“LJC” stands for the initials of the late Larry J. Cruz. Founder and president of the LJC chain of restaurants. In 1979, Cruz, a journalist and information man, made a career change and opened his first restaurant, a small café in a modest corner of the Remedios Circle in Malate. He named the restaurant Café Adriatico, after the street it was on.
Before long, café’s sprouted all over the country – many of them wearing the same turn-of-the-century look of Café Adriatico – but none could capture the character it possessed and the magic created by the selected pieces of antiques and artworks that were tastefully put together. Today the LJC Group includes:
Café Adriatico Premiere, Malate
Café Adriatico Gateway
Café Adriatico Mall of Asia
Abe Serendra
Abe Trinoma
Abe Mall of Asia
Abe Megamall
Abe Solaire
Fely J's Kitchen Greenbelt 5
Fely J's Kitchen Uptown BGC
Fely J's Kitchen Manila Bay
Lorenzo’s Way Greenbelt 5
Lorenzo’s Way BGC Taguig
Larry’s Café and Bar BGC Taguig
Bistro Remedios Malate
Bistro Remedios SM North EDSA
Abe’s Farm Pampanga