Opened: 22° North Restaurant & Bar in Lihue, Kauai, in the space formerly occupied by Gaylord’s at Kilohana. Billed as a “locavore restaurant,” 22° North features Kauai-grown meats–such as beef, pork, rabbit and fish–and produce from its own 1.5-acre garden and 60-acre Kilohana orchard and agricultural park.
New menu at thirtyninehotel. The tapas menu gives way to heartier fare like shrimp paella with chorizo, braised pork on top of polenta, and beef brisket with cherries and kabocha.
Kaiwa Happy Hour. Half-off menu items like whole grilled squid, garlic pumpkin and asparagus with bacon crisps, lotus root with cheese, and sashimi and sushi rolls.
Opened: Good Eats Subs ‘n Stuff. A locally owned version of Subway.
Opened: Da Kitchen. Maui-based Da Kitchen dishes out local-style grinds (think deep-fried Spam musubi, teri-hamburgers, saimin, hamburger steak, chicken katsu) at the St.
Opened: Zap Cafe and Lounge. A cafe and bar in a former American Savings Bank.
Opened: Lobster King. Chinese food with a seafood bent and late night hours: open from 11am to 3am seven days a week.
Opened Spicy KimChee, a Korean plate lunch spot. 1588 B Makaloa St, 942-3022 New Brunch at Soul.
Opened: Hot Pot Heaven at McCully Shopping Center. Will Hot Pot Heaven unseat Sweet Home Cafe as the best hot pot in Honolulu?
Opened: i heart food. Soups and sandwiches in a former cake shop in Manoa.
Opened: Loving Hut. A vegan chain restaurant (who knew that that combination of words even existed?) opened a Honolulu outpost last week, serving vegan fare with Asian flavors.
Bon Dance season begins. From now until September, find carnival-style eats with local flair in Bon Dance festivities around the island.
(Re-)Opened: Michinoku. Originally on Kalakaua, now on Keeaumoku. Sushi bar and traditional Japanese food (i.e.
Opened: Teddy’s Bigger Burgers near University makes the Spud Burger (burger topped with a hash brown) with a chocolate shake all the more convenient when we have the craving. Which is often.
Hokulani Cupcakemobile in Haleiwa. Cupcakes have joined the fray at Haleiwa’s lunchwagon food court across from McDonald’s.
Slow Art Street Party In Chinatown. Take your time to engage with the art galleries’ exhibits, extra long Euro-style tables, music, dance, food and organic wine to accompany your Slow experience.
Opened: Why buy frozen when you can buy fresh? The new Pizza in the Raw is hoping that’s your mantra–they’ll assemble a pizza for you to take home and bake at home.
Green delivery: Since Kimberly Clark started selling her “Makahiki boxes” of produce a decade ago ([www.just-add-water.biz]) she’s been joined by a lot of good company offering Community Supported Agriculture subscriptions. The latest addition is Oahu Fresh–a hui that includes Nalo Farms and Maunawili Greens.
At a recent gathering, former Congressman Neil Abercrombie said he’d learned “the hard way” that you can’t say “Kona coffee” and leave it that anymore. To wit: If you’re on the Big Island this weekend, stop by the Kau Coffee Festival and find out why Kau is the hottest terroir in the business.
Food on film: You can have a three-course meal at HIFF’s Spring Showcase on Thursday April 22. The day features three food/wine related films.
Beer here: Murphy’s Bar and Grill (2 Merchant St., at Nuuanu Avenue, 531-0422, [gomurphys.com]) continues its monthly Merchant Street Beer Fest series April 16, 6–9pm. This month the suds soiree highlights Hawaii-brewed beers, so naturally the live music will be of the island kind, and the featured charity is the Hawaii Academy of Recording Art.
How does he do it? Chef Hiroshi Fukui gives the cooking demo “Working with Meats” April 27 at 6pm at his Hiroshi Eurasion Tapas (Restaurant Row, 533-4476). After the enlightening lesson, you get to dig into a four-course dinner–for just $39 per person.
Guy Fieri in paradise: Can’t stand Guy Fieri? We hear you.
Tourondel still top toque: Earlier this month, food-news venues were abuzz about chef Laurent Tourondel’s amicable split from his partner Jimmy Haber, who was the money man behind the BLT chain. The two men divided up the food empire, with Tourondel remaining as executive chef for 10 BLT restaurants in hotels, including the BLT Steak in Waikiki.
Comidas nuevas: Soul de Cuba isn’t the only Cuban joint in town anymore. La Habana, in the space that was Mulvadi Café, opened in January.
After retiring from public service in 2002, Ben Cayetano seemed to be taking it easy on the political scene–until 2005, that is, when then-Mayor Mufi Hannemann revived the long-lapsed idea of a Honolulu heavy rail project. Needless to say, Cayetano did not concur.
Last Thursday, the House Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection had a busy session hearing several controversial bills relating to geothermal energy. Chairman Denny Coffman introduced HB2689, which seeks to exempt slim-hole, or exploratory, geothermal test wells from any sort of environmental review as is currently required under Chapter 343 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
On Feb. 1, the Hawaii State House Agriculture Committee heard testimony on HB2703, dubbed the Food Self-Sufficiency Bill.
Mega-developer Castle & Cooke has re-filed an application with the Land Use Commission (LUC) seeking to convert approximately 768 acres of Ag land–currently in cultivation–into a “master-planned community” entitled Koa Ridge. If successful, the project will consist of two parcels–Koa Ridge Makai and Castle & Cooke Waiawa.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs holds a second round of community meetings to discuss the latest updates on the Kakaako land settlement. Stevenson Middle School, 1202 Prospect St., Wed., 2/8, 6:30pm; Waimanalo Community Center, 41-253 Ilauhole St., Thu., 2/9, 6:30pm City Council committees on Zoning and Planningand Transportation will take public testimony on agenda items.
[Feb. 1: “Kinda Kona”] The trade secret argument would fall to the wayside if it would read “10 percent Kona Coffee 90 percent Foreign Coffee,” or something to that effect.
If they are choosing the cheapest coffee from anywhere, then the “trade secret” is that they are adding crap and not a sp
[Feb. 1: “Rail Boss Wanted”] $300,000?
[Jan. 4: “Boss GMO] Dean Okimoto is a sell out and a criminal.
Monsanto is a major component of the NWO drive to reduce the world’s population in a global genocide program that includes the poisoning of the water, air and food. This criminal activity must be stopped.
Lets be real here, Dean Okimoto is not interested in anything other then keeping the status quo of industrial Ag. He is merely a puppet, playing it safe, a small game of following the money and corrupt political trail.
[Jan. 25: “Weaving the Future on Molokai”] Good luck to all those who possess the ability to balance long-term vision with short term opportunity.
[Dec. 21: “Underground Railroad”] This is, indeed, a “lunatic project,” as pointed out by a professor at the University of Hawaii.
This is such a bad idea for the overall architecture of Oahu. I visit here because my family is here and part of the charm is taking the bus or driving.
I cannot imagine how anyone can think this is a smart idea. I’ve lived in places with rail, but this Honolulu Rail Transit is stupid, plain stupid.
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