New-Gen Filipino Entrepreneurs is a feature series that will spotlight young Filipino-Canadian entrepreneurs, and their respective businesses in Toronto. Explore and be inspired by these Filipino go-getters in our community!
This edition featuring Oliver Dimapilis of Cold Tea.
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WRITTEN BY RINA ESPIRITU
Oliver Dimapilis from Cold Tea
Oliver Dimapilis was born and raised in North Vancouver, moved to Toronto in 2000 to chase a girl and Second City. More recently, he also opened one of Toronto’s newest hot spots, Cold Tea Bar. A bar blogger’s weapon of choice, Cold Tea has quickly become a go-to for this city’s hipster version of Cheers.
Who and what is Cold Tea?
I opened this bar with my friends, Stacey Welton and Matthew LaRochelle. We originally tried to open up a bar hidden in Chinatown but when that fell through we found the present space down a very dark corridor in Kensington Mall.
This space was completely different from any other space we had looked at so it demanded a specific design. Since we couldn’t erect a bar in Chinatown we would bring Chinatown to our bar.
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Canadian Finalists at Gawad Geny Lopez Jr. Global Bayaning Pilipino Awards in Redwood City, California. (L-R) ABS-CBN Canada Regional Marketing Specialist Rosary Escaño, Consolacion “Mama Ching” Quejas of Kalayaan Cultural Community Centre, Kat Estacio of KAPISANAN, Judy Montenegro of KCCC, ABS-CBN Canada Managing Director Marco Amoranto, Tomas “Tatay Tom” Avendaño of Multicultural Helping House Society, and Fr. Nilo Tanalega of UGAT Foundation. Photo courtesy of Judy Montenegro/KCCC.
The Scene: Kapwa Collective presents Batok Kalinga Tattoo
Inaugural Kapwa Collective Speaker Series: B A T O K
Kalinga Tattooing Markers of Identity: From Indigenous to Diasporic
Saturday November 3, 2012
519 Church Street Community Centre
519 Church Street, TORONTO, CANADA
(one block east of Wellesley subway)
6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Reception
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Program
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