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The mission of Lokahi Pacific is to improve our quality of life here in Maui County, both socially and economically. So when they built the commericial Lokahi Kitchen the idea is for Maui food entrepreneurs to have a crack at producing and manufacturing their products …

Drawing on inspiration from one of the wildest terrains on Maui in the lava flows of La Perouse, brew master Kim Lutz’s La Perouse White will be the second limited release can selection from Maui Brewing Company. The beer is a fresh handcrafted Belgian inspired …

Maui Chef Sheldon Simeon is more than a rising star in food. He’s pretty much on a roll right now when it comes to being nominated and recognized in the industry.
He’s responsible for the amazing menus at Star Noodle and Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop …

At first, the people who live in the Lipoa area of Kihei weren’t all that keen to have a new restaurant and bar open in the South Maui Center. The relatively recent opening and closing of the old Kiwi Roadhouse in the same space didn’t …

With Maalaea Harbor in the midst of major reconstruction, iconic Buzz’s Wharf decided to do their own renovation. The result is a surprising new look.
“We did the interior in a ‘Nantucket’ style rather than Hawaiian kitsch,” says marketing manager Emily Koenig. “It’s looking really great …

It’s my first time standing in the Lokahi Kitchen, located behind Cafe O Lei on Market Street in Wailuku. Tim Parsons and his wife Summer, the founders of Adoboloco, are carefully bottling  their jalapeno hot sauce. They start by making an exclusive amount of a test …

I have been watching this restaurant called Heart Attach Grill going up in old town in Vegas for the past couple of years. I thought the concept was funny, and their over the top style really appealed to me. Now that they are standing up …

Technology affects all of our lives deeply, I know I couldn’t survive without it. But it has enriched my consumption of food tremendously, especially through social sharing, and photo ready devices like the phone have created new environments to eat in as well as help …

 
  
The Maui Brewers Festival is celebrating its fourth year! If you’ve attended before, then you already know what a blast it is raising money for the Maui Arts and Cultural Center (MACC) while sampling from two dozen of the world’s craft beers. The festival doesn’t …

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This story originally contained an incorrect phone number for contacting Da Puerto Rican Food Truck. It has been corrected in the text below]
When Mauians think of Puerto Rican food, they tend to gravitate towards the pastele. You seen them sold on the side …