The former Rizal Social Club, Little Manila

While on our way to the Little Manila Historic Site, we passed by this building, home of Iloilo Circle. I wasn't previously aware of its existence and snapped the shot only because I suspected it was a Filipino organization.

(Iloilo is a city on the island of Panay (Visayas region of the Philippines)

Iloilo Circle turned out to one of the last three remaining structures along with Daguhoy Lodge and the Dimasalang House all of which were Filipino fraternal societies founded by pioneer bachelor Philippine immigrants who ventured to the U.S. and toiled the agricultural fields in the 1920's and 30's.

The Little Manila Historic Site recognizes the last remaining few buildings in what was once a thriving Filipino community in Stockton, California....

Murals, Coffee fails in Stockton + drive by pix of busineses

Around the block from Papa Urb's Grill was a coffee place in an alley...

(Northwest corner of E. Weber Ave and N. Sutter St. in downtown Stockton)

That seems to be a thing nowadays...

Papa Urb's Grill, Stockton

I was hoping to visit a couple of nearby coffee places and have us check out historic Little Manila afterwards...but first, LUNCH!

And as luck would have it, the perfect place was right next door to the FANHS National Museum...

The Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) National Museum

A few blocks from where we parked was our destinaton...

located in the historic Newberry Building in downtown Stockton.

Founded as an All American five and dime store in the 1911, Newberry's was a retail giant in past years nationwide. The Stockton location was shuttered in 1997 but recently reopened two decades later with various tenants...

Arriving in Stockton

Prior to arriving in Stockton, our first major destination of our spring break trip....

(traversing the 5 over one of Stockton's historic intersections in Little Manila)

we relieved TC of her driving duties in Paatterson...where Bert took over and TC was able to relax and remove her shoes...

Spring Break Trip 2017 - Day 1 Highlights

In the wee morning hours...

we headed out in the darkness up to the Bay Area...