PLAZA MORAGA BINONDO EARLY 1900s

Plaza Moraga is the gateway to Chinatown and the whole Binondo district. During the American occupation, this was the home of different first class restaurants, business establishments and embassies of foreign countries. It was named after a Franciscan friar, Fernando de Moraga and it is by the opinion of many, that were it not for him, the history of the Philippines would turn out differently from what it is now.

Plaza Moraga is a thriving commercial area in Binondo. It was the site of the very first ice cream parlor in the Philippines. Opened in 1899, Clarke’s Cafe created a stir in those times by being able to offer ice cream to their patrons.