Pookaberry Café, Quezon City

Always look up. You never know you might see an alien.

Or just visit Pookaberry Café near Tomas Morato. The eponymous café (was named after and) features thru vibrant, colourful murals, the cute and adorable baby alien Pookaberry. The extraterrestrial is Ollie the Octopus’ imaginary friend. Ollie is the main character of Marcoart – the art-based book, clothing and product line.

Cookie shots

KaiVigan breakfast

Pesto pasta

Uncle Sam’s big breakfast

Very Pookaberry

The cafe is the brainchild of world renowned New York-based POP artist Peter Marco (the creator of Pookaberry) and his Filipina wife and women’s advocate Jeanette. Marco frequently travels around the world, doing painting events with and inspiring children, many of whom are poor, with special needs or suffer from debilitating disease.

Serving delicious comfort food, the cafe was created as a sanctuary and dreamland for kids and kids-at-heart. Remarkably, part of the café’s income is set aside to support NGOs such as Project Pearls and Basilia Women’s Foundation, which help underprivileged people in the Smokey Mountain in Tondo, and abused women in the Philippines, respectively. The place is oozing with creativity and positivity. The murals are present in the four corners of the café. Floor na lang ang walang latay.

Pookaberry Café

#36-B Sct. Ybardolaza

Sacred Heart, Quezon City