If the record-setting temperatures haven’t clued you in, summer is right around the corner, and on Maui that’s gold: from days out in the golden sunshine and sand, to indulging in golden-ripe mangoes, liliko‘i, and papayas. But, like the golden days of summer fade into fall, so fall the mangoes. One day you’re maneuvering a 10-foot pole to get all that ripe goodness and giving … [Read more...] about Common Ground Collective Starts Foster Farming Project
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Family to Family: Cupies’ new owner continues the legacy of Maui’s iconic drive-in
When Ronald Kalani Daniels was a kid growing up on Maui in the ’60s and ’70s, he and his friends spent a lot of time in Kahului Town. Afternoons after school at St. Anthony’s, he and his friends would traverse the triangle from Kahului Shopping Center to Dairy Queen to Aloha Restaurant, which sat where Walgreens is now on Pu‘unene Avenue and had an imu out back, spending their … [Read more...] about Family to Family: Cupies’ new owner continues the legacy of Maui’s iconic drive-in
Bamboo Fresh: ‘A community that feeds itself is a community that thrives’
Walk into Bamboo Fresh in Lahaina, and the first thing you’ll notice is the ingredients piled everywhere: a big round stalk of bananas hangs behind the counter, piles of orange papayas and bright liliko‘i nest together on shelves, pineapples decorate the counters, and coconuts form a small mound. The unique thing about Bamboo Fresh is that all of these ingredients are locally … [Read more...] about Bamboo Fresh: ‘A community that feeds itself is a community that thrives’
Grandma’s: Keokea’s Coffee Tradition
Right across from Keokea park, nestled into the vibrant jacarandas on the slopes of Haleakala, there’s a small coffee house that has been quietly humming with business for over three decades. Right next to Fong’s general store, which has a hundred years of old Maui history tucked into the building, Grandma’s Coffee House shares with its neighbor the same no-frills approach in … [Read more...] about Grandma’s: Keokea’s Coffee Tradition
The simple pleasures of Hui No Ke Ola Pono’s Simply Healthy Cafe in Wailuku
Tucked into a building in the Cameron Center, one nonprofit has been quietly but powerfully feeding Maui’s community with healthy and good-tasting food for nearly two decades. On weekdays during the lunch hours from 11am to 2pm, Hui No Ke Ola Pono’s Simply Healthy Cafe serves up nourishing meals with a Hawaiian twist at affordable prices. Simply Healthy Cafe isn’t easy to … [Read more...] about The simple pleasures of Hui No Ke Ola Pono’s Simply Healthy Cafe in Wailuku