More Filipino Eateries Join Jollibee in Anaheim: Valerio's Bakery and Manila Sunrise

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 10, 2012
When we start calling Anaheim home to OC's own Little Manila, the epicenter of it all will be the plaza at the corner of Euclid and Crescent. When Jollibee and its sister Red Ribbon joined Kapit Bahay and LBC (the balikbayan box courier used by...
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