{"id":76995,"date":"2023-08-31T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=76995"},"modified":"2023-08-31T12:17:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T19:17:05","slug":"vegan-filipino-bakery-san-and-wolves-to-open-4th-street-when","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/vegan-filipino-bakery-san-and-wolves-to-open-4th-street-when","title":{"rendered":"Vegan, Filipino bakery San & Wolves to open brick-and-mortar on 4th Street in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Long Beach residents who have waited hours in line to try a certain Filipino pop-up can rejoice. San & Wolves will open its Belmont Heights brick-and-mortar in early 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kym Estrada’s bakeshop skyrocketed to popularity during the pandemic because she had tapped into a sorely underserved community\u2014Filipinos who became vegan and missed the baked goods they grew up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Estrada had no intention of opening a brick-and-mortar when she held her first pop-up in 2018 in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I didn’t even think it was possible, I don’t come from money,” Estrada said. “But then my mind switched.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she started seeing customers line up for hours<\/a> outside of Teofilo Coffeeshop in Los Alamitos, with some leaving empty-handed after she sold out repeatedly, she opened up to the idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Owner of San & Wolves Kym Estrada holds the keys to her new storefront on 4th Street. Photo courtesy of Kym Estrada\/San and Wolves bakeshop Instagram.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So, she spoke with a business coach and accountant. She also worked with Noel Aguirre, of Lee & Associates, about the possibility of opening her own shop. Aguirre, who is also Filipino, worked with Estrada for the past two years and has been advocating for the business for a while, Estrada said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Once I understood how everything works and my numbers are there, then I started opening up to the idea of having a brick-and-mortar,” Estrada said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Beach was the only place she considered for her shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After living in both Los Angeles and New York City, she and her partner Arvin Torres, who is from Long Beach, moved to the city in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I just feel like I’m more with the community here,” Estrada said. “A lot of our customers are here, I know a lot of them personally. I know a lot of businesses here so I just feel more comfortable here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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