Happy Father’s Day 2023 at Casa Marikit, Lipa City, Batangas!

Happy Father’s Day to all dads in the world & father figure – stepfathers, grandfathers & uncles who have assumed parenting roles. Today, anyone can claim they have the best dad in the world. In the Philippines, Father’s Day is officially celebrated every 3rd Sunday of June following the American influence. In some Roman Catholic nations, tribute to fathers have been observed on the feast day of St. Joseph on March 19 (incidentally our birthday).

Like most occasions that started originally as religious holidays, Father’s Day these days have been commercialized (though not in magnitude as the Mother’s Day) with the sending of greeting cards, gift giving & dining outs. In the United States, the honoring of fathers was credited to Sonora Smart Dodd of Washington. Its’ said she had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother’s Day & was supported by local religious leaders. On June 19 the next year, the 1st Father’s Day was celebrated.

With the event getting more popular & widespread in the US, it became a national holiday in 1972 when US President Richard Nixon signed a legislation designating the 3rd Sunday of June as Father’s Day. In the Philippines, it’s widely observed on the same day as proclaimed in 1988 by Philippine President Corazon Aquino.

In every family, dads are just ordinary men turned by children’s love into extraordinary heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, even vloggers & so on & so forth. A father’s relationship with his daughter is so unique & special that he becomes the standard against she will judge all men. In my case, that’s really high standard so you’ve all just been warned LOL

Just like you can never go wrong with this restaurant in Lipa City, Batangas when it comes to the world’s best cuisine – Italian food for special occasions like Father’s Day. The gustatory delights of Casa Marikit Ristorante Italiano in Barangay Banay Banay of this city coupled with its classic interiors & cozy ambiance of verdant scenery makes for a perfect opportunity to create memories for a lifetime.

This Little Italy restaurant in Lipa dubbed as the Little Rome of the Philippines because of its impressive churches, also once regarded as the country’s coffee capital offers extensive menu from appetizers, salads & soup to meat dishes, pasta, risotto, pizza, dessert, wines & spirits by the glass or bottle. For this year’s Father’s Day, Casa Marikit has a complimentary beverage of the day for dads from June 17-18 for every order worth PhP3,000.