlors.


MCDONALDS

McDonald's is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain. It was founded in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand, using production line principles. The first McDonald's franchise using the arches logo opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955 and subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's confirmed plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by early 2018. Today, McDonald's is one of the world's largest restaurant chains, serving approximately 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and after facing criticism for the unhealthy nature of their food, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. According to a BBC report published in 2012, McDonald's is the world's second largest private employer (behind Walmart with 1.9 million employees), 1.5 million of whom work for franchises.


PLAZA AND MUSEUM

At the east of the school is the City Plaza. In the 1990s, the plaza also served as the market at the same time. It is where Dagupan’s first election via viva voce was conducted with Juan Villamil becoming the first elective municipal president during the American regime. He served for two terms from 1902 to 1905. He is famous for the Pangasinan translation of Jose Rizal's Mi Ultimo Adios which was inscribed in bronze and now on display at the Rizal monument in Luneta. The plaza became a temporary market site again after the July 16, 1990 earthquake. Remnants of the original City Plaza gate can still be seen at the western side.

Today, the City Plaza houses the City Museum, the Children’s Park, the Senior Citizens’ Park and the amphitheater. The City Plaza is an ideal venue for various events, cultural shows and gatherings. The amphitheater ground is a 200-capacity car park, events venue, skating rink, biking ground rolled into one. Its stage is a large mural by local artist F.M. Baniqued depicting the Dagupan City of yesteryears.  

It is in the Senior Citizen’s Park which is on its left side of the plaza where the Jose Rizal monument can be found. The Children’s Park located at the right side of the plaza, features slides and swings for the children. It is also the site of the monument of Andres Bonifacio and other national heroes.

The Dagupan City Museum building was funded and constructed during the term of Hon. City Mayor Alipio Fernandez. It was inaugurated by former President Fidel V. Ramos and Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr. on May 8, 1998. The Museum is currently under the management of the Dagupan City Heritage Commission by virtue of a Memorandum issued by the Hon. City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim. The Dagupan City Heritage Commission and the Metro Dagupan Culture and Arts Council holds office at the City Museum.

DAGUPAN CITY HOTELS

Value Star Inn is a two-storey structure conveniently located at the back of Star Plaza Hotel within the business district of Dagupan City. It boasts of 98 rooms composed of single and double rooms and a couple of family suites built for those traveling on a BUDGET.
Rooms are equipped with cable TV, air conditioning, hot & cold shower and telephone. Family suites have ample living and dining area with refrigerator. A 24-hour generator is always on standby should a power interruption occur.

Star Plaza Hotel is located at the heart of Dagupan City, the center of commerce and trade in the province of Pangasinan. For 17 years it has maintained the distinction of being the ideal venue for business class meetings and gatherings being accessible to all major urban amenities of the province. It is likewise the favorite venue for wedding receptions and special events that highlight life’s most memorable celebrations.

The Lenox Hotel Dagupan Pangasinanis a luxurious facility designed to meet your corporate requirements for both quality service and first class amenities. Being in the center of the city, the hotel ensures accessibility and convenience to every guest traveling for business or pleasure.


FESTIVALS


BANGUS FESTIVAL



 

Bangus Festival 2017 is a yearly event celebrated every April in Dagupan City of Pangasinan. The reason behind this celebration is the province’s bangus harvest. Benjamin S. Lim is credited with creating the festival in a bid to improve the local bangus sector in the province. Lim is also honoured for his role in the festival’s inception as part of the aim of the festival was to improve Dagupan as the world’s capital of bangus.At the onset, Bangus Festival 2017 was intertwined with the thanksgiving fiesta. This was before it morphed to a fortnight-long project that seeks to improve the visibility of Bangus in the region. Today, the April festivity brings with it the lighting of hundreds of BBQ grills for locals and visitors to indulge in deliciously-made bangus. The grills stretch more than a kilometre long, perhaps showing just how important this Bangus Festival 2017 is to the indigenous people. This grill parade also doubles up as a cooking contest, drawing hundreds of chefs whose culinary prowess is gauged by the excellence of grilling, taste as well as creative presentation. Visitors are often excited to discover that the cooking competition has actually earned the city a spot in the Book of World Records for its role in creating the event with the longest barbecue! In addition to the culinary contest, the festival also boasts an eating competition, dance performances as well as street parties.


FESTIVALS OF THE NORTH 


 



DAGUPAN CITY, April 13 An array of Filipino cultures will be showcased before the eyes when street dancers from various parts of Luzon will assemble in Dagupan City on April 27 to take part in the day-long 'Festivals of the North', the most awaited part of the Bangus Festival, which is returning after a three-year absence due to insistent public demand.
In a bid to add more spice and glitter once again to the top summer spectacle Bangus Festival, organizers are bringing back the 'Festival of the North', which they have proven to be a certified crowd drawer as it did in the past. This gathering of cultures will be brought to the city by 18 top street dancing groups from different towns and cities north of Manila which are champions in their own festivals back home when they competed earlier with fellow home-grown street dancers.


 AND LASTLY..... TONDALIGAN BEACH


 


 One of the most visited beaches in Dagupan, the Bangus (Milkfish) Capital of the World, is Tondaligan Beach. Its fine sands and numerous coconut trees attract people all year-round, but the beach area quite large so there’s no need to worry about running out of good spots. You may rent one of the nipa huts here for a place to stay in. Several vendors also sell freshly-caught fish, and you may buy them at a really cheap price (haggling is reasonable here!). Also, you may ask the nipa hut owners to cook them for you, because being Dagupan locals they are, cooking seafood is their specialty.

 TARA NA SA DAGUPAN AT MAKISAYA. BECAUSE IT'S MORE FUN IN DAGUPAN!!!