Maligaya’s Store

Maligaya is the only Filipino food store in the Champaign area and it’s far from campus. If you’re from Chicago and can stomach waiting for Filipino food for awhile until your family can bring you stuff, I would suggest you wait, because the prices here are quite steep. Apparently their strategy is to drive up to Chicago and buy things there, then bring them down to Champaign and increase the price (which makes sense given the transportation).
For example, a bottle of large jackfruit is about $ 6. I didn’t even find the pancit noodles I needed here, which I know I can find at Am-​Ko or Walmart.
It’s also very far from campus (i.e., corner from the Original Pancake house).
They have a menu of hot food items you can buy ahead of time for parties. Warning through, each large aluminum tray is $ 40.

Look, its the only Filipino store around. It’s not great but oh well! UBE ICE CREAM FTW!!!