Fil-Am presence

I've noticed that we Filipino Americans have trouble holdin' down a spot in the downtown, castro and other parts of the city. I know, I know "we come from Daly City where it's foggy because we make a lot of rice"......who the heck made that up? although it is where many of the filipino americans reside, we have no significant mark in downtown like- chinatown! or japantown! or little italy? there are cultures in the city that have a designated place, even though they are mainly for tourists, it is still marked as their own. I can't help but let it bother me. I've had an uncle try to put up a cafe in the castro area...which maybe some of you knew about- it was called "Kape @ 16th & Dejon". I even worked there for a short time and there were barely any filipino americans coming to support the cafe on weekdays, but many white folks came to check it out, and even just asked what the heck was up with the word "Kape"?? Sadly the cafe closed down in less than a year. The filipino food served on the weekends attracted filipinos from daly city just to eat, but it wasn't enough to support the amount of loss during the week. That was where i realized that there were plently of folks in san francisco who barely knew anything about filipino american culture, and partly because there isn't much of a strong presence.