The flagship store of the homegrown brand was considered the family's 'gold standard' and the 'grand old dame that would come out on top year after year'

The unfortunate closure was confirmed by Adrian Dimacali – the director of Mary Grace Foods, Inc. and the son of Mary Grace herself – on Facebook on Tuesday, January 9. In his post, he recounted the origin story of Mary Grace’s Greenbelt 2 space, which opened in May 2011. He shared that is was the brand’s first “large format space” then, with a seating capacity of 159 guests and a total leased floor of 303.95 square meters (of which 53.92 was ground floor, 76.50 was mezzanine, and 73.53 was al fresco). It was also Mary Grace’s fourth branch in Ayala Malls and its seventh café overall.