Great set with jessica and kanoa, amazing late night menu. Great cocktail menu, (kudos to @betterbrandshi) this place is impressive. Im drinking a bombay sapphire with cucumber and mint – “Jarons pau hana” hello the oysters are amazing, this raw bar kicks ass. Watch out dance floor is heating up!
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When Cafe Marc Aurel closed the terror was palpable in the editorial office of Maui Time, where we survive on coffee. Luckily we were only out of a coffee options for about a month before Megan Childers and her partners, Jackie Goring opened Wailuku Coffee Shop in the location on 26 N. Market Street. Megan Childers is no newcomer to the coffee house culture and concept opening her first cafe in Washington as a drive through when she was 17.

@JenRusso: How do you make the perfect espresso?

Megan Childers: It starts with fresh beans, and we have a special grinder that works the beans into a fine ground without bean shock.

Superb!

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I am really excited to have a new breakfast and lunch option by the office, especially because its an old favorite opening up again. Jose and Claire Krall sold their business almost a year ago and handed operations over. Those operators only lasted a few months closing around September. The Kralls had been running the bakery for about twenty years.French pastries, fresh baked breads, soup, salads and sandwiches were all very good. Their croissants were off the hook too. They baked everything in a giant open oven, old school.
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As much as I am saddened by the recent closings in wailuku, i am very excited to see Maui Bake Shop opening. For years colleague Sam Campos and I were woo’d by the French music and amazing French pastries made by Jose and Claire Crall. The windmill was a puff pastry and custard pastry that was amazing with their tres French cappucinos. I can only hope it makes a comeback. Also good, their croque monsieur sandwich. I have not confirmed that Jose or Claire will be back, however my snooping …

King’s BBQ and Chinese restaurant just opened at 197 N. Market St. In Wailuku 808-242-8848.They open at 6:00 am till 9:30 pm, their breakfast seems very reasonable, even offering a $2.99 special which is corned beef hash, 2 eggs, and a scoop of rice.
We tried the katsu mini for $4.99 and it was plentiful and tasty. The traditional wontons $3.99 (8) are rectangle but delicious. The sweet sour sauce is great too.

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Now this is exciting action on Market St., a new restaurant billing itself in banner form as King’s BBQ and Chinese Restaurant. Another banner along the side of the building toutes cheap breakfasts so if any one is feeling like trying someplace different this Saturday morning, Chance ‘Em!King’s is opening where Rosa’s Cantina was last at, also the known as the old Molina’s Bar location.

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Three’s Bar & Grill
1945-G S. Kihei Rd.,
Kihei, HI 96753

Phone: 808-879-3133
Three’s Bar and Grill are bringing a new taste of fusion to Maui. Three very ambitious and young restauranteurs have opened the old Bada Bing location with a new food concept. Three chefs that got together to create the Three’s Catering Company have now joint ventured to bring us a new style of fusion dining, Hawaiian, Pacific Rim, and Southwestern. Chef Jaron Blosser, Travis Morrin, Cody have come from different parts of the world with very different talents. Three’s Bar …

Whole Foods Market is coming to the Maui Mall, with its Grand Opening announcement and commencement on Wednesday, February 24, 2010. I have been titillated by the prospect of perusing the aisles and shelves of the Whole Foods market, despite my undying support for the smaller locally owned and operated health food stores. I have been peering in the windows since they took the construction privacy wall

The whole romantic valentine’s day dinner scene changes when you have kids. Fine dining is not an option with my rambunctious four year old. So this year’s valentine’s day I took the path of least resistance and found a restaurant the kids will love and invited some friend to with children to have a fun adult evening with.