Before Buddy’s, its founder, Buddy Veluz, was an Electrolux salesman and a dancer with the Black Gold Dancers before returning to farming in Lucban, Quezon. One day, he saw black spots on the Baguio beans he had harvested and thought of making fresh lumpia from them so that they wouldn’t spoil. It became a hit when he started selling it to his friends and neighbors. They asked him to sell other foodbecause Buddy is a really good cook. He then offered other food such as the Buddy Burger and Spaghetti. His varied menu became a hit in Lucban. Thus in 1985, he opened the first Buddy’s restaurant on the ground floor of his ancestral home, and from then on, the rest is history. Nova, entered the picture when she married Buddy in1991. Together, Nova manages the people and financial aspects while Zaldy aka Buddy handles the food and interior of the restaurant.