{"id":226787,"date":"2016-05-02T06:06:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=226787"},"modified":"2016-05-02T06:06:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T20:06:57","slug":"shirleys-coffee-shop-re-opens-garapan-branch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-coffee-shop-re-opens-garapan-branch\/","title":{"rendered":"Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop re-opens Garapan branch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-226787 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-coffee-shop-re-opens-garapan-branch\/shirleys-pix-1\/'>Shirleys-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-226788'>\n\t\t\t\tShirley\u2019s Coffee Shop in Garapan underwent a major facelift but the trademark taste and friendly service remains. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/shirleys-coffee-shop-re-opens-garapan-branch\/shirleys-pix-2\/'>Shirleys-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-226789'>\n\t\t\t\tA simple cursive \u201cS\u201d serves as the popular restaurant\u2019s logo. (Jon Perez)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop Garapan, at Century Hotel\u2019s ground floor, re-opened last week with its regular customers greeted by a cozier and warmer ambiance, while still enjoying their favorite dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Garapan\u2019s grand opening was supposed to be on April 25 but they did a soft opening on April 22 because of the strong clamor from their patrons.<\/p>\n<p>The project, part of the hotel\u2019s remodeling for a fresher look, lasted for more than a month forcing management to have the Susupe branch\u2014just across Mt. Carmel Cathedral\u2014operating at 24 hours to accommodate its loyal patrons. Shirley\u2019s Garapan began its renovation on March 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of Century Hotel general manager Ivan Quichocho\u2019s plan to give the hotel a new look. Shirley\u2019s is just a lessee here so we became part of the remodeling too,\u201d said Shirley\u2019s official Puy Macario. \u201cThis is just a slight modification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Macario added that it was Richard Lai, Shirley\u2019s executive vice president and son of founder Shirley Lai, who thought of how the store would look like. Sandy Pallon was tapped as the contractor for the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRichard is very much hands on and is part of the plan every step of the way. He wanted to maximize every space available that\u2019s why the floor layout is much different from the previous set up,\u201d said Macario.<\/p>\n<p>He added Shirley\u2019s Garapan now has 30 booth-like seats that can accommodate four people. The long table, located near the Tribe\u2019s Bar entrance, remains for big groups and for customers with disabilities. \u201cThere are at least 10 to 12 seats added to the store, we maximized the space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The kitchen, where their cook\u2019s whip up your favorite dishes, also became bigger with the utensils and other kitchenware being replaced by stainless steel implements for easy cleaning.<\/p>\n<p>They also put up additional closed circuit television cameras and wireless CCTV\u2019s for additional security for the customers.<\/p>\n<p>Shirley\u2019s Garapan underwent a major facelift, but what didn\u2019t change is the taste of your favorite dishes\u2014from famous Shirley\u2019s fried rice and others like the half fried chicken to crispy pata (pork knuckles).<\/p>\n<p>For reservations or to order in advance, call 233-4519 or 233-4520.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley\u2019s Coffee Shop Garapan, at Century Hotel\u2019s ground floor, re-opened last week with its regular&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":226788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[11305,11306,11307,11308],"class_list":["post-226787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-and-style","tag-coffee-shop-garapan","tag-puy-macario","tag-richard-lai","tag-shirley-lai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}