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‼️ Boston's first cafe dedicated FULLY TO UBE just opened TODAY 💜🍠

❤️ @ubekafe has officially moved into 415 medford st in somerville — a huge milestone for the team that's been building this dream from pop‑ups to a temporary spot at @cambridgefoundry to now having a real, permanent space. watching this concept grow over the past year has been so cool, and today felt like a full‑circle moment!!

💜 everything is ube — iced ube latte, ube matcha, ube milk tea, ube soft serve, ube cookies, ube rice‑krispie bars vibes… if you can imagine it, they’ve probably turned it purple and delicious. chewy, creamy, nostalgic — exactly the kind of treats you want from a place built on love!

🎉 the best thing here is the hospitality here is unmatched. kuya jay + team are some of the kindest people you’ll ever meet, and you can feel the heart right when you walk in!

thank you for inviting us to join in your special day and for the warm welcome @saraiknowledge 💞 go TOMORROW to soak up the vibes of the rest of opening weekend!

#ubecafe #ube #ubekafe #ubedessert #ubeeverything #bostonfoodie #bostoncoffee #bostoncafe #filipinofood#bostonbrunch #bostonfoodscene #dessertlovers #ubeicecream #icedube #matchalatte #grandopening #somervillema #bostoneats #supportsmallbusiness#coffeelover #asiandessert #cambridgefoodie #bostonfoodblogger #ubelatte #sweettoothforever #pandan #bostonfood

My pinoys 🇵🇭 Boston’s first ube cafe just opened up! @cambridgefoundry @ubekafe

#boston #bostonfoodjournal #bostonfoodie #massachussets #bostonfood #bostonrestaurants

Don’t miss tomorrow’s grand opening of Boston’s first and only ube themed cafe with all things UBE! Say hi to Jay for me (I can’t make it :( ). They’ll have a live DJ and will be giving away free ube cookie sandwiches with purchase!

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#boston #bostonfoodies #cafe #ube #filipino #bostoncafe #grandopening #freefood #coffee #coffeelover

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Always appreciate the Mayor of Worcester, supporting our Filipino community! 🇵🇭 THIS SATURDAY, we got a 100lb roast pig 🐷 laid out on banana leaves with a buffet of all the best Filipino food and @ubekafe coffee and desserts! Comedy show, performances, DJ and dancing all night long! Don’t miss out, come join us🎉tickets on: MAYFIESTA.COM (link in my bio)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Kicking off AAPI month like we do every year, celebrating with the Red Sox! ⚾️ Thanks Fenway park for taking great care of us for our @ubekafe staff outing plus @massfilipinos officers and friends 🇵🇭 (Also, Karisma throwing up a 4 instead of a peace sign ✌️so everyone knows she’s 4 not 2, in literally every picture she takes 😂)

Boring flavors? Never heard of such a concept.

Here at Gerly’s Ice Cream we’re making fun flavors that taste just as good as they sound!! We’re talking:
• honey cornbread
• fig & goat cheese
• vegan & gluten free cookies and cream
• ube AND pan dan @ubekafe 💜
• cannoli
And that’s just to name a few…

Come visit us this week, we’d love to see you!

#bostoneats #icecream #gerlysicecream #somervillema

Nobody has more fun at a Red Sox game than Karisma!🤣👏 Thank you Fenway park for the VIP treatment, literally escorting us to eat our hearts out all around the park, limited edition souvenirs, plus it being AAPI heritage night with special jerseys, made our @ubekafe staff-outing even more special. ❤️ ⚾️ Oh, and the Sox won and Karisma now knows aaaall the words to Take Me Out to The Ballgame!!🙌

#aapiheritagemonth #redsoxaapi2026

🌟 #MeetTheOwner & A GIVEAWAY! 🌟

In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re shining a light on Jay and Sarai, the proud owners behind @ubekafe. What began as a dream to share their Filipino heritage with the community has turned into a spot that locals keep going back to. We caught up with Jay and Sarai to learn how this special spot came to life.

🌟 We’ve teamed up with @ubekafe and one winner will receive:

(1) $50 gift card

To enter, complete each step below by 4:59PM EST on 5/7/26:
1️⃣ Follow @ubekafe and @yelpboston
2️⃣ Like this post
3️⃣ Tag your friends in the comments below! (each comment counts as separate entry)

🏆 Winner will be selected, notified, and announced in the comments below on or around 5/7/26. Official rules are in the comments below!

#womanownedbusiness #asianownedbusiness #community

The ice cream sando you didn’t know you needed until — right now! 💜💚 In-house made Pandan Ice Cream in a toasted Ube Pandesal with an Ube Matcha and Pandan Cold Foam. This combo though🤯

Kuya Jay’s Ube Kafe with @gerlysicecream
415 Somerville, Ma Open Wed-Sun 10a-6p

📸: @ritafajita13

The ice cream sando you didn’t know you needed until — right now! 💜💚 In-house made Pandan Ice Cream in a toasted Ube Pandesal with an Ube Matcha and Pandan Cold Foam. This combo though🤯

Kuya Jay’s Ube Kafe with @gerlysicecream
415 Somerville, Ma Open Wed-Sun 10a-6p

📸: @ritafajita13

The ice cream sando you didn’t know you needed until — right now! 💜💚 In-house made Pandan Ice Cream in a toasted Ube Pandesal with an Ube Matcha and Pandan Cold Foam. This combo though🤯

Kuya Jay’s Ube Kafe with @gerlysicecream
415 Somerville, Ma Open Wed-Sun 10a-6p

📸: @ritafajita13

18 flavors of in-house made award-winning ice cream 🍦 Boston’s best @gerlysicecream served exclusively here! 💜Nut-Free facility, vegan and gluten free available 💜

Kuya Jay’s Ube Kafe
415 Medford St
Somerville, Ma
|| ubekafe..com ||

Open Wed-Sun 10am-6pm

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Red Sox AAPI Celebration at Fenway is this Friday and we been taking Karisma since 5 months old! ⚾️ ❤️ Always teaching her to celebrate her Asian heritage but also teaching her young that real New Englanders are die-haahd Sox fan😁 We always roll deep with the crew, so if you wanna join us, LFG hit me up fam! Peep the Year of the Horse jerseys we get!! #RedSoxAAPICelebration2026 #RedSoxAAPI2026

Such an honor to be asked to speak at Suffolk University as a Professional AAPI Leader! 🇵🇭 On Monday alongside this incredible and inspiring line up, we’ll be opening up and speaking to all the future leaders. Every day I feel so blessed to be an immigrant in this country and to have the opportunity to better myself, my family and my community. We do it for those who can’t or those who need an example that you can❤️

Such an honor to be asked to speak at Suffolk University as a Professional AAPI Leader! 🇵🇭 On Monday alongside this incredible and inspiring line up, we’ll be opening up and speaking to all the future leaders. Every day I feel so blessed to be an immigrant in this country and to have the opportunity to better myself, my family and my community. We do it for those who can’t or those who need an example that you can❤️