Pahrump's Oh My Lumpia opens permanent storefront on Winery Road

A Filipino comfort-food business that started under tents and later rolled through Pahrump in a food truck has settled into a permanent home on Winery Road, giving the valley a new place to eat, shop and sit down for a meal. Oh My Lumpia! is now open at 2301 Winery Road, Suite 106, where owner Lily Yates says the steady stream of new customers has been encouraging.

The move matters in a town where convenience and choice still shape everyday errands. Along with cooked dishes, the shop doubles as a Filipino-Asian convenience store, stocking vinegars, sauces and snacks such as Boy Bawang so residents do not have to drive to Las Vegas for basics tied to Filipino cooking. Yates said the restaurant has been operating in fixed-location form for about four weeks after years of building a following through pop-ups, events and the food truck.

Yates said the customer base broadened in stages. Some of the earliest regulars were retired military residents who had lived in the Philippines and already knew the food, while Filipino customers came later as word spread. “It’s growing, so we’re getting more and more customers,” Yates said. The new storefront also gives the business something the mobile operation could not: a few tables, so diners can stay and enjoy lumpia, halo-halo and other dishes instead of taking everything to go.

That shift is part of a larger local business story for Nye County’s largest community. Pahrump has 44,738 residents in the 2020 census, and Census Reporter’s ACS-based profile lists 47,347 residents, showing a community large enough to support more specialized food options. The U.S. Census Bureau also lists 31.7% of Pahrump CDP residents as 65 and older, a demographic mix that helps explain why a sit-down comfort-food spot and specialty market could find an audience among retirees as well as families.

The restaurant’s menu centers on Filipino staples. Lumpia, the spring roll that gives the business its name, is a familiar appetizer and snack in Filipino cuisine, while halo-halo brings shaved ice, sweet beans, fruits, jellies, ube, milk and ice cream into one layered dessert. Boy Bawang, one of the packaged items on the shelves, is a Filipino corn snack brand made by KSK Food Products, which says it was established in 1990 and now exports internationally.

Yates has said she is proud to be part of the expanding Filipino presence in Southern Nevada, and the storefront gives that presence a visible home in Pahrump. Governor Joe Lombardo’s October 2024 proclamation of Filipino American History Month in Nevada highlighted Filipino Americans’ contributions in business, education, healthcare, the military and the arts, a backdrop that makes a small independent restaurant feel like more than a new dining stop. Oh My Lumpia! is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and customers can call 775-764-7907.