Thrift Store Savers I know I’ve seen half of you there around Halloween time combing the isles for that perfect zoot suit or costume, but Savers is more that an annual trip to most of Maui, it’s become a thrift store institution in central Maui. The Salvation Army gave Savers a good run with much […]
Best Maui Businesses Goods and Services 2001
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Skate Shop on Maui: Innovation Skate Shop
Best Skate Shop Innovation Skate Shop There is some credibility to the old saying, “Do one thing, and do it well.” Innovation does one thing, and the readers at Maui Time think they are doing it well. Hi-Tech Surf Sports and Extreme Sports Maui were also given props in the skate department, but Innovation was […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Surf Shop on Maui: Hi-Tech Surf Sports
Best Surf Shop Hi-Tech Surf Sports In a competitive market like Maui’s surf supplies, the race for number #1 was no less intense. Kim Ball’s Hi-Tech made an early run to get out ahead of Local Motion and stay there. Honolua Surf Co., Extreme Sports Maui and Maui Tropix all stayed close in the running […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best CD/Record Store on Maui: Borders Books and Music
Best CD/Record Store Borders Books and Music Winning by a landslide, Borders Books and Music gets the nod for Best CD store. The combination of aisles of tunes, mountains of reading material and the gentle aroma of caffinated drinks offers a pretty strong draw to Maui’s music fans. Runner ups include the new and improved […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Buy A Car on Maui: Valley Isle Motors
Best Place to Buy A Car Valley Isle Motors Running neck-and-neck to the finish, Valley Isle Ford and Cutter Family Auto Centers exchanged the lead several times. Sharing the remaining votes were South Maui Motors, Island Dodge, Island Honda, and “O`ahu”.
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Rental Shop on Maui: Maui Dive Shop
Best Ocean Rental Shop Maui Dive Shop A head-to-head brawl between Snorkel Bob’s and Maui Dive Shop left Bob in the runner-up category. Formidable contestants include South Pacific Kayaks, Boss Frog’s, Extreme Sports Maui and Pacific Dive Shop.
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Music Store on Maui: Bounty Music
Best Music Store Bounty Music Maui’s biggest music store ran away with this one, with just a handful of competitors. Bounty’s Best Music Store win comes on the eve of their 21st birthday; a long time to be in business on Maui. Runners ups include Mele Ukulele, Lahaina Music and Tropical Disc for their line […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Leis on Maui: Ali’i Leis
Best Leis Ali`i Leis I had no idea there were so many options, but everything from “homemade” to “tutu’s” to “the flower girls” came pouring in. However, it was Kahului’s Ali`i Leis that gets the Best Leis award. Ali`i nosed out A Special Touch, O`oka’s and Safeway in their run for the roses. Other popular […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Bike Shop on Maui: West Maui Cycles
Best Bike Shop West Maui Cycles A three way battle between South Maui Bicycles, Extreme Sports Maui and West Maui Cycles left the west side’s cycle shop on top. Voters remained faithful to their favorites regardless of location, with some Lahaina riders favoring Ha`iku’s Haleakala Bike Company while some Kula riders preferred the winner. Congrats […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Recording Studio on Maui: Tom Hall’s Melody Line Studio
Best Recording Studio Tom Hall’s Melody Line Studio Why talk recording studios? Editor’s bias? Yup guess so. The nominees for this mini category are: Bob Rock’s, Seaside Recording, Walter Becker’s (good luck getting studio time now), RGS, Blue Papaya and this year’s winner, Melody Line Studios. Consistently busy, always musical and run by a seriously […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Get Married on Maui: Grand Wailea Chapel
Best Place to Get Married Grand Wailea chapel Just one vote ahead of Makena, the chapel at The Grand Wailea got the award for best place to tie the knot this year. The setting and the views are hard to beat and seldom is heard a discouraging “I Don’t!”
BEST OF MAUI 2001: Best Maui Businesses, Shops and Services Revealed
Best Businesses Goods and Services on Maui Best Place to Get Married Grand Wailea chapel Just one vote ahead of Makena, the chapel at The Grand Wailea got the award for best place to tie the knot this year. The setting and the views are hard to beat and seldom is heard a discouraging […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Spend Your Last $20 on Maui: Tropical Disc
Best Place to Spend Your Last $20 Tropical Disc Music fans unite! It seems that Mauians would prefer to blow that last Jackson on tunes rather than tacos, although the next runner-up was Compadres’ Taco Tuesday ritual. Other last rites include the gas station, Costco, a matinee movie, “any bar”, and “as close as possible […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Buy Slippahs on Maui: Longs Drugs
Best Place to buy Slippahs Longs Drugs Not even close. Mauians go to Longs for their slippah footwear, spending that hard earned $3 on an inch of rubber that protects us from burning asphalt, thorny kiawe branches or the occasional centipede. Long’s closest competitors were K-Mart, Foodland and O`oka’s, but they remained distant at best. […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Rent a Video on Maui: Blockbuster
Best Place to Rent a Video Blockbuster It was Blockbuster and Premier Video going down to the wire, with the corporate giant squeezing out Maui’s video ventures. Behind Premier fell Hapa Haole in Lahaina, Ha`iku 88 Cent Video, 88¢ Video in Kihei, Extreme Video in Pa`ia and Cinemagic in Pukalani.
MauiTime Best of Maui 2001: Best Place to Get a Tattoo on Maui: Skin Deep Tattoo
Best Place to get a Tattoo Skin Deep Tattoo While “on your butt” and “prison” remained popular themes, there was a method to my madness here, and that was to award the tattoo shop that Mauians prefer to get inked in. Skin Deep’s artists scored high, nosing out Island Ink and Atomic Tattoo in a […]