Maui Nō Ka 'Oi Magazine Sep-Oct 2017

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26 » Adventure

GUNG HO SAILING Finding romance on the high seas can be a breeze.

Story by Kyle Ellison

32 » Hawaiian Soul

ISLAND ROYALTY From Miss Hawaii to kumu hula and lei maker, Gordean Bailey has spent a lifetime sharing the culture of aloha. Story by Lehia Apana

38 » Maui Style

THE ERA OF ELEGANCE Our wedding expert shares what’s hot, what’s not, when you walk down the aisle on the Valley Isle. Compiled by Carolee Higasino

40 » Island Style

LOVE, SWEET LOVE Wedding plans blossom amid the ruins of Ha‘ikū’s historic sugar mill. And wait till you see the clothes!

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isle 2 » At Home

A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH A ragtag property gets a modern makeover.

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IDEAS TO INSPIRE YOUR OWN GREAT OUTDOORS Create an outdoor space that’s perfect for you.

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THE POINTS ARE IN YOUR FAVOR Advice from a pro on the pros of vacation ownership. Story by Diane Haynes Woodburn

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THE ENLIGHTENED HOME The best way to make a brilliant statement?

Whisper. Compiled by Conn Brattain

Writer Kyle Ellison and wife Heather have fun learning the ropes of sailing.

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108 » Calendar

What’s happening where, when, and with whom

112 » Who’s Who

By Diane Haynes Woodburn

Seen making the scene on Maui

20 » Talk Story

114 » A Perfect Day on Maui

Fresh off the coconut wireless ~ By Lehia Apana, Becky Speere & Shannon Wianecki

We Propose Romance Follow your local guide and make the most of Maui.

Story by Lehia Apana

THIS ISSUE ONLINE

84 » Dining Feature

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90 » Dining Highlights

FANCY THAT! Go behind the scenes of our romantic fashion shoot at Haiku Mill.

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94 » Chef ’s Kitchen

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING See how projection mapping can turn a wedding cake into something amazing at MauiMagazine.net/hot-weddings.

Stories by Becky Speere A SIMPLY TASTEFUL WEDDING

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98 » Dining Guide

A list of our favorite places to eat all over the island

EAT, DRINK & BE MARRIED Scoop up these recipes from Chef Jeff Scheer’s wedding at MauiMagazine.net/chef-wedding.

WE PROPOSE ROMANCE Lehia Apana’s search for romance takes her to some of the island’s loveliest places. Watch the video at MauiMagazine.net/maui-in-love.

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NINA KUNA

GOLDEN FLOWER

This Island Living issue of Maui Nō Ka‘ Oi, with its gorgeous section on romance, offers just about everything to make your special day perfect . . . unless, like me, you forget.

It was a lazy Saturday morning. As I wandered downstairs, I could hear my husband, Jamie, busily at work in the kitchen. (He gets up hours before I am conscious).

“Good morning,” I offered cheerily—well, as cheery as I get before 8 a.m.

“Good morning,” he responded, a hint of smug in his voice. “Do you know what day it is today?” I suppose I looked puzzled (easy to do before I’ve had coffee), because he didn’t give me time to respond. “It’s our anniversary.” He dropped the sentence like a stone, one that magically lodged in my throat.

Every year one of us forgets our anniversary, and the other enjoys the sense of righteous indignation. It began with our first. Neither of us had remembered, but my father had phoned me that morning to send his congratulations. Quick like a fox, I grabbed some paper and penned a gushy card with lots of hearts. I presented it to Jamie at breakfast as though I’d been planning for a week. “What?” I exclaimed with Oscar-winning shock. “You forgot?

How could you?”

Dad kept me on track for years, but after he passed, I lost my edge. Now it’s become a sort of competition, each of us hoping to catch the other with his/her pants down—so to speak.

The most memorable example happened seven years ago. In celebration of my sixtieth birthday, we had planned a trip to Italy. We arrived in Rome in the early morning, after more than twenty-eight hours of travel, and our room wouldn’t be ready until the afternoon. To kill some time, we went on a walking tour, traipsing through the city like zombies. We were at the Coliseum when Jamie fell asleep standing up—a fact I came to realize when I heard his head hit the railing. “We need to sit down someplace,” I said, stating the obvious. In a stupor of exhaustion, we stumbled our way to the nearest restaurant, perhaps the only truly awful café in all of Rome. No joke. We were handed a bill of fare that listed drinks on one side, and “micro-wave” on the other. Jamie looked up from the pathetic menu and asked, “Do you know what today is?” I feared he had become delusional.

“I think it’s Friday,” I said gently.

“And,” he taunted, “it’s our anniversary.” We laughed so hard we nearly fell off of our chairs, and then celebrated our good fortune to have one another—over the most tasteless meal in all of Italy.

Today, I don’t have sleep deprivation as an excuse. “We could make laulau,” I offered, knowing the quickest way to Jamie’s heart is through the garden. “Maybe the kids could come over.” He smiled, and I knew I had squirreled my way back into his good graces.

After I’d fortified myself with coffee, Jamie and I grabbed hand sickles and headed to the garden, our two dogs gleefully chasing across the grass in a game of catch and tackle. The taro was gorgeous. I had texted all four boys and their spouses earlier: “Laulau at our house tonight; join us?” So, just in case, we harvested enough chest-sized leaves for ten.

Jamie put the taro in the sink to soak, while I began assembling ingredients. Soon we were in sync, using the giant taro leaves like tortilla wrappers to bundle chicken, sweet potato, onion, carrot, Hawaiian salt and chili pepper. We set the pot to boil, and our harvest to steam. All four boys and their spouses texted back, “We’ll be there!”

Later, as we all gathered and enjoyed our noncelebration with laughter and laulau (none of the kids remembered it was our anniversary, either), I realized that real romance isn’t so much about the date, the dinner, the wine or the perfect setting. Romance is in the life you build and share together—and the love you bring to each other—everyday.

Wishing all of us a happy anniversary, no matter what day it is.

talk story Fresh off the coconut wireless

The Weeping Canoe Ron Panzo doesn’t believe in coincidences.

Ask for proof, and he’ll tell you the story of the canoe that hangs from the ceiling of his restaurant, Nalu’s South Shore Grill.

Three years ago, Ron put a request on the “coconut wireless” (word of mouth) for a canoe to use as décor. Six weeks before the restaurant’s opening, he received a call from a Honolulu project manager who was supervising a renovation in Hilo, on Hawai‘i Island. The man told Ron, “The Minute Stop [here] has high electric bills because of a vaulted ceiling. The owners want to put in a drop ceiling, but a koa canoe is hanging from the rafters. We’ve offered it to five canoe clubs, and no one wants it. You have five days to come and get it, or we’re going to cut it up and throw it in the dumpster.”

Ron called a friend and they were in Hilo the following day—only to discover that the canoe was suspended forty feet overhead.

They’d need special equipment to lower it safely. As Ron stood in the parking lot, stewing about the logistics and whether it was even possible, the door flew open and shouts came from the store: “Come see this!”

Inside, the project manager held out a camera, its viewfinder focused on the canoe and its decorative honu (turtle) ama

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(outrigger). What looked like tears of blood streamed down her face. Ron took one look and thought, “I don’t want it.” Just then his cell phone rang. It was his friend and spiritual advisor, Kimokeo Kapahulehua. “You’re not going to believe this, Kimokeo,” Ron said, ”but the honu has tears of blood coming down its face.” Kimokeo replied, “No worry.

The koa is our kupuna [ancestor]. Bring her home and we will bless her. It’ll be fine.”

A tsunami of aloha poured in from Hilo residents. A lift operator heard about the canoe and offered his equipment and labor.

Once the canoe was secured and lowered to the ground, someone else provided a flatbed truck to bring her to the dock. Ron knew the canoe’s size would make her costly to transport, but when he told the shipping clerk where it came from, and the story about the honu’s tears, she said, “Just wait a minute.” She exited the office, then returned with a smile. “My manager has agreed to lower the cost from $5,000 to $1,200.”

The canoe landed on Maui . . . and sat on the front lawn of Ron’s house for a month.

A woodworker estimated she’d need two hours of sanding and a quick varnish, but the job turned into a week of sanding, removing rotten wood, and applying four

Story by Becky Speere Photo by Mieko Horikoshi

coats of varnish. “You could feel her mana [power] as we uncovered her beauty.”

The canoe was unveiled on Mother’s Day—one of the busiest days of the year for florists—and Kihei-Wailea Flowers by Cora, located in the same plaza as Nalu’s, was in high gear. Family from Hilo had flown in to help Cora Camarillo. As business slowed that afternoon, they headed to Ron’s restaurant. That’s when Cora’s nephew Ikaika Kalama recognized the canoe. He had noticed it in Ron’s yard—but when he saw it up close, he realized that it was one his uncle had carved. Seeing that the canoe had no lei, Cora ran back to her shop for a strand of maile. With Kimokeo chanting, everyone stood in a circle, holding hands to honor this kupuna. Later they helped secure the canoe in her lofty new home.

Not end of story. Two weeks later, Ron got a call from the project manager who had told him about the canoe and photographed its tears. He said that when he returned to Honolulu, he shared the story with colleagues and turned on his digital camera to show them the weeping canoe.

All the images of the renovation were there to view . . . but the seven pictures he’d taken of the canoe were blank.

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Market Value NAME: Toni Rojas | TITLE: Marketing Director at Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center SNOW WAY! Last December, Toni Rojas and her team filled Central Maui’s largest shopping center with holiday magic. Using special effects adapted from Hollywood movie sets, they dropped millions of water-based bubbles to create a “snowfall” at the mall’s center court.

“When I pitched the idea to the mall’s owners in Michigan, I told them that we are deprived of snow over here,” Toni grins. “That brought on lots of laughs, but they said go for it.”

Toni estimates that more than 24,000 people came to “Let It Snow!” between December 1 and 24. “The first night we had about 1,400 people here. It went viral and the second night we had 4,000 people,” says Toni. “There was always a moment when the snow started to fall and the entire crowd went, ‘Ahhh.’ It was a chicken-skin moment.”

MAUI GOLD: Toni’s snowfall helped win over the folks at the International Council of Shopping Centers. Out of hundreds of entries from around the world, the council awarded Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center a 2017 Gold MAXI Award.

“The conference brought together 37,000 attendees and 1,200 exhibitors from fifty-eight countries, so it’s a really big deal,” says Toni.

COMMUNITY CENTER: When Toni joined the team at Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center nearly two years ago, the mall was hosting around 100 events and promotions each year. “Now we’re doing over 300 a year,” she says, rattling off a diverse list of community-building and fundraising activities, including the annual Kokua for Kokonuts walk to support breast-cancer awareness, and last year’s Plantation Festival, which celebrated Maui’s multicultural heritage.

As we become a more fragmented society, free events like the ones Toni conceives and produces help bring our disparate populations together. And in an age when online shopping behemoths are decimating brick-and-mortar centers, what Toni does to bring people to the mall helps keep hundreds of Maui folks employed.

“Maui really is a melting pot and our events reflect that,” she says. “QKC is for everyone from keiki to kūpuna.”

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TALK STORY in season

Autumn Harvest Pumpkins are synonymous with fall on the mainland. In Hawai‘i, a different autumnal gourd ripens in the fields. The ipu, or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), came to these islands with Polynesian voyagers in their ocean-crossing canoes.

The flowering vine found fertile soil here and grew into a pillar of Hawaiian culture.

Hawaiians of the past didn’t have ceramic bowls or plastic coolers; instead gourds served as vessels for water, poi, dyes, and medicine. Fishermen stowed lures and hooks in small ipu that floated if knocked overboard. Lidded gourds were often wrapped in kōkō, decorative net carriers. Hawaiian farmers were known for their ipu nui—especially large gourds.

Priests cut eyeholes in the hollowed, inverted gourds, wove tassels into the crown, and wore them as ritual headgear.

To this day, hula practitioners rely on ipu heke drums to create their rhythm. Made from two gourds joined head to head with ‘ulu (breadfruit) gum, this instrument is unique to Hawai‘i. Dancers slap its side and pound it against a woven mat on the floor to produce resonant beats.

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The ipu is a kinolau or physical manifestation of Lono, the Hawaiian god of fertility and farming. It appears in many legends. The famous wind gourd of La‘amaomao was said to contain all the winds of Hawai‘i, which could be called forth by chanting their lyrical names.

Some people native to Ka‘ū on Hawai‘i Island believe they descend from twin girls who hatched from a gourd and became warriors.

Ipu aren’t easy to grow nowadays; invasive fruit flies sting them. Farmers in Kula fastidiously tend their crop and coddle baby gourds, covering them with mosquito netting and rotating them daily to ensure that they grow round and even.

Some farmers constrict the gourds to shape them as they grow; others decorate freshly picked ipu with ancient or modern flourishes. Drum makers reach through the gourd’s narrow neck to scrape out the insides. The cleaner the gourd, the better the sound.

According to kumu hula (hula teacher) Kapono‘ai Molitau, “The first sound of a drum is like a baby’s first cry.”

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GUNG HO Story by Kyle Ellison Photography by Ben Ferrari

We’re a half mile off the West Maui coastline, and Keahi Ho is completely unfazed by the fact that our boat is now sideways.

That’s what monohulls do in the tradewinds—heel sideways, cruise at an angle, and make you feel like you’re flying.

Keahi captains Gung Ho, a thirty-six-foot, kauriwood Lidgard that’s based in Lahaina Harbor. Unlike other Maui boats that mostly do snorkeling charters, Gung Ho offers classes where groups—and couples—can learn how to cruise with the wind.

I, too, have a captain’s license, but it’s for catamarans, which don’t heel over, and have two hulls instead of one. Plus,

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SAILING

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If you’ve done an ocean cruise or two and want a more hands-on experience, climb aboard the Gung Ho and Captain Keahi will teach you what you need to know to log some time at the helm.

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ADVENTURE

During a lesson aboard the Gung Ho, you’ll work the lines, winches and sails, getting a workout while enjoying views of four different islands. Heather Ellison smiles, knowing that Keahi Ho (lower left) and son Nalu (upper left) are there to handle the hard parts.

it’s been a few years since I’ve hoisted a sail, and my skills are definitely rusty.

When Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi offered me the assignment of writing about a sailing lesson, I jumped at the chance.

When I learned that the story would run in the magazine’s romance issue, I asked my wife, Heather, to join me.

Heather worked on a boat here in Lahaina Harbor, but that was years ago, in our “pre-kids” era. In fact, this town is where we met, started to date, and took the first steps toward our present life of packing lunches, changing diapers, and cleaning up cups of spilled milk. Taking a cruise on Gung Ho, and brushing up on our maritime skills, seemed a fun way to bring back the memories of the halcyon days of our courtship.

Keahi usually offers a three-day course, but since Heather and I have sailing experience—and lots of parental duties—we’ve opted for a one-day refresher. We skip the intro, when Keahi goes over basic terminology. Sailing has its own language; you need to know your boom from your vang, your telltales, battens, and fairleads, and what it means to sail close-hauled or pinch up into the wind.

The tradewinds are starting to blow as Keahi instructs Nalu, his fifteen-yearold son, to cast off the bow lines, pull up the fenders, and get us out on the water. Steering out through the channel markers, we learn this isn’t the first time Keahi and Nalu have gone to sea; they took Gung Ho to Tahiti and back, and Nalu first crossed from O‘ahu to Kaua‘i

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when he was only two months old. Keahi himself first sailed to Hawai‘i at the ripe old age of five, and has participated in everything from Olympic trials to the prestigious TransPac yacht race.

It’s a résumé that definitely sets us at ease as we leave the harbor, and luckily for Heather, who sometimes gets seasick, Keahi’s instructions keep her mind off the motion of the ocean and more on the task at hand: weaving the boat among moorings, a skill that Keahi usually covers on the second day of the course.

“What do I do?” Heather frantically asks as Keahi hands her the tiller and tells her to pilot the boat.

“What do you do when you’re driving a car?” he replies. “Just point us where you want to go.”

Granted, it isn’t exactly that simple.

For one thing, instead of an oversized wheel for a helm, Gung Ho has a large tiller that moves the rudder in the same way you’d steer an outboard motor. If you’re not used to steering a boat, it can feel counterintuitive: You push to the left and the boat goes right, push right and the boat goes left. For another, you’re fueled by wind—not gas—and even small changes in your general heading require trimming the sails.

“Look all the way up,” says Keahi, directing my attention to the slight curve at the top of the mainsail. “That’s what your boom vang is for. You loosen or tighten it to change the twist up there.”

He has me pull on the line for the vang and I watch as the top of the sail

Novices quickly learn that sailing is both physical and cerebral—from understanding what nautical terminology means, to what the parts of the vessel do; from reading the winds and cloud formations, to mastering the mariner’s art of tying knots. Getting to learn all that in Maui’s waters? What’s knot to like?

makes slight—but noticeable—changes that help the boat to move even faster.

That’s a skill I never really practiced when I worked on larger boats.

Heather keeps Gung Ho on course as we cruise out of the harbor, and with her hands on the tiller and her gaze straight ahead, even manages to thread through an opening no more than fifty yards wide. Seeing her smile, with the wind in her hair and the sunlight dancing on her shoulders, reminds of when being on the water was part of our everyday life.

Splashing along Lahaina’s shore, I cherish this woman who has been with me for ten years, and has grown from a girl to the beautiful mother of our two boys.

“You remember what this feels like?” I ask Heather with a grin.

She nods and then laughs, “I so needed this!”

One of Gung Ho’s most important lessons is learning to read the conditions around you. The island’s steep mountains funnel the wind powerfully between valleys and across the channels—yet momentum can stop in an instant once you reach the wind line and the boat tucks into the lee.

Conditions in these waters are so dependent upon the slightest change in wind direction that

Steep mountains funnel the wind powerfully between valleys and across channels. Some say if you can sail in Hawai‘i, you can sail anywhere in the world.

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some say, if you can sail in Hawai‘i, you can sail anywhere in the world.

Keahi points to a line in the clouds that marks where the calm conditions stop and the stronger tradewinds begin. He tells us that cooler, northerly winds are more common in winter, though by summer, winds clock to northeast.

After the miniature weather lesson, we practice knots like our bowline and clove hitch and talk about when to use which.

We prep the lines to jibe the boat, and once we’re headed back to the harbor, we all relax and enjoy the peace of simply being at sea.

After our four-hour lesson, we’re lighter,

airier, and much more refreshed than when we first stepped on the boat.

“I feel like I just had a massage,” says Heather as we pull into the slip. It’s a surprising response to a pretty strenuous activity.

Pulling the lines and manning the tiller can be exhausting, but the joy of sailing is also invigorating.

For Keahi Ho, it doesn’t feel like work; he’s doing something he loves. As for why he named his vessel Gung Ho, he says it’s a play on his last name.

“And that’s kind of how we sail it,” he says.

I’d have to say I agree.

GUNG HO offers three-day sailing lessons for groups of up to six people. The boat has a refrigerator and dry storage, and you can opt to bring beer and other beverages, snacks, and extras like sailing gloves and sunscreen. For reservations, call 808-269-5261 or visit GungHoSailing.com.

A LANDLUBBER’S BRIEF GUIDE TO NAUTICAL TERMS Batten: A long, thin strip that supports the mainsail Boom: A horizontal pole that’s attached to the mainsail and extends from the bottom of the mast Boom Vang: A line that exerts downward force on the boom to adjust the twist of the mainsail Bow Line: A line that runs from the bow of the boat and secures it to a dock Bowline: A knot that’s commonly used while sailing, particularly when tying sheet lines to sails Close Hauled: Pointing a boat about 45° in the direction the wind is blowing.

Clove Hitch: A knot that’s commonly used to tie the fenders onto the railing

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Fairleads: A device that’s used to guide a line and keep it free from chafing Fender: A flexible bumper that keeps boats from banging into the dock or each other Heel: Tip and sail at an angle Jibe: Change course by turning the stern, or the back of the boat, through the wind Keel: The bottom of a boat, which is heavily weighted to prevent the boat from capsizing Lee: An area that’s sheltered from wind Line: The term for most cordage or ropes used on a vessel Tell-tales: Pieces of string attached to a sail to indicate wind direction Tiller: A lever, attached to the top of the rudder post, used for steering on smaller boats Trim: The shape of the sail. To trim the sail is to adjust the sail and make the boat move more efficiently.

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HAWAIIAN SOUL

From Miss Hawaii 1959, to solo dancer at the Royal Hawaiian, to kumu hula and lei maker, Maui’s Gordean Bailey has spent a lifetime sharing the culture of aloha.

Story by Lehia Apana A young Gordean presents a lei to Elvis Presley during an early visit to Hawai‘i by the king of rockn-roll. Opposite: Bailey now lives in Upcountry Maui, where she teaches hula and strings lei from the flowers she grows on her farm.

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From top: During her multicity tour as Miss Hawaii, Gordean poses with Miss Nevada, Dawn Wells, who will later be cast as “Mary Ann” on TV’s Gilligan’s Island. An especially fond memory for Gordean is when she was chosen Miss Congeniality by fellow contestants at the 1959 Miss America Pageant. While in New York City, Gordean visits backstage at the St. James Theater with Ed Kinney (Ray’s son), who is starring in Flower Drum Song.

Sharing aloha with the Dalai Lama during his 2007 visit to Maui.

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Gordean Bailey poses the question so nonchalantly that I check to see whether she means the Elvis. I squeeze past a medley of hula supplies and decades’ worth of mementos scattered about her Kula home, and move in for a closer look.

Sure enough, a poster-sized, black-and-white photo leans against a wall. Elvis stands there, looking suave in an unbuttoned tropical shirt and his signature white hip-hugger pants. An eighteen-year-old Gordean, in nearly matching aloha wear, flashes a delicate smile as she drapes a lei around his neck.

“He was here to do Blue Hawaii, but he really wasn’t, you know, Elvis yet,” she says modestly, presumably to tame my utter elation. “I was going to University of Hawai‘i at that time and some friends of mine worked on the school paper. They told me, ‘We need you to come and give him a lei.’ So there we are at Hemenway Hall.”

As a former Miss Hawaii, Gordean is no stranger to celebrity encounters or photographers’ flashbulbs. But these days you’ll more likely find the seventy-seven-year-old in rubber boots, behind the wheel of a riding mower— which is exactly as I encounter her on this crisp Upcountry morning, her high-pitched voice barely audible over the roaring horsepower.

“I’ll meet you at the bottom of the property—we can talk story in my studio,” she exclaims, and motors past a row of protea before disappearing behind a hydrangea hedge.

Her studio walls are lined with old photos draped in dried maile lei, ipu (gourds) of varying shapes, featherembellished lau hala hats—and of course, that Elvis photo. For the past twenty-eight years as kumu hula (hula teacher) of Hālau Hula Wehiwehi O Leilehua, Gordean has shared her Hawaiian culture and love for dance with countless students. Her fervor for hula is matched by her other joys: farming and lei making.

Gordean admits that this trifecta of passions is only natural. She grew up on O‘ahu, where she helped her mother, Josephine Leilehua Kiesel Lee, in the family flower shop, Josie’s Florist.

“My love for flowers and lei making was really nurtured in that shop,” she recalls. “I learned from her what’s beautiful in lei and how to care for the flowers.”

When she was ten, she took up hula with Mahi Beamer of the famed hula and Hawaiian music family. When Mahi left Hawai‘i to study

COURTESY OF GORDEAN BAILEY

“YOU SEE ELVIS AND ME OVER THERE?”

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COURTESY OF GORDEAN BAILEY

Gordean’s granddaughter Rose is the next generation to embrace hula culture, often chanting and dancing with the woman who calls her “my grandbaby Rosie.” Photo by Shane Tegarden

at Juilliard School of Music in New York, Gordean studied under his cousin Nona Beamer, and with hula master Ma‘iki Aiu Lake, who later guided Gordean through the rigorous training required to become a kumu hula herself.

“Even in those young years I didn’t care to go play with my friends as much as I wanted to go dance hula,” she says.

By age twelve, Gordean was performing at Waikīkī hotspot Don the Beachcomber, a gig that required the fresh-faced dancer to secure permission from the local liquor commissioner. Her youth was balanced by her professionalism, and at seventeen she became the soloist in the Monarch Room at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Back then, the lavish beachfront “Pink Palace” was stomping grounds for actual royals, Hollywood elite, and those with a hefty enough bankroll—the Monarch Room was the venue’s crown jewel.

Gordean was handpicked for the role by the hotel’s entertainment director, Ray Kinney, a Hawai‘i-born musician and singer who had appeared on Broadway and performed in the Hawaiian Room at New York’s famed Hotel Lexington.

Fellow entertainer Iwalani Stone Kamahele recalls their time at the Monarch Room as an “extraordinary” experience. “Our life was simple until we went to work—then it was like we were in a fairy tale six nights a week,” she says. “[Gordean] had this incredible style that was so natural when she was up there dancing. Her face would just light up

and you couldn’t help but be drawn to her.”

Says fellow Monarch Room entertainer Danny “Kaniela” Kaleikini, “When she danced, she had the real Hawaiian motions.

That ‘uehe [hula step] and her sway—it was like watching a coconut tree in the trade wind.”

It was at the Royal that Gordean met her future husband of fifty years. John Vandenberg Bailey had been hired to do public relations for Matson Navigation Company, which opened the hotel in 1927 to complement its passenger service from the West Coast.

“Growing up, I had only dated local boys, but he had a sweetness about him that I was attracted to.” Gordean laughs, remembering how protective her father, Gordon Lee Sr., could be when it came to anyone wanting to Clockwise from upper right: An ad for Marston’s department store promotes a visit by the newly crowned Miss Hawaii. This United Airlines promotional photo shows Gordean happily reunited with her youngest sister after her tour. Miss Hawaii, in all her pageant finery, finds herself on the cover of Chinatown News in September of 1959.

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Gordean Bailey and her hālau hula (hula troupe) Wehiwehi O Leilehua host a 2017 fundraiser at the Historic ‘Īao Theater, with proceeds benefiting St. Anthony School’s Haywood Kahauanu Lake Scholarship. The scholarship is named for one of Gordean’s mentors, who was husband to her kumu hula (hula teacher) Ma‘iki Aiu Lake; both appear in the portrait behind the dancers.

date his young daughter. “Before I could drive, my dad would work all day at Pearl Harbor and then at night take me to my jobs. He sat and waited, so he kept an eye on any suitors and boyfriends, including my future husband.”

In fact, Gordean’s career was a family effort.

“Every night my mother would make me fresh lei, and because I was a holokū dancer [dancing in a long, formal dress], she would string ones that were seven or nine strands down to my knees. She would do these beautiful lei of epidendrums [orchids] shaped like little stars.”

Gordean pauses as if to scan her memory bank before moving into song: “I would dance to things like ‘I’ll Weave a Lei of Stars for You’ or ‘My Sweet Gardenia Lei.’” As her voice lifts in songs she first sang half a century ago, the melodies draw forth

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both laughter and tears. She smiles and apologizes. “Oh, boy, I get emotional, hearing those songs again.”

In 1959, shortly after Hawai‘i became a state, Gordean made history as the first Miss Hawaii at the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City.

Miss Mississippi earned the crown, but fellow contestants voted Gordean Miss Congeniality at both the state and national levels.

The honors came as no surprise, notes Iwalani. “She is and always has been a very humble person who is genuinely kind to everyone she meets.”

During Gordean’s time as Miss Hawaii, glamour and luxuries flooded into her life: a custom wardrobe, magazine covers, a multicity tour. She admits that she did it all for the money—the scholarship money, that is.

“Being Miss Hawaii was odd for me because I’m not a competitive person,” she says. “I was the eldest of five and I needed to help my family and pay for schooling, so earning scholarships was my motivation.”

She majored in education and taught at University Laboratory School and Punahou School in Honolulu.

While her life is simpler now, Gordean is still living her passions. At her Bailey Farms Maui, she grows and sells protea and other flowers, and nurtures native plants like wauke for tapa, sixteen varieties of lehua, and maile, which she weaves into lei and sells locally.

“My mantra is to make a friend of change.

I just love to see things grow and blossom, whether it’s my plants or my students.” She pauses, then adds, “I’m still growing, too. I’m a teacher, but I’m a student forever.”

LEON MATSUI; FAMILY PORTRAIT COURTESY OF GORDEAN BAILEY

At the same fundraiser, Gordean dances onstage with her granddaughter Rose. In the family portrait at right, Gordean is joined by her late husband, John, and their children, Maile and Timothy.

I T ’ S A L L A B O U T T H E D A Y.

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FORMAL: Vintage glamour with an industrial twist; picture a brick warehouse, romantic lighting and over-the-top décor: velvet-covered wooden tables • natural elements like marble, agates and geodes • rose gold or copper tabletop • bubbly coupes • gold-rimmed china • formal menu cards and invitations • wax seals and calligraphy CASUAL: macramé • teepees • greenery • geometric shapes • natural woods

RUSTIC DÉCOR: clutter • chalkboard signage • mix/matched prints • clothespins of photos • flowers in tin cans • paper lanterns and parasols • white folding chairs • anything plastic • fake flowers

COLOR

Green for tropical weddings • ivory, nude, and neutral tones like pale grey and blue • brushed metallic • loads of texture in monochromatic colors • linens with embellished appliqué

Burlap • acrylic • black • red • Tiffany blue • fuchsia • and (thank goodness!) plaid

FLOWERS

Cascading bouquets • altars sprawling with vases • garden arches • floral trellises • natural foliage • sign-in “books” like pieces of art, surfboards or ‘ukuleles for display at home • garland runners of soft-petaled blooms • tall trumpet vases, candelabras and taper candles • tailored centerpieces • hanging florals

Hand-tied bouquets of loose flowers • blue-dyed orchids • florals submerged in cylinders • mason jars

FOOD

FORMAL: Food and wine tastings • interactive food stations • grand cakes atop linen • frosting with ruffles, pleats and sugar flowers • late-night sliders and furikake fries • mixologists whipping up cocktails infused with local distillations CASUAL: Food stations • craft cocktail bars • charcuterie boards on each table. High pomp or low key, the healthier the better

Anything unhealthy: Cupcakes • candy bars • popcorn bars • bad mixers • cheap wine • plastic cups and disposable plates

FASHION

Off-the-shoulder wedding dresses • plunging V-necks • nude dresses with lace overlays • ruffles • feathers • tiered skirts • fluttery sleeves or billowing bishop sleeves • removable skirts • big bold earrings and hair accessories • For the groom: Classic suit in navy or black • embroidered or appliquéd lapels • contrasting tie, scarf, unusual vest • For the daring, narrowed-to-the-ankle trousers and classic shoes • embroidered shirts • suspenders • hats

Strapless A-lines • hot tuxedos • tan lines & bad spray tans • slippahs • shorts • unbuttoned shirts • jewelry overload • messy or overdone hair • caterpillar eyelashes • shoes that clash with the dress

LIGHTING

Chandeliers • lanterns • Edison bulbs • light fixtures strung from trees • uplighting with soft gel filters • gobo lighting • candles in sheltered areas • where there’s wind: upscale batteryoperated “candles” and even candelabras with wax candles and battery interior

Paper lanterns • anything without a dimmer • lights submerged in cylinders or under table • neon or harsh LEDs

TECH

Video conferencing • Facebook live • mobile apps • drone footage • digital mapping (See MauiMagazine.net/hot-weddings.) • 3D printed, laser-cut cake toppers • Day of: “snap and chat” images for social media • selfie and slow-mo booths • live webcasting • Pinterest boards • Unplugged or supercharged, ask everyone to turn off cellphones and other distractions during the ceremony. Let the pros get their photos without guests waving cellphones in the air.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Big band, swing, funk or rock • street performers • DJs for a change of pace. And put a soundtrack to your ceremony: slack-key guitar, saxophone, strings, keyboard . . . even mariachi

iPod uncurated by a DJ • too-loud bands • poorly attired musicians (Yes, you can tell them what to wear.)

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Wedding plans blossom amid the ruins of Ha‘ikū’s historic sugar mill.

Photography: Mykle Coyne Creative Direction: John Giordani Styling: Conn Brattain / Tori Speere Hair & Makeup: Ry-n Shimabuku Models: Larson Talent Hawai‘i’s Savannah Gankiewicz & Shen Gandolfo

Table Decor: Kimiko Hosaki/ Elements by K.H & Co. Florals: Teresa Sena Design Assistants: Shelby Lynch, Kamehana Lee, Savy Janssen Location: Haiku Mill, Ha‘ikū, Maui

WINDOW DRESSING HER ruffled floral-print chiffon dress by Love Sam, $318, at Pearl and Pearl Seaside. Blush ruffle shoes by Steve Madden, $15, at Ross. 14K yellowgold raindrop pendant with golden South Sea pearl and diamond accent, $1,679; 14K yellow-gold raindrop earrings with golden South Sea pearls and diamond accent, $1,399, both at Na Hoku, The Shops at Wailea, Whalers Village and NaHoku.com. HIS lilac linen shirt by Original Paperbacks, $95, at Biasa Rose. Grey stretch-linen drawstring pants, $195, by James Perse at Cabana, Four Seasons Resort Maui. Straw hat, stylist’s own.

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TICKLED PINK HER coral wrap dress by Misa, $210, at Nuage Bleu. Silver and gold lurex high heels by Nine West, $24, at T.J. Maxx. Large cushion ring and necklace with morganite center and diamond accents, small round ring and matching earrings with rose-quartz center and amethyst accents, all set in 18K rose gold, by Lisa Nik, prices on request at Baron & Leeds, The Shops at Wailea and Whalers Village. Rose lurex-and-straw tote

by Cappelli Straworld, $38, at Makana in The Shops at Grand Wailea. HIS petal-pink linen shirt by Original Paperbacks, $95, at Biasa Rose. Faded rose-cotton shorts by Joe’s Jeans, $118, at Homme by Nature. Hand-painted orange ombre pillows (on sofa) by Maui artist Annie Fischer, $89–$186 at Pacific Home.

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LA VIE EN ROSE Floral blouse with metallic gold stripes by Auguste, $110, at Nuage Bleu. Gold lamé skirt by Marie France Van Damme, $550, at 22 Knots, Four Seasons Resort Maui. 18K rose-gold cushionshaped earrings with green quartz center stones surrounded by amethyst accents, by Lisa Nik; price on request at Baron & Leeds, The Shops at Wailea, and at Whalers Village. Silver-and-gold lurex high heels by Nine West, $24, at T.J. Maxx.

Florals by Teresa Sena.

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ISLAND STYLE TIE THE KNOT A vintage brooch, the stylist’s own, accents the hand-dyed, raw-edged silk ribbon our model wears as a bracelet.

Ribbon, by Adorn, starts at $26 for a 5-yard spool.

Shown in Juliette (peach) and Cecile (yellow).

HIS & HERS His-and-hers tungsten Eternity Rings inlaid with koa and opal are symbols of elegance and commitment. $349 each, by and at Martin & MacArthur.

FLOWER GIRL HER peach cotton-gauze maxi dress by 9seed, $128, at Cabana, Four Seasons Resort Maui; layered atop a slightly longer version in white, also by 9seed, $150, at Pink by Nature. Pink coral necklace by LB Bracelets, $697; Mini Jane natural rattan basket bag with vanilla calfskin leather accents,

by Donatienne, $340, both at Le Surf, Fairmont Kea Lani. 18K rose-and-white-gold Roberto Coin diamond sun pendant, $2,499; 14K rose- gold Embrace earrings with pink freshwater pearls and diamonds, $459, both by and at Na Hoku, Grand Wailea Resort. Hand-dyed, raw-edged silk ribbons worn as belts and bracelet, by Adorn, starting at $26 for 5-yard spool; shown in Juliette (peach) and Cecile (yellow). Vintage brooch on silk ribbon worn as bracelet, stylist’s own.

BEST MAN HIS Net Worth cotton shirt in guava, cut and sewn in Hawai‘i, $94, by and at Tori Richard in The Shops at Wailea and Whalers Village. Drawstring white linen pants, $145, by Benson, at Biasa Rose.

ONCE UPON A TIME . . .

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SILVER LINING HER distressed-ivory sweatshirt by n:PHILANTHROPY, $122; long necklace with freshwater baroque and pink pearls handknotted on silk cord, $696, by Kate Christiansen Design; both at Pearl and Pearl Seaside.

Silver lamé skirt by Marie France Van Damme, $550, at 22 Knots, Four Seasons Resort Maui. Silver-and-gold lurex high heels by Nine West, $24, at T.J. Maxx. Natural pink freshwater pearl choker, $2,299; baroque golden South Sea pearl 35” lariat necklace with 14K whitegold clasp (worn as bracelet), $3,400; 14K rose-gold ring with white and pink freshwater pearls and diamond accents, $359; 14K yellow-gold raindrop earrings with golden South Sea pearls and diamond accents, $1,399; 14K yellow-gold ring with golden South Sea pearl and channel-set diamonds, $1,799; all by and at Na Hoku, Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center, Hyatt Regency Maui and NaHoku.com. HIS grey-andwhite pinstripe linen shirt, $185,

by James Perse at Cabana, Four Seasons Resort Maui. Pearl-grey stretch jeans, $180, by Joe’s Jeans, at Homme by Nature.

TABLE FOR TWO Opposite page: HER long silver-lamé camisol, $550, and short gold-lamé camisol, $360, by Marie France Van Damme, at 22 Knots, Four Seasons Resort Maui.

Blush floral-print maxi skirt with ruffle-edged slit, $172, by Flynn Skye at Driftwood. 14K gold-plated koa, pink pearl and fuchsia pavé cluster earrings, $115, and matching necklace, $225, both at Martin & MacArthur. Silver-and-gold lurex high heels by Nine West, $24, at T.J. Maxx. HIS grey cotton shirt, $115, by Lanai Collection at Cabana, Four Seasons Resort Maui. Wine slim-stretch chinos, $60, at GAP, The Shops at Wailea. White orchid lei, $16, at Costco.

Table Decor by Kimiko Hosaki/ Elements by K.H & Co. Florals by Teresa Sena Design

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BUFF & SHINE HER Maui’s Koa Johnson designed this custom long-sleeve, open-back mermaid gown in reversible matte blush and gold sequins. (Shown on opposite page with pale blush tulle skirt and gold cuff belt.) Picchiotti earrings and pendant with a total of 6 pear-shaped pink tourmalines (15 carats) and 116 round brilliant-cut diamonds (6.55 ctw.) set in 18K white gold; sold as a set, $31,500; platinum ring with 7.15-ct. pear-shaped rubellite, pavÊ set with 220 (1.47 ctw.) round brilliant-cut diamonds, $17,000; all at Grand Jewels of Wailea, Grand Wailea Resort. HIS white linen shirt by Scarci, $375, Cabana, Four Seasons Resort Maui; Perry Ellis boxers $13/3 pair at T.J. Maxx.

Bouquet by Teresa Sena Design

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PUT A RING ON IT HER 14K white-gold Nalani ring with 1.02 ctw. of diamonds and .5 ct. center diamond, $3,000. HIS 18k white-gold gent’s maile leaf wedding band, $759, representing aloha (love), ho‘ohanohano (honor), and mahalo (respect); both by and at Na Hoku.

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LIVING

Move over, Gauguin. This painting by Maui artist Avi Kiriaty adds a bold, primitivist accent to a bedroom’s modest decor. Not long ago, the home itself looked a lot more primitive—until the man who bought the foreclosed property decided to work a small miracle.

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Fleetwood glass doors slide nearly the length of the house, creating an on-demand al fresco kitchen and living room just steps from the home’s hot tub and pool.

A ragtag property gets a modern makeover by a real estate developer who never says never.

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Three years ago, Gal Cohen (at right) was the only bidder for this foreclosed Kīhei property. He was also the only one to see its potential—realized in the “after” photo above.

Gal is a real-estate developer. When he spotted a legal notice for a foreclosed Kīhei property three years ago, he knew he’d found his next project. “I drove by to check it out, and as soon as I saw it, I said: ‘This is the one.’” It wasn’t much to look at. With a depressing exterior and a derelict yard to match, the ramshackle three-bedroom house had clearly seen better days. And it was more than an eyesore—it was also the neighborhood blight. For years, police had routinely visited the residence in response to neighbors’ complaints about noise, drugs and crime.

But Gal saw something no one else did: potential. “He has a gift for identifying what others can’t see,” says his partner, Chelsea Dimin. “It’s his passion.” After purchasing the property at auction (he was the lone bidder), Gal set out to turn the dilapidated

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house into a dream home. For anyone else, it might have been a daunting task, but Gal has been performing makeover miracles for years. When he looks at a worse-for-thewear property, he sees not just an investment, but also an enticing challenge. “It’s an opportunity to be creative,” he explains. It’s also an opportunity to express his appreciation for clean lines, natural elements, and Polynesian design.

Gal moved to Maui from Israel at the age of nineteen to windsurf. He took a job as a landscaper, discovered he had a knack for it, and started his own landscaping company a few years later. In 2010, he bought his first home in Ha‘ikū, and it was a fixerupper in every sense of the word. “It was a good deal,” he says, “but it was a total mess.

It took me a month just to clear out all of the junk.” With no construction experience,

Gal taught himself the fundamentals of home renovation through YouTube videos and how-to books. Clearly, he was a quick study: Four months later, the renovation was so impressive that he received several requests to remodel other houses.

That same year, Gal started a construction company, and after a series of projects (including the renovation of the 22,000-square-foot Lumeria Maui retreat in Makawao), he began buying properties to fix up and sell. Whatever their shape and size, they all had something in common.

“I look for the ones that have the most issues,” Gal says. Seeing a rundown property metamorphose into something beautiful is intensely gratifying, especially when it’s been written off as a lost cause, he says. If a building has redeeming qualities—and it’s structurally sound—it can be resurrected.

INSET PHOTO: CHELSEA DIMIN

IT WAS A HOUSE THAT NO ONE WANTED TO BUY. NO ONE BUT GAL COHEN, THAT IS.

Despite the home’ s modest footprint, the redesigned interior feels open and expansive, with seamless transitions from room to room, and from indoors out.

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Above: Gal and Los Angeles interior designer Norm Wogan created the home’s custom furnishings, including the light fixtures. Gal chose hardwoods like walnut, white oak and mahogany, and durable outdoor upholstery.

Right: A cast-concrete table sits on the deck, impervious to the elements. When the weather’s fine, the outdoor kitchen with Vintage grill invites entertaining. Lower right: Leathered quartz backsplash and countertops are a handsome, rugged look.

“The moment I walked inside [the Kīhei home], I knew what I wanted to do with it.”

He was drawn to the shape of the house, and the twin cupolas on its roof. “They add character,” Gal says.

The interior was an entirely different story. Despite reasonable square footage, the awkward layout made the house feel suffocatingly small. So, after demolishing the termite-ravaged walls and gutting the interior, Gal raised the roof by four feet and extended the rear of the home by ten feet.

Then he reconfigured the 2,500-squarefoot layout to maximize a feeling of openness—one of the hallmarks of his work. “I don’t do trendy,” Gal says. “I look at what’s timeless, what’s classic, what’s lasted over the decades. Fifteen years from now, can you swap out all of your furniture and still have a house that looks good? I’ve learned that a house’s bones are enduring and so are the elements of openness and flow.”

With that in mind, Gal created seamless transitions between the kitchen, dining and living rooms, expanded doorways, and added windows and sliding glass doors throughout the home to usher in light. He

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Gal kept the swimming pool’s original footprint, refinishing and upgrading it to a zero-edge pool. The large palm casting shade on the deck had been badly neglected by the previous owners. Against all odds, Gal restored it to health.

installed twenty-five-foot-wide Fleetwood pocket doors to open the dining and living areas to the lānai, and in the gourmet kitchen, he positioned the stove so that it faces out—not toward a wall. “I wanted anyone cooking in the kitchen to be able to look outside or interact with guests,” he says.

When it came time to furnish the home, Gal and Chelsea chose vibrant works of art to dial up the personality of each room, along with custom modern furnishings that complement Gal’s design. Comfort and functionality were priorities; the couple opted for cozy couches and chairs made of durable (and wet-swimsuit-friendly) outdoor fabrics.

Leathered quartz countertops in the kitchen and bathrooms, custom hardwood interior doors, and a breezy entrance hall dominated by one of the cupolas provide points of interest. What you won’t see here is clutter. Gal and Chelsea like to keep things clean and orderly; appliances, cords, outlets, and other utilitarian but unaesthetic items are hidden. It’s a smart home, too (and not

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Refrigerator, wine fridge, cooktop, ovens, dishwasher . . . all appliances are Thermadore, and all from Pacific Source. The living room’s flat-screen TV can’t compete with the view outdoors.

just because it’s smartly designed). The lights, air-conditioning, Lutron-automated window shades and audio system are all connected to a “brain” tucked away in a closet. Every room has its own settings for lighting, audio and temperature, which can be controlled and monitored from an

iPhone or iPad. Gal converted a tool shed on the property into an office and topped it with a cupola that matches the pair that cap the main house. The landscaped grounds—once in desperate need of TLC—are now immaculate. As he did with the house, Gal salvaged

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Above: The Avi Kiriaty painting in the master bedroom speaks of a kindred spirit. Like Kiriaty, Gal is Israeli—and an artist. At right, a floating dresser maximizes floor space.

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what he could in the yard. The eye-catching palm tree overlooking the swimming pool was so overgrown and rotted that people urged him to cut it down. “It had been neglected for years,” he says. But he saw its inherent potential, and within weeks, he had revived the palm.

Chelsea and Gal enjoy entertaining, and the guest-ready backyard features a natural-wood lānai, zero-edge pool, Jacuzzi tub, and more than 100 landscaping lights

Below: You’re not seeing double. Twin rainforest showers and handheld showerheads, all by Hansgrohe, give the master bathroom a spacious, mirrored look.

that illuminate the grounds at night.

One distinctive aspect sets this home apart from Gal’s other projects: It’s not for sale. “It took about a year to finish the house, and when it was done, Chelsea said she wanted us to live here,” Gal explains.

Although she couldn’t see the “it factor” at first, Chelsea sees it now. “This place makes me feel energized and calm at the same time,” she says. “It’s a work of art, but it’s not a museum.”

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Shrubs of oleander, golden durantas and colorful bromeliads line the yard’s grass pathways, inviting sunset strolls.

Ron and Peggy are lifelong connoisseurs of the arts. After purchasing two acres in Upcountry Kula in 2003, they added flora to their passion for all things aesthetic. “There’s nothing more beautiful,” says Peggy, gesturing out at the view that makes every window look like a framed work of art. “To be surrounded by this vista—it’s so peaceful.”

Green pathways wander amid islands of stunning bromeliads, succulents and fruit trees—an Eden that, unlike its namesake, takes constant work to maintain in so pristine a condition. “Every time we go for a walk in the garden, about ten seconds later, we’re down on our knees, pulling weeds,” Peggy laughs. “But we love it. You’d have to be crazy to do this if you didn’t enjoy it.”

Biggest Challenge: “When we bought the property, the bottom of the yard was a jungle. It’s also on a fairly steep slope, so we had to do a lot of clearing and landscaping.”

Gary Mohrlang, of Islandscapes LLC, turned a bare spot into an oasis of phoenix palms, tillandsias, and water lilies; the late Maui artist Douglas Chun, a passionate gardener himself, helped design the waterfall. “We asked for a waterfall,” says Peggy, “and got seven little ones!”

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Tip: Because Kula can often be dry, Peggy says, “We sought out succulents, oleander, protea and other drought-tolerant plants. It’s wise to experiment, and to ask a lot of questions of the neighbors.”

Above: The small cactus Peggy planted eight years ago is now enormous and thriving.

“It's like growing sculpture,” she says.

Right: A pebble border performs double duty, highlighting the path and discouraging weeds.

Bottom right: Potted epidendrums add a bright splash of color to the deck. In the yard below, a ribbon of orange succulents marks where the landscaping once stopped, and unkempt jungle began.

Home as Masterpiece

An art exhibit inspired these hanging succulent gardens, created by backing slices of hapu‘u (tree fern) with thin sheets of rubber, affixing them to the wall, and adding bromeliads, tillandsias and orchids.

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Former Arizonans Dominic and Ann Pistillo weren’t intimidated by the arid climate of Launiupoko, on Maui’s west side. The acre they purchased there in 2004 was “bone dry,” says Dominic, “but we understand this climate.”

That once-barren lot is now home to a lush bamboo grove, colorful succulents, a palm garden, and a shower tree that shelters a Balinese pool. It’s also a functioning farm and the couple’s commercial nursery, Maui Mist Gardens.

The Pistillos follow a plant-based, whole-food diet; in addition to a thriving vegetable garden, the yard is full of fruit trees—citrus, papaya, mango, lychee, pitahaya (dragon fruit)—as well as coffee and cacao groves. Dominic says, “We try not to eat anything with a barcode.”

Relying on the land is hard work, but the

Pistillos love their lifestyle. Ann says, “We live outside, and we’re passionate about growing things. We are gardeners at heart.”

Biggest Challenge: “Finding plants that work here was hard,” says Ann. “It’s not [rainy] Hāna, and it’s not Arizona.” Dominic adds, “Bugs don’t die here. Being an organic gardener is tough.”

Favorite Part: “The palm garden,” says Ann.” I love the variety.” “The vegetable garden,” Dominic counters. “Tending, harvesting, nurturing—I love it.”

Tips: “Finding the right variety is everything,” says Dominic. “Once you do, [the plants] will take off.” Ann adds, “Mulch, mulch, mulch. You’ve got to build the soil. Also be wary of chemicals, and don’t overwater.”

Top left: The Pistillos grow and sell this desert rose plant (Adenium obesum) commercially. Bottom left: Cacao pods hang from one of thirty trees that enable the Pistillos to make chocolate year-round.

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From Dust to Lush Drought-tolerant and sun-loving bromeliads line a stone path that leads down to the pool—and to a cabana whose sofa, easy chairs, rug and flat-screen TV make it more like an outdoor living room.

At one end of a traditional Balinese pool, statues of Rama and Sita occupy the replica of a Balinese temple. A shower tree shelters them both, raining flowers onto the surface of the pool all summer long.

Above: A boardwalk ramp that Dominic built descends to a koi pond and botanical garden. The shade of the ravine makes a perfect microclimate for coffee, cacao and macadamia trees.

Left: An ironwood deck leads from the house to a gas-fired, copperdomed pizza oven that’s also Dominic’s handiwork.

Right: A wooden deck overhangs the koi pond, creating a cool retreat from Launiupoko’s constant sun.

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Top: Orange bromeliads add a pop of color to the green of a grassy walkway. Sandwiched between them and a lush stand of ginger, papaya trees put forth clusters of fruit. Note the pineapple plants (sans fruit) in the foreground.

Left: Heliconias arch, tunnellike, over Becky’s head. Here in verdant Ha‘ikū, the flowers can reach great heights, she says, “and make you look like a menehune!”

Heliconia Haven

Pink Mussaendas reign in the floral island above, opposite the orangeand-pink flowers of “Sassy” Heliconia psittacorum. Right: This Sexy Pink is one of thirty heliconia varieties that bloom in Becky’s garden.

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Every self-respecting gardener owns a toolshed, but not many are as charming as the one above. “Everyone thinks I should live in it,” says Becky, “but where would I put my tools?” Below: These apple banana trees, “volunteers” from Becky’s compost pile, now produce lots of yummy fruit.

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“I would just live outdoors—if it weren’t for the bugs,” Becky Erickson says with a laugh. A sprinkling of rain falls as we sit on the lānai of her wooden garden shed and survey the expansive grounds of her Ha‘ikū home: verdant hills dotted with bright magenta and orange flowers. If this were my yard, I would want to live outside, too.

An avid recreational gardener, Becky worked with landscaper Drew Mota to transform these three acres, half landscaped, half undeveloped.

Where cane grass once grew, wide pathways meander among beds of heliconia, bird of paradise and other flora. Heliconia are her favorite; like an arboretum guide, she walks me down each path, pointing and narrating every genus and species.

Becky plans to build a house and to gate the top of the property, but wants to keep the lower garden open for guests to enjoy. She turns to me, saying, “What’s the fun of having a beautiful garden if you can’t share it?”

Favorite Part: “Wherever the most flowers are. It’s always changing; there’s always a surprise—and you want to share it.”

Tip: “In Ha‘ikū you don’t need irrigation,” says Becky, “but to avoid weeds, plant everywhere.”

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Palm expert Chris Luetenecker recommended açai palms along the fence to add privacy to a yard that is also green with MacArthur and phoenix palms, bamboo and bromeliads.

South Maui Oasis

Above: To counter Kīhei’s dry and dusty reputation, Cindy placed a water feature in the garden. A dwarf umbrella plant, ferns, and mondo grass make the surrounding space lush. Left: The ground orchid Spathoglottis “Rockin Plum” adds a bright pink hue.

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Manicured grass squishes beneath my toes, and a small fountain trickles at the base of a thick palm. Though the afternoon sun is warm on my face, the tree’s shade and an ocean breeze keep me cool. For a moment, I’m surprised to recall that I’m in dry, dusty Kīhei.

“This is my little oasis,” Cindy Greenwell says, then acknowledges that it wasn’t always idyllic. When she bought the quarter-acre lot—a foreclosed property she sought to renovate and eventually resell—it was filled with weeds, dirt, and trash. Today, arrayed with sprouting bamboo, smooth monstera leaves, sweet potato and more, these grounds are a perfect space for entertaining or simply enjoying the outdoors.

Cindy smiles as she tells me that it’s been a labor of love—lots of love, and lots of labor.

“It’s always a work in progress. There’s plants that do well in winter that in summer just get torched. Some things, you go, ‘Well that didn’t work,’ and you start over again.”

Biggest Challenge: “The sheer volume of it.

It’s challenging having to do everything from scratch.”

Tip: Kīhei’s sun can be formidable, especially in summer. “I recommend shade trees, and choosing plants wisely,” says Cindy. “Know how much sun they’re going to get, and how much water they need. Here, succulents do really well.”

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ADVICE FROM A PRO ON THE PROS OF VACATION OWNERSHIP STORY BY DIANE HAYNES WOODBURN

Recently, we sat down with Miriam Domingo, director of marketing at Maui’s newest oceanfront resort—The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas on Kā‘anapali Beach—to learn what makes vacation ownership so popular.

MNKO: I know very little about vacation ownership, so let’s start with “What is it?”

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MD: Vacation ownership is a way to purchase a share of a resort; it guarantees you accommodations at least once a year. With some properties, you purchase a number of weeks; with others, you purchase points, which work like currency. Still others use a combination of the two. At Westin, vacation ownership involves an actual deed. You purchase points that get attached to the deed, and can use them however you want: for a stay at your original property, or, as in Westin’s case, to stay at any of our Vistana Signature Network resorts around the world.

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With vacation-ownership properties like the Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, hotel-style luxury is just the beginning.

Last year my husband and I used our points to book hotels in Europe and Thailand, staying at several properties rather than spending all our time in one place.

ters: connection to community, comfort and amenities. At Westin, the guest’s experience is on a par with any great resort, and offers the same amenities: concierge, valet, housekeeping, bellmen, even room service. If you want to make an omelet, you have a lovely kitchen, but you also have restaurants, markets and bars. And groceries can be delivered and stocked before you arrive.

Even more important, we offer experiences to engage you in as much culture and as many activities as you wish. We have lei

making, hula lessons, fitness classes, yoga . . . even culinary classes and wine socials.

Exceeding expectations, creating memories —these are our goals. And of course, you don’t have to be an owner to rent a villa. We operate as a full-service resort, as well.

The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas is a community, and we embrace it wholeheartedly. We have families who come back year after year— and they make friends they enjoy seeing again and again during their vacation. To us, our guests are our family, and Maui is our home.

Resort-hopping internationally? Wow, I like that idea! And if ownership involves a deed, does that mean it can be inherited?

Yes, exactly.

Let’s say that I purchase enough points to stay for four weeks in an oceanfront condo at The Westin Nanea Ocean Villas.

Rather than purchasing a share in a specific unit, I’m guaranteed a comparable oceanfront condo at the time I specify. Is that right?

Ethical, Responsible, Independent Investment Management and Financial Planning

Yes, when you vacation at your home property, you receive the same level of accommodations for the time you request. Points used at resorts in the network are subject to availability, so that takes planning. We have a dedicated owner-services team—similar to a concierge department—to help you find the properties and time period you desire. You have a team working for you.

Alice McDermott, CFP®, Senior Planner

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What happens to my points if I can’t use them in a particular year?

You can bank them for the next two years, and use them to stay longer or perhaps reserve a bigger unit and bring extended family. You can also borrow points against future years.

The beauty of vacation ownership is that you can use it to fit your needs, even if your needs change. We recognize that families grow and mature over the years. Owners may choose to rent their units, or even give the time to friends or family.

That sounds a lot more flexible than the old timeshare system. I remember when timeshare first came to Maui. One of the biggest complaints was that there were no activities or cultural experiences for the guest, no retail or dining, no sense of place.

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The huge tent glows with soft white light as guests from Delaware to Hawai‘i gather to celebrate the wedding of Kaili Lickle and Jeff Scheer. A moment later, laughter erupts as the bride describes how she was “introduced” to her groom.

“My roommate played matchmaker without even knowing Jeff,” Kaili says, then explains that, on her twenty-ninth birthday, she woke to find a photo of Jeff, shirtless, on the cover of a huge, handmade card that read: “Happy Birthday, Babe.” Her roommate, Krista Newman, had cut the photo out of a 2015 issue of Edible Hawaiian Islands that also featured a close-up of Jeff ’s tattooed bicep and pecs on its cover.

“It started as a harmless Instagram crush that I worked up the courage to act on one day . . . with the help of a couple margaritas,” the blushing bride continues. “I messaged him to see if he wanted to get a drink, and the rest is history.”

Standing beside her on the raised dance floor, Jeff flashes his shy smile. He reminds me of a young Robert de Niro (no wonder those muscles made the cover), and a handsome match for Kaili, the Ha‘ikū girl who founded Olympia Activewear, a clothing line that has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Self, Shape, Yoga, Women’s Health and Harper’s Bazaar.

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Jeff, too, has had more than a mere taste of success. Raised in Athens, Ohio, he enrolled in Maui Culinary Academy in 2006, while working full-time as a cook at Tommy Bahama. (Who needs sleep?)

A few months into the program, he started his own business, Maui Executive Catering, and today is the much-lauded executive chef of The Mill House at Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū. In 2015, his peers voted Jeff the ‘Aipono Restaurant Awards’ Chef of the Year.

Many of them are here tonight to help celebrate his marriage to Kaili.

As we gather for the ceremony, friends and colleagues from Beast & Spoon, Smoke and Spice, Outrigger Pizza Company and The Mill House busily prep and plate dishes at their various food stations.

Kahu Carlos Popata, Jeff ’s longtime friend from New Zealand, conducts the ceremony, opening with a Maori chant to welcome ancestral spirits.

Clockwise from top left: All eyes are on the bride and groom—Jeff wearing a simple maile strand, Kaili a Monique Lhuillier gown of silk georgette and English tulle. Guests mingle in the shade of tent and trees. Wedding planner/event designer Melissa Padilla, of Opihi Love, takes the theme of simplicity to the top with bent-plywood pendant lamps dressing up the tent’s interior.

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STORY BY BECKY SPEERE

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Clockwise from top: Mill House colleagues prepare a seafood paella finale. Marinated lamb skewers are courtesy of Smoke & Spice. The Beast & Spoon’s vegetable terrine is layer upon layer of goodness.

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After the exchange of rings, the kiss and a blessing, we move to the reception area, sampling from a table laden with Jeff ’s favorite cheeses, charcuterie and accompaniments: Castelvetrano olives, roasted almonds and walnuts, lychee, mangos, local summer honey, and liliko‘i (passion fruit) preserves. Kaili says, “We wanted the food to reflect how we would normally entertain at home. Food cooked outdoors, or in the wood-fired oven . . . enjoying friends, family, good wine and music . . . you can’t go wrong with that recipe.” (Note to self: Attend more chefs’ weddings!)

A cocktail, beer and wine bar by YourBar pours libations throughout the evening. Owner Nick Saussy says, “Jeff and Kaili wanted ‘simple,’ so we crafted two different cocktails in barrels. The Tequila Manhattan has been the most popular by far.” (Find the recipe on page 96.) Also on the bar menu: Maui Brewing Company’s Ali‘i Imperial Pilsner, a refreshing crafted brew, perfectly suited to the warm afternoon.

Elsewhere, Austin native John Sandbach, owner of Smoke and Spice, is proving he knows his smoke. Since 2012, John has catered to lovers

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of slow-cooked meats. His appetizer, kiawe-roasted lamb marinated in coriander and mild chili, draws raves, as does a juicy and tender entrée of slow-smoked Hawaii Ranchers beef rib eye crusted with rosemary, coriander and black-pepper-spice herb. Juices from the meat mingle with a creamy potato-and-aged-Gruyère-Parmesan gratin—the potatoes sourced locally from Kupa‘a Farms in Kula.

Beast & Spoon’s Executive Chef Daniel Radovcich and General Manager Marluy Andrade make gourmet catering look easy as they plate precision-cut slices of vegetable terrine: layers of fire-roasted beets, zucchini, Maui onions, asparagus, spinach, creamy goat cheese and crème fraiche. Aged balsamic vinegar de Modena blended with an herb-infused extra virgin olive oil and pine nuts provide the perfect acidity and crunch. A memorable braised-ginger vinaigrette finishes the Maui chopped salad: a medley of cabbage, mung-bean sprouts, heirloom carrots, cilantro, and house-roasted macadamia nuts.

I mosey up to Outrigger Pizza’s station, where Chef Kevin Laut proffers a slice with a side of story. “Jeff and I met when he was looking for a wood-fired pizza oven. I sell pizza ovens on Maui, and we hit

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Clockwise from top left: Smoke & Spice’s John Sandbach works the smoker. Seafood paella by the folks at The Mill House. Outrigger’s pizza fresca, and Chef Kevin Laut at the pizza wheel. Slow-smoked rib eye with cilantro, lime and jalapeño cream, and potato au gratin.

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A commercial fishing boat owned by Kaili’s father, Dewitt Lickle, serves as backdrop for the wedding’s food stations.

Left to right: Haleakala Creamery’s “goatlato” ice cream is sandwiched between coconut-meringue cookies.

Jeff’s Dad, Bruce Scheer, tunes up to play. Magnolias adorn the vanilla, whitechocolate and liliko‘i wedding cake.

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it off right away. About a year later, we installed the oven at [Kaili’s] house in Ha‘ikū, and I offered my pizza services for the wedding.”

Perfect, thin-crusted pizzas emerge from the 700° oven, their crusts flecked with brown, puffed and airy. I savor the simplicity and comfort of yeasted bread, sweet tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and basil just moments out of a smoky, wood-fired oven. Over the course of the evening, I return for seconds and thirds: shredded kalua pork with sweet, caramelized Maui onions, bell peppers, and fresh mozzarella on liliko‘i garlic aioli; white-cheddar mushroom pizza topped with truffle salt and Parmesan.

The grand finale is an intoxicating mix of seafood, rice, herbs and saffron simmering slowly in the largest paella pan I’ve ever seen. Chefs from The Mill House man the station, feeding broth ever so slowly to the fattening grains of rice. A wisp of steam rises from my dish, plump mussels and fish with a touch of tomato-fennel infusion and ocean brine in every bite. The crusty rice from the bottom of the pan gives an earthy chewiness to the rustic dish.

Revelers move to the dance floor as local band Black Cadillac and DJ Chris of Clarity Entertainment stir up foot-stomping music.

While we dance, the wedding cake makes its way past the crowd,

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courtesy of former Mill House pastry chef Krista Garcia, a graduate of the Napa Valley Cooking School whose résumé includes pastry chef de partie at The French Laundry. The vanilla-bean cake is napped with five layers of white-chocolate/cream-cheese frosting alternating with tart liliko‘i curd and sheathed in Italian meringue buttercream. Krista says, “Jeff and Kaili are dear friends, and this cake is my wedding gift to them.” Two cream-colored magnolias grace the top of the cake.

“We love the statement of simplicity the flowers make,” Kaili says.

At another table, another dessert: Haleakala Creamery “goatlato” ice cream sandwiches. Owner Rebecca Woodburn tells me her interpretation of gelato is made with 100 percent goat milk. “We have twenty-five milking goats—every one of them named!” I sample the three flavors she’s brought: vanilla made with Maui vanilla beans, goat milk caramel, and chocolate. Delicious!

When it’s time to leave, my feet hurt from dancing, but my tummy is happily sated. The memory of this “simple” wedding will last a very long time—almost as long as my good wishes for this handsome young couple. Congratulations, Jeff and Kaili!

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Weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries fill the calendar for the partners, whose offerings range from green dragon sushi; to creative food-truck wedding menus; to elegant farm-to-table, multicourse sitdown events. Their love for sourcing the

From top: Three’s Catering’s crunchy sesame tuile filled with ‘ahi poke, caviar and créme fraiche. Healthy Maui Chef’s cold somen salad with baked tofu and vegetables in rice-wine vinaigrette; and raw nut and seed patty "falafel" with a sundried tomato sauce (vegan aioli). Ogo’s cozy assortment of seven sushi rolls.

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DINNER SHOULD BE AN EXPERIENCE Maui’s most innovative, open kitchen dining experience takes place in Andaz Maui’s signature restaurant, Ka’ana Kitchen.

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Clockwise from left: OGO’s sushi “birthday cake,” layered sashimi, cucumbers and sushi rice, “frosted” with avocado-garlic purée.

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OGO Ogo is the Japanese word for seaweed, and private chef/caterer Grant Oura uses cases of it each week. Catering to the sashimi and sushi masses has never been easy, but Grant can accommodate pescatarians, vegetarians and carnivores alike with his repertoire of creative rice rolls. His team delivers platters of sashimi with ‘ahi, ‘ōpakapaka, ono, he‘e (octopus) or whatever else a raw-fish lover’s heart desires. His seared garlic hamachi roll with shrimp tempura and spicy tuna will rock your world with its freshness, crunch, and a chili-pepper kick.

Or how about a Grant original sushi cake layered with fresh ‘ahi, hamachi, cucumbers and sushi rice covered in avocado-garlic purée? Fun is the name of Grant’s game, but he’s serious about making your catered event a happy success. Free delivery in Central Maui.

nattokimchee Two great chefs at one great venue: your home! A protégé of Chef Hiro Sone, MiJin Kang worked at Sone’s Terra in Napa and Ame in San Francisco. More recently she was chef de cuisine at Ka‘ana Kitchen at Andaz Maui. Her partner (and husband), Takuya Toride, helped open Napa’s Morimoto, was a chef at Spruce (a Michelin-starred restaurant in San Francisco), and a sous chef at The Mill House at Maui Tropical Plantation.

Korean and Japanese ethnicities ground their food style; “nattokimchee” derives from natto (a fermented soybean staple in Japan) and kimchee (any spicy fermented vegetable with chilies and garlic). “Our food is inspired by the intricacy of Japanese culinary technique, as well as the bold flavors of Korean food,” says MiJin. “We also support Maui agriculture by incorporating our island’s freshest ingredients.” Menus built to your preferences may include appetizers of grilled root vegetables with preserved citrus vinaigrette, handmade pork gyoza with finadene—the salty, spicy Guamanian condiment is a shout-out to where MiJin was raised—and focaccia with burrata, tomato and ume vinaigrette. Entrées may include koji chicken, fresh fish in herb dashi, and pork chops in miso-mustard sauce. The duo recently returned from Korea, Japan and Guam, gathering new ideas and recipes for the next soul-satisfying food experience to tantalize your taste buds. Try nattokimchee!

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CHARRED HE‘E (OCTOPUS) WITH SQUID-INK SPAETZLE, CHORIZO, UNI EMULSION AND CHICHARRON 4 Servings | Prep Time: 90 minutes, plus 2 hours cooking/grill time for octopus

Fourteen Maui restaurants vie for Best of Fest at the Kapalua Wine and Food Festival’s seafood finale. STORY BY BECKY SPEERE I didn’t know an octopus could fly until I saw the epic photo of Chef Alvin Savella with not one, but two, octopi in hand, doing aerials over his head. Savella, a bigger-than-life personality whose culinary confidence knows no bounds, led his team to victory at the 2017 Kapalua Wine and Food Festival, with—what else? Charred he‘e (Hawaiian for octopus) on squid-ink spaetzle tossed in an uni emulsion and garnished with chorizo.

Sans Parmesan, a sprinkle of crunchy chicharron stood in to top off the dish.

Accolades for The Banyan Tree restaurant at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, have poured in since Savella secured the muchsought-after position of chef de cuisine a year ago. Savella’s flavor profiles run the gamut from eastern Mediterranean to Pacific Rim, influenced by his ten years at The Ritz-Carlton at Marina del Rey in California.

Judging were MNKO publisher Diane Haynes Woodburn; Alaska Airlines regional sales manager Daniel Chun; Christopher Klapp of Petrossian Caviar; and Patrick Okubo, master sommelier, certified wine educator and certified specialist of spirits for Young’s Market Hawaii.

“The entries this year were better than ever,” says Okubo. “Having judged in the past, I don’t remember giving so many five-out-of-fives for taste. The competition was won, by a close margin, on presentation and creativity. The octopus melted in, as it ‘broke da mouth.’ The use of sepia was unique and the house-made chicharron added a nice presentation with a contrasting crispy texture. I went back for seconds and paired it with the Rombauer Chardonnay, which matched the weight of the rich, buttery uni emulsion.”

Led by chef/mentor Lyndon Honda, UH–Maui College’s Culinary Arts Program took the silver and fan-favorite awards with their Asian-inspired day boat scallop shrimp with unagi sauce, bonito flakes, yuzu and Japanese mayo.

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METHOD Place onion, carrot, fennel, celery, white wine and water in a large stockpot and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the octopus and simmer for 90 minutes.

Remove octopus from the water and season legs with salt, pepper and olive oil. Finish octopus on grill about 4 minutes, giving it a nice char.

SQUID-INK SPAETZLE 4½ ounces flour 2 ounces milk 2 eggs 1 tablespoon squid ink (Purchase online or at Maui Prime Fine Foods, 142 Kupuohi St., Lahaina) 1 gallon water METHOD Bring water to a boil. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, milk, eggs, and squid ink, and whisk until smooth. Push batter through a spaetzle press onto a floured board. Add spaetzle to boiling water and simmer for a minute, then strain.

CHORIZO UNI EMULSION 1 ounce olive oil 1 garlic clove, minced 1 ounce shallots, minced 4 ounces chorizo ½ cup white wine 2 ounces butter 2 ounces uni (sea urchin roe) salt & pepper to taste chicharron (for garnish) METHOD In a sauté pan, heat oil and sauté garlic and shallots until translucent. Add chorizo and render about 5 minutes. Drain fat and add spaetzle to the pan. Deglaze pan with white wine, reduce to au sec (nearly dry), and turn heat to low. Add butter and uni, then season with salt and pepper. Once butter is melted and emulsified, remove from heat and serve right away with charred he‘e. Garnish with chicharron.

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CHARRED HE‘E 1 octopus (raw) 1 onion, large diced 1 carrot, large diced 1 fennel bulb, large diced 1 celery stick, large diced ½ cup white wine ½ gallon water 1 ounce olive oil salt & pepper to taste

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ITALIAN WINES Join us on a wine tour through Italy and discover delicious selections from the wine-growing regions of Emilia-Romagna, Lazio, Piedmont, Sardinia and the Veneto. You are sure to find some new favorites among these lesser-known producers, including Cherchi, Cieto Chiarli, Marchesi di Gresy, Sergio Mottura and Vignalta.

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Executive Chef Peleg Miron began his career with Wolfgang Puck eleven years ago as lead cook at Postrio in San Francisco.

Chef Miron’s talent and creativity defined him as a rising star, and by 2014 he was named executive chef for Spago at St. Regis, Istanbul, Turkey. Now he is bringing exciting international flavors to the innovative menu for which Wolfgang Puck’s Spago at Four Seasons Resort Maui is famed.

UH–Maui College’s Food Innovation Center, beneficiary of tonight’s dinner, is delighted to showcase the island’s talented new food entrepreneurs. Chef Miron will incorporate their local products as key ingredients in this evening’s special menu.

A portion from this dinner benefits the UH–Maui College Maui Food Innovation Center.

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To serve, shake with ice cubes. Pour into glass over ice. Garnish with edible flowers.

YUZU WHISKEY SOUR 2 ounces whiskey (Saussy prefers Templeton Rye) ½ ounce yuzu juice (available at TJ’s Warehouse in Wailuku, and Whole Foods Market in Kahului) ½ ounce fresh lime juice ½ ounce fresh orange juice ½ ounce agave nectar (or simple syrup from raw sugar) Shake with ice cubes. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass over ice, or strain into a coupe glass.

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Maui’s mobile bars bring craft-cocktail services right to your party. STORY BY BECKY SPEERE Mobile bars catering crafted cocktails, wine and beer have become the go-to for parties.

And why not? What host wants to be stuck behind a counter, making drinks instead of socializing with guests?

That logic inspired Nick Saussy, the entrepreneur who founded YourBar in 2017.

Saussy moved to Maui from Tennessee in 1997, intending “to chase the Endless Summer lifestyle: surf and windsurf as much as possible, and work as little as possible.”

He landed a job bartending at the former Jacques in Pā‘ia. He later tended bar at Tommy Bahama in Wailea, and then at Flatbread Pizza, before accepting the job of bar manager at The Mill House at Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū (where he met Executive Chef Jeff Scheer, whose wedding is the subject of this issue’s dining feature).

“At Tropical Plantation, I crafted drinks [using fresh local fruit, herbs and vegetables] and began doing more catered, off-premise Clockwise from top: Nick Saussy, owner of YourBar, brings craft cocktails to you. Custom labels make a personal statement.

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events. I enjoyed it more than tending bar at a restaurant. I love being outside.

“I spoke to my wife, Sheila, about starting a bar-catering business and she said immediately, ‘I’m in!’ She’d been a nurse for over fifteen years, [but] being a bartender was her dream job. I never knew!”

The Saussys named their business YourBar. “We want our clients to feel like it’s their bar at their event. I built our bar, so I could customize it to have different looks to suit any theme. We invested in the Bottoms Up beer system, which fills cups from the bottom up so there is very little waste.”

Maui, it turns out, is a paradise not just for surfers, but for craft-cocktail lovers. “There is always an abundance of fresh ingredients to choose from,” says Nick. “For the Scheer wedding, we batched two different cocktails in barrels. The most popular was the Tequila Manhattan. It’s a recipe from one of my old coworkers, Ka‘ai Fong.”

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WEST SIDE A Fianco, 878 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7667. Sale Pepe’s sister restaurant is una bellezza! Salads, panini, and thin-crust pizza are made traditionally under Chef Michele’s watchful eyes. Italian. L. $–$$

easy on the wallet: homemade meatloaf, deli sandwiches, burgers, and local favorites like mahimahi with lemon-caper sauce, mochiko-chicken plate lunch, and loco moco. Kid-friendly. American. B, L, D. $

Honokōwai Okazuya, 3600-D L. Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Honokōwai, 665-0512. Plate lunches piled high with two-scoops rice and mac salad fly out the door of this tiny takeout shop. Local Mixed Plate. No credit cards. L. $

Cliff Dive Grill, Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa, 2605 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 661-0031.

Order Hawaiian-style edamame, a juicy burger, or fish taco to go with your poolside mai tai or Black Rock Lager. Hawai‘i Regional. L, D. $–$$

Honu Seafood & Pizza, 1295 Front St., Lahaina, 667-9390. Mark Ellman serves bicoastal seafood and killer Neapolitan pizza. Seafood/Pizza. L, D. $$

WEST SI Alaloa Lounge, Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, 1 RitzCarlton Dr., Kapalua, 669-6200. This stylish bar attracts a cocktail generation as lovely as the views.

Sushi. D, N. $

Aloha Mixed Plate, 1285 Front St., Lahaina, 661-3322. Plate lunches served up with plenty of aloha. Shoyu chicken, chow fun, and banana lumpia are local favorites. Kid-friendly. Local Mixed Plate.

L, D, N. $ Amigo’s, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0210.

Authentic Mexican fajitas, tostadas, chile verde, flautas, and Amigo’s famous wet burritos. Huge portions.

Kid-friendly. Mexican. B, L, D. $

Auntie’s Kitchen, Westin Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas, 6 Kai Ala Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-3200.

Saimin, burgers and fresh fish plate lunches mingle with other local fare. Local Mixed Plate. B, L, D. $–$$

The Banyan Tree, Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, 1 Ritz-Carlton Dr., Kapalua, 665-7096. Hokkaido seared scallops with smoked pork belly. Kula corn and farro risotto with Hāmākua mushroom. Smoked rib-eye steak, ali‘i mushrooms and white cheddar potatoes. Need we say more? Pacific Rim. D. $$–$$$$ Black Rock Kitchen & Lounge, Sheraton Maui Resort, 2605 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 808921-4600. Grilled catch of the day comes with coconut Moloka‘i purple sweet potato and ginger-spiced broccolini glazed with yuzu brown butter. The mac-nut brittle bar is to die for. ‘Ohana (family-style) dining available. Kid-friendly. American/Hawai‘i Regional.

B, D. $$$ Breakwall Shave Ice, The Wharf Cinema Center, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4900. Cool off with one of the best snow cones on Maui, and discover your favorite island flavor. Treats. $ Cane & Canoe, Montage Kapalua Bay, 1 Bay Dr., Kapalua, 662-6681. An impressive steak program features filet mignon, American Wagyu rib-eye, and Australian lamb chops. Modern, plantation-style bar offers light fare and full island-inspired restaurant menu. Kid-friendly. Pacific Rim. B, D. $$$–$$$$ Choice Health Bar, 1087 Limahana Pl., Lahaina, 661-7711. Juices, smoothies, salads, soups and açai bowls are all made with fresh local ingredients. Daily specials, and an epic entrée with forbidden rice and marinated broccoli in red-pepper sesame sauce.

American. B, L. $ CJ’s Deli & Diner, Fairway Shops, 2580 Keka‘a Drive, Kā‘anapali, 667-0968. Comfort food that’s

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Cool Cat Café, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 667-0908.

Burgers, chicken, fish and more, all in a fifties-diner atmosphere. Kid-friendly. American. L, D. $

Down the Hatch, The Wharf Cinema Center, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4900. Mermaid fries with cheese, bacon, ranch dressing and lava sauce; towering shrimp cocktails; fresh island fish; and lots of southern aloha . . . so many reasons to dine here!

Hawai‘i Regional. B, L, D, N, RR. $$

Drums of the Pacific, Hyatt Regency Maui, 200 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali, 661-1234. Enjoy a traditional imu ceremony and Hawaiian cuisine, plus the dances and music of Polynesia. Kid-friendly.

Lū‘au. D, RR. $$$$ Duke’s, Honua Kai Resort & Spa, 130 Kai Malina Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 662-2900. Imagine Old Hawai‘i at this open-air beach house while dining on crab-andmacadamia-nut wontons or prime rib. Kid-friendly.

American/Pacific Rim. B, L, D, RR. $$ The Feast at Lele, 505 Front St., Lahaina, 6675353. This classy beachfront lū‘au explores the cultural and culinary world of the Pacific Islands. Open bar. Lū‘au. D, RR. $$$$ Fleetwood’s on Front St., 744 Front St., Lahaina, 669-6425. Pacific oysters with a tart apple mignonette, grilled Hawaiian shutome, and a onepound Harley Davidson Hog Burger. Bar opens 2 p.m.

American/British Pub Food. D. $$–$$$$ Foodland, 878 Front St., Lahaina, 661-0975.

Don’t let the fact that it’s a supermarket fool you.

From spicy ‘ahi and sesame shoyu octopus, to Korean shredded dried ika (squid), these poke choices will boggle your mind. But order up! Folks are waiting in line behind you! Second West Maui location: 345 Keawe St., Lahaina, 662-7088. Poke. $

Hula Grill, 2435 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 667-6636. Dip your toes in the sand at the Barefoot Bar and enjoy kiawe-grilled ono on fresh spinach, homemade ice-cream sandwiches, and live music.

Kid-friendly. Hawai‘i Regional. L, D. $$

Japengo, Hyatt Regency, 200 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-4796. Authentic sushi prepared with the finest seafood. Steak, too! Japanese. D, N. $$$

Joey’s Kitchen, Whalers Village, 2435 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 868-4474. Try the braised short-rib pho on rice noodles, corn and sweet peppers in rich ginger beef broth. Second West Maui location: Nāpili Plaza, 5095 Napilihau St., Nāpili, 214-5590. Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $$

Kā‘anapali Beach Hotel, 2525 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 661-0011. Dine in casual comfort with the Tiki Restaurant’s full-service menu, or challenge yourself to try all the offerings at the award-winning Sunday brunch. Kid-friendly. American/Pacific Rim. B, BR, L, D. $–$$$

Kā‘anapali Grille & Tap Room, Marriott’s Maui Ocean Club, 100 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali, 6677733. From the people who brought Cheeseburger in Paradise to Lahaina comes this venue serving burgers, sandwiches, pizzas and salads. Dinner adds steak, fresh fish and pasta. Thirty wines under $30 a bottle. American. D. $–$$ Kai Sushi, Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua, 1 Ritz-Carlton Dr., Kapalua, 669-6200. Chef Tadashi Yoshino and his team work sushi magic. Large selection of Japanese saké. Sushi. D. $$$ Kobe Japanese Steak House & Oku’s Sushi Bar, 136 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 667-5555. Flying shrimp, whirling spatulas and late-night karaoke make this longtime Lahaina icon fun. Kid-friendly. Sushi/ Japanese. D, N, RR. $$$

Frida’s Mexican Beach House, 1287 Front St. Lahaina, 661-1287. Chalupas, fresh chili agua ‘ahi, and short-rib tacos served with ocean views and fresh mixology. Latin-inspired. L, D. $–$$

Lahaina Fish Co., 831 Front St., Lahaina, 661-3472.

Grab an oceanfront seat and dig into fresh mahi and sautéed scallops. Memorable tropical drinks, and happy hour from noon to 6 p.m. Pacific Rim. L, D. $$–$$$

The Gazebo, Outrigger Nāpili Shores, 5315 L. Honoapi‘ilani Rd., Nāpili, 669-5621. Mac-nut pancakes, French toast and legendary fried rice served with an ocean view. Kid-friendly. American. B, L. $

Lahaina Grill, 127 Lahainaluna, Rd., Lahaina, 667-5117. Treat yourself to a warm, pecan-crusted goat cheese and arugula salad; Maui onion and sesame-crusted ‘ahi steak with vanilla-bean jasmine rice; or the famous Kona coffee roasted rack of lamb with coffee-cabernet demi-glace. Great wine selections and cocktails. American/Pacific Rim. D, RR. $$$$

Gerard’s, 174 Lahainaluna Rd., Lahaina, 6618939. Chef Gerard Reversade delights guests with Basque country fare. French. D. $$$$

lahaina fried soup Leilani’s on the Beach, Whalers Village, 2435 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 661-4495. Chef Ryan Luckey rocks island flavors like sesame crusted seared ‘ahi with shiitake mushroom butter soy sauce; and Korean gochujang risotto with salt-and-peppah mahi. Kid-friendly. Steak/Seafood. L, D, N. $$ Leoda’s Kitchen and Pie Shop, 820 Olowalu Village Rd., Olowalu, 662-3600. The house-made pastrami on fresh-baked bread, pineapple coleslaw, and ice-cold beer or just-squeezed lemonade will make you want to dance. After the mac-nut chocolate cream pie, you will boogie! American. B, L, D. $

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garlic noodles

singapore noodles

steamed pork buns hapa ramen

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Local Boys Shave Ice, 624 Front St., Lahaina, 868-3476. This location also serves açai bowls, coffee and bagels. Also see South Shore listing. Treats. $

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Longhi’s, 888 Front St., Lahaina, 667-2288. For breakfast at this open-air landmark, try the eggs Benedict on thick toasted French bread. For dinner, use the jalapeño cheese bread to sop up sauce served with the shrimp Longhi. Italian. B, L, D. $$$–$$$$ Māla Ocean Tavern, 1307 Front St., Lahaina, 6679394. Snap peas slathered in ginger and sambal, and fresh ‘ahi atop flaxseed bruschetta satisfy the healthconscious and the hedonistic at this surfside tavern.

Turtle sightings nearly guaranteed. Mediterranean.

BR (Sat & Sun), L, D. $$ Maui Island Coffee, Wharf Cinema Center, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 661-4158. Follow the seductive aroma of fresh-brewed coffee and you’ll find a café jewel serving some of the best since 1992. There’s a nice selection of pastries, bagels and light sandwiches for dining in or takeaway. Bistro. B, L, D. $ Maui Sugar Shop, 878 Front St., Lahaina, 662-0033.

Delectable gluten-free, paleo and vegan delights like quiches, Belgian waffles, muffins, cakes and more.

Bakery/Café. B, L. $ MauiGrown Coffee Company Store, 277 Lahainaluna Rd., Lahaina, 661-2728. If you’re running low on energy, head to MauiGrown’s plantation-style hale for a boost. Pumpkin bread and other baked goods round out a great cuppa joe. Café. B, L. $ Mauka Makai, Westin Nanea Ocean Villas, 45 Kai Malina Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 662-6400. Expect the freshest fish, beef and lamb, vegetable sautés, and island-inspired desserts at this restaurant that celebrates the fishing and farming cultures of ancient Hawai‘i. Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $–$$$ Merriman’s Kapalua, 1 Bay Dr., Kapalua, 669-6400. Peter Merriman casts his spell on seafood, local beef and produce to create some of Maui’s most delectable fare. Pacific Rim. Sunday BR, L, D, RR. $$–$$$$ Miso Phat Sushi, 4310 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Kahana, 669-9010. See South Side listing.

Myths of Maui, Royal Lahaina Resort, 2780 Keka‘a Dr., Kā‘anapali, 661-9119. Enjoy live music, Polynesian dance, and an island-inspired buffet, complete with unearthing of the kalua pig from the imu.

Lū‘au. D, RR. $$$ Old Lāhaina Lū‘au, 1251 Front St., Lahaina, 667-1998. Lounge on tatami mats and eat lomilomi salmon and haupia (coconut pudding) like a Hawaiian.

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Reserve this popular, authentic lū‘au far in advance.

Open bar. Kid-friendly. Lū‘au. D, RR. $$$$ Pacific’O, 505 Front St., Lahaina, 667-4341.

Owner Louis Coulombe’s decadent fish tacos and bahn mi sandwiches are memorable lunch fare. For dinner, try the lobster ravioli or coconut-dusted mahi with Thai lemongrass-peanut sauce on black mochi rice. Spectacular oceanfront dining. Hawai‘i Regional.

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WE Pailolo Bar & Grill, Westin Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas, 6 Kai Ala Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-3200.

Poutine, sriracha chicken wings and an Australian wagyu beef burger served al fresco. American. L, D N. $–$$

Penne Pasta, 180 Dickenson St., Lahaina, 6616633. Dig into flavorful, affordable pasta dishes while people-watching from this cozy spot tucked down a Lahaina side street. Kid-friendly. Italian. L, D, N. $$

Pineapple Grill, 200 Kapalua Dr. Kapalua, 6699600. You don’t have to golf to eat here! Try the breakfast chorizo and egg burrito smothered in green chiles and cheddar cheese, or a satisfying grilled mahimahi dinner with glazed asparagus, pickled tomatoes and salsa verde. Expansive offering of reasonably priced wine and beer. B, L, D. $–$$$ Pioneer Inn Grill & Bar, 658 Wharf St., Lahaina, 661-3636. Views of the bustling harbor, sailor-worthy breakfasts, extended happy hours, and well-priced dinners reel ‘em. American. B, L, D. $–$$ Pizza Paradiso Mediterranean Grill, 3350 L. Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Kā‘anapali, 667-2929. Juicy gyros, flavorful falafel in warm pita bread with a side of tabbouleh, kabob platters . . . and pizza. Dine in or take out. Pizza/Mediterranean. L, D. $–$$ Plantation House Restaurant, 2000 Plantation Club Dr., Kapalua, 669-6299. Rock your inner Cajun with ‘Aipono 2017 Chef of the Year Jojo Vasquez’s Kaua‘i shrimp ètouffée, prepared with Adoboloco’s Hamajang hot sauce and scallion-polenta cake with lime crème. Hawai‘i Regional. B, BR, L, D. $$$

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Prison Street Pizza, 133 Prison St., Lahaina, 662-3332. East Coast-style pizza, Caesar salad, calzones and more. Captivating! Italian/Pizza. L, D. $

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Pūlehu, an Italian Grill, Westin Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Villas, 6 Kai Ala Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-3200. Try the pappardelle Bolognese made with Maui Cattle Company beef, or succulent Kaua‘i prawn risotto. End with chocolate almond cake and amarena gelato. Closed Tues–Wed. Italian. D. $$$

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Relish Burger Bistro, Westin Maui Resort & Spa, 2365 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 667-2525.

All-natural Kobe beef burgers, fish sandwiches, salads with island greens, and huli huli grilled chicken breast, served poolside in an open-air setting. Kid-friendly.

American/Hawai‘i Regional. B, L, D. $$–$$$ Relish Oceanside, Westin Maui Resort, 2365 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 667-2525. Fried rice with Asian-style braised beef, fresh mahi atop luscious and cheesy risotto, and a great kale salad with chunky macadamia nuts. World-class mixology by Fred Sconfienza. Pacific Rim. D, N. $$-$$$

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For dinner, dive into Roy’s blackened ‘ahi with soy mustard, ume tsukudani, soy daikon and pickled ginger.

dining guide Save room for the signature Melting Hot Dark Chocolate Soufflé. Pacific Rim. L, D. $$–$$$$ Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Lahaina Center, 900 Front St., Lahaina, 661-8815. Steaks worthy of devotion, top-flight service and a superb wine list earn the chain loyal fans. This venue doesn’t stray from the flock. Several tables overlook the harbor. American. D, N. $$$$

Son’z Steakhouse, Hyatt Regency Maui, 200 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-4506. Moroccan-spiced blackened ‘ahi with soy-mustard sauce enlivens the evening. Or sink your teeth into filet mignon carpaccio, ribeye steak, or classically prepared, line-caught mahimahi in lemon-caper butter. Pacific Rim/Steak. D, N. $$$$

lobster and sirloin into a masterpiece on your plate.

Japanese/Steak. D, RR. $$$ Tiki Tiki Thai Cuisine 2, 658 Front St., Lahaina, 661-9911/ 283-5202. Filet mignon in creamy Thai chili sauce, chicken panang curry, and many vegetarian selections. Coconut mango sticky rice pudding will plunk you into tropical heaven. Thai. L, D. $–$$

EST SIDE Sale Pepe, 878 Front St., Lahaina, 667-7667.

Brick-oven-fired pizza and flatbreads highlight a menu that changes daily, with items like pancetta and ceci purée on grilled crostini, and house-made strozzapreti pasta like Chef Michele’s mama makes in Italy. Good selection of Italian wines and beer. Italian/Pizza. D. $$

Sangrita Grill + Cantina, Fairway Shops, 2580 Keka‘a Dr., Kā‘anapali, 662-6000. South of the Border goes upper crust with queso fundido, chimichangas, enchilada and chile relleno plates, awardwinning rotisserie chicken, and happy hour with muchas buenas prices! Mexican. L, D. $–$$

Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar, 600 S. Office Rd., Kapalua, 669-6286. D.K. Kodama’s restaurant draws lines late into the night. Small and action-packed, this classy sushi bar is the place to try a Kenny G roll (snapper with shiso and ponzu sauce) with a swig of saké. Pacific Rim/Sushi. D, N, RR. $$$ The Sea House Restaurant, Nāpili Kai Beach Resort, 5900 L. Honoapi‘ilani, Nāpili, 669-1500.

Start your day with oven-baked pancakes laden with fruit. Enjoy coconut-crusted shrimp while the sun sinks into Nāpili Bay. On Wednesday, stay for Grammywinner George Kahumoku Jr.’s Masters of Hawaiian Slack-key Guitar. Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $$$

Star Noodle, 286 Kupuohi St., Lahaina, 6675400. Big-city style and local flavors unite. At the communal table, order a Golden Star sparkling jasmine tea. The ramen broth is extra smoky; the Singapore noodles bright and flavorful. Asian. L, D. $$

Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors, 226 Kupuohi St., Lahaina, 667-9000. Head to the refrigerated section to find a huge selection of fresh ‘ahi poke prepared in Maui’s ethnic flavors of the rainbow: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Hawaiian, plus poke bowls made to order. Poke. $ Taverna, 2000 Village Rd., Kapalua, 6672426. House-made pastas, agrodolce-style fish of the day, and Italian desserts that stand up to the grand finale: espresso with grappa. Beginning to end, Taverna is a dining heaven. Great wine, cocktails, and exotic craft beer. Italian. D. $$–$$$

Teddy’s Bigger Burgers, 335 Keawe St., Lahaina, 661-9111. The staff hand-pat the burgers, charbroil them to order, and serve them in a fun diner ambiance. Follow their food truck on Facebook. Kidfriendly. American. L, D. $ Teppan-yaki Dan, Sheraton Maui Resort, 2605 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 921-4600. Start with Oyster Dan—seared oysters with wasabi and tobiko— then watch your skillful chef transform chunks of

Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice, 790 Front St., Lahaina. Homemade tropical-flavored syrups such as liliko‘i and coconut set this shave-ice business apart.

Second West Maui location: Hyatt Regency, 200 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali. Kid-friendly. Treats. $

‘Ūmalu, Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa, 200 Nohea Kai Dr., Kā‘anapali, 667-4506. Head poolside for Kobe beef sliders or ‘ahi poke nachos.

Knock back a “Mutiny on the Carthaginian” cocktail inspired by Lahaina’s rowdy whaling past. Live music nightly. American/Pacific Rim. L, D. $$$ Wailele Polynesian Lū‘au, Westin Maui Resort, 2365 Kā‘anapali Pkwy., Kā‘anapali, 667-2525.

Fire dancers ignite the excitement, and hula dancers sway as you enjoy a Polynesian feast. Kid-friendly.

Lū‘au. D. RR. $$$$

SOUTH SHORE 1054 Togoshi, 95 E. Līpoa St., Kīhei, 868--0307.

Chef Manabu’s twenty-five years as a sushi chef— including two years as head chef at Morimoto’s Maui—shine through in fresh sashimi and sushi.

Closed Mondays and the last Tuesday of each month. Sushi. D. $-$$

Just steps from the water’s edge.

Fresh caught fish, exotic flavors & organic produce. Contemporary Pacific cuisine at its best!

Pacific’O sets the standard for Farm-to-Table Cuisine with the freshest produce supplied by their own farm in Kula. Learn more about the farm at www.oofarm.com

The farm also offers coffee and lunch tours.

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dining guide Amigo’s, 1215 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-9952. See West Side listing.

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Bistro Molokini, Grand Wailea Resort, 3850 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-1234. Organic Kurobuta pork, Hāna Bay fish and chips, and grilled mahimahi are made with fresh, local ingredients and served up in this casual, open-air eatery. Kid-friendly.

American. L, D. $$$ Botero Bar, Grand Wailea Resort, 3850 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-1234. Named for the Fernando Botero sculptures that surround it, the Botero Bar offers nightly entertainment and Thirsty Thursdays—when a three-cocktail tasting is just $20.

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the shore enhance your dining experience, as Chef Raul navigates the culinary rim of the Pacific. Lobster eggs Benedict for breakfast, fish tacos for lunch, and seafood and pastas served with style. Kid-friendly.

Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $–$$$ Foodland, 1881 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-9350.

See West Side listing. Poke. $ Fork & Salad, 1279 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 8793675. Chef/owners Cody, Travis and Jaron serve up green superfoods topped with pastrami-style seared ‘ahi, baked quinoa falafel, or ginger tofu. Vegan, gluten- and dairy-free options. International. L, D. $

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Caffe Ciao Deli, Fairmont Kea Lani Maui, 4100 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-4100. Healthy vegetarian fare, deli sandwiches and spectacular desserts abound at this take-out/eat-in deli. Espresso drinks, baked goods and house-made gelato, too.

American/Italian. B, L, D. $$

Cheeseburger Grille and Tap Room, The Shops at Wailea, 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 8748990. Hit the king crab and asparagus eggs Benedict for breakfast, head down to the beach for a swim and some sunbathing, then return for burgers and brew at this iconic restaurant. American. B, L, D. $–$$ Coconuts Fish Café, 1279 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 875-9979. Dive into fresh fish tacos, grilled fish burgers or fish and chips. The cabbage slaw with coconut dressing and mango salsa sets this eatery apart. Additional location: Kamaole Shopping Center, 2463 S. Kīhei Rd. American. L, D. $$ Cow Pig Bun, 535 Līpoa Pkwy., Kīhei, 8758100. If a Brandt premium beef burger slathered in foie gras butter, smoky bourbon-bacon jam and blue cheese makes you want to say, “Moo!” this is the place. Maui-style Comfort Food. L, D, N. $$ Duo, Four Seasons Resort Maui, 3900 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 874-8000. Duo reinvents the classic “surf-n-turf.” Japanese Kobe tenderloin (the real thing) and dry-aged rib eye are a carnivore’s delight. Choose a strong wine to match your meat’s performance. Steak/Seafood. B, D, RR. $$$$ Fabiani’s Pizzeria & Bakery, 95 E. Līpoa St., Kīhei, 874-0888. Lox and bagels, fresh croissants, Caprese salad with local tomatoes, thin-crust and gluten-free pizza, spaghetti with house-made pork-sausage meatballs. Italian/Bakery. B, L, D. $$•Second South Shore location: 34 Wailea Gateway Place, Ste. A101, Wailea, 874-1234 D.

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Fat Daddy’s Smokehouse, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-8711. What happens to pulled pork, beef brisket and pork ribs when they’re smoked for fifteen hours over kiawe? Something amazing. Enjoy sides like cornbread, chili-garlic beans, and cabbage slaws: one sweet-tart, one with blue cheese and apples. American. D. $–$$ Ferraro’s Bar e Ristorante, Four Seasons Resort, 3900 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 874-8000.

For lunch, enjoy veggie quesadillas or grilled tenderloin sandwiches served poolside; for dinner, handcrafted salumi and lobster tagliatelle. Italian. L, D. $$$$ 5 Palms Restaurant, Mana Kai Resort, 2960 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-2607. Ocean waves sweeping

Four Seasons Lobby Lounge, Four Seasons Resort Maui, 3900 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 874-8000. Impeccable service, an upscale, locally sourced menu, swank cocktails, and performances by hip, local songwriters. Pacific Rim. D, N, RR. $$$$ Gannon’s, 100 Wailea Golf Club Dr., Wailea, 8758080. Order drinks at the Red Bar, then enjoy Chef Bev Gannon’s fine comfort food: maple-vinaigrette chicken salad, or venison atop Parmesan risotto.

Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $$$

Humble Market Kitchin, Wailea Marriott, 3700 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 879-4655. Chef Roy Yamaguchi hits it out of the ballpark with kampachi crudo, seasonal Goose Point oysters, roasted Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, tender beef short ribs, and even saimin. Perfect. Pacific Regional. B, D. $–$$$ Humuhumu, Grand Wailea Resort, 3850 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-1234. Carpaccio of Japanese hamachi with celery-ginger shaved ice, watermelon salad with Surfing Goat Dairy cheese, crispy mahimahi on forbidden rice . . . love from first bite to last. Pacific Rim. D. $$$$ Ka‘ana Kitchen, Andaz Maui, 3550 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 573-1234. Start with grilled Wagyu hanger steak on green papaya salad, then charred octopus with local goat cheese. Next, Kona abalone on creamy risotto, or a modern interpretation of chicken and waffles. There’s a curated wine list with sommeliers to guide you in pairings, and mixology at its finest. Asian Fusion. B, D. $$$$ Kamana Kitchen, 1881 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 8797888. Eye-catching art and Indian relics, a prelude to a menu highlighting exotic spices lovingly blended from family recipes. Lunch buffet. Indian. L. D. $–$$ Kihei Caffe, 1945 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 8792230. Woke up hungry at 5 a.m.? Head down to this surfer hangout and load up on banana mac-nut pancakes, loco moco, and a cuppa joe. Café. B, L. $–$$ Da Kitchen, Rainbow Mall, 2439 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 875-7782. The Hawaiian plate feeds three normal appetites or one sumo-size eater. Plate-lunch favorites like chicken katsu, tempura fish, and Korean mixed plate won’t leave you wanting. Kid-friendly. Local Mixed Plate. L, D. $ Kō, Fairmont Kea Lani Resort, 4100 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-4100. Plantation Era cuisine takes the spotlight. Try the Kobe beef poke appetizer and “On the Rock”: three mouthwatering morsels of ‘ahi served with a 300-degree lava rock for searing them to perfection. Pacific Rim. L, D. RR. $$$ Local Boys Shave Ice, 1941 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 344-9779. How to chill out in the Islands? Slurp up a mountain of fruity shave ice served with plantation-

era-inspired add-ons like haupia (coconut) and macadamia-nut ice cream. Treats. $ Longhi’s Wailea, The Shops at Wailea, 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 891-8883. Enjoy a crisp pinot grigio and a romaine salad tossed with lemonfeta vinaigrette and anchovies. Italian. B, L, D. $$$ Luana, Fairmont Kea Lani Resort, 4100 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-2210. This lobby lounge reimagines happy hour in tropical surroundings. Try appetizers like lū‘au-inspired kalua-pork flatbread with mango barbecue sauce, and lomilomi tomato paired with ice-cold passionfruit ale. Pacific Rim. L, D. $–$$

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Manoli’s Pizza Company, 100 Wailea Ike Dr., Wailea, 874-7499. Manoli’s believes in fresh, organic and sustainable ingredients. Order a pizza with handcrafted organic wheat or gluten-free crust, or dig into chicken scaloppini or Chef Geno’s homemade lasagna. Italian/Pizza. L, D, N. $$ The Market, 10 Wailea Gateway Pl., Wailea, 8792433. Fresh-baked bread, breakfast, salads to go, plus charcuterie. Deli. B, L, D. $$

Matteo’s Osteria, 161 Wailea Ike Pl., Wailea, 879-8466. Matteo’s makes its meatball sandwich with Maui Cattle Company beef and Italian sausage, and crusts its ‘ahi with Calabrese olive tapenade.

Italian. L, D. $$–$$$ Miso Phat Sushi, 1279 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 8916476. Sushi served on site, to go, or delivered. Sashimi platters, sushi rolls, nigiri and specialty rolls. Omakase heaven! Japanese. L, D. $$ Monkeypod Kitchen, 10 Wailea Gateway Pl., Wailea, 891-2322. Lunch at this Peter Merriman restaurant includes pizza, burgers, tacos and ramen. For dinner: Big Island beef rib eye with chimichurri sauce, gnocchi with pork sausage, and banana-cream pie.

Hawai‘i Regional. L, D, N. $$ Morimoto Maui, Andaz Maui, 3550 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 573-1234. Iron Chef’s Masaharu Morimoto offers signature and Maui-centric dishes like rib-eye beef burgers and lobster roll sandwiches. Dinner catches fire with prix fixe omakase.

Handcrafted mixology and a dazzling selection of sakés. Japanese Fusion. L, D. $$$$ Mulligans on the Blue, 100 Kaukahi St., Wailea, 874-1131. Maui’s only Irish-owned pub serves up fish and chips, grilled bangers and mash, and shepherd’s pie. Or try the chopped salad with bacon, blue cheese and tomatoes. Guinness poured properly, great music to get you foot-stompin’ happy, and sports-bar action, too. Sláinte! Irish. L, D, N. $–$$$ Nalu’s South Shore Grill, Azeka Shopping Center, 1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 891-8650. Generous portions and locally sourced ingredients served with aloha. ‘Ahi club with smoked bacon, and fresh fish and chips will have you coming back for more.

Burgers? Yes! American/Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $–$$ Nick’s Fishmarket, Fairmont Kea Lani Resort, 4100 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 875-7224. Classic seafood dishes are served beneath a sky full of stars. Woo your date with plump strawberries that are drenched in Grand Marnier and set aflame. Pacific Rim/Seafood. D, RR. $$$$ Nutcharee’s Thai Food, 1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 633-4840. The flavors of Thailand never get boring when Nutcharee is cooking! Start with ‘ahi laab tartare Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Sep–Oct 2017

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dining guide salad, or the popular crispy fish mango salad, then dig into tender braised short ribs smothered in massaman curry. Don’t forget the spring rolls! Thai. L, D. $–$$

the freshest ingredients you’ll find in any restaurant.

Add Chef Zach Sato’s culinary talents and a gorgeous outdoor setting, and you have a night made in heaven.

European-inspired. D, N. $$-$$$$

finer, as partners D.K. Kodama and Chuck Furuya tag team the bar and kitchen to create a venue worthy of your attention. Pacific Rim. L, D. $–$$

SOUTH SHORE Ono Gelato Kīhei & The Maui Sandwich Shack Cafe, Azeka Shopping Center, 1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 495-0287. Gelato heaven—and that’s not all.

Get your deli fix at this hidden gem: pastrami piled high on marbled rye, and salad wraps to satisfy everyone in your party. Deli/Treats. L, D, $–$$ Pā‘ia Fish Market South Side, 1913 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 874-8888. The same yummy menu that for years has hooked surfers and families in Pā‘ia is now in Kīhei, too. See North Shore listing.

Piko Café and Restaurant, 1215 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 793-2671. Fried rice or buttermilk pancakes for breakfast, bento lunches for the beach, plus dry mein, waffle dogs, burgers, katsu, killer salads, and a signature dessert: haupia-chia-ube pudding. Hawai‘i Regional. B, L. $ The Pint & Cork, 3750 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea, 727-2038. The best mac-and-cheese with black truffles, deviled eggs Rockefeller, poke bowls and burgers.

International. B (Sat & Sun), L, D, N. $–$$ Pizza Madness,1455 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 2709888. This family-style restaurant serves Cobb salad, hot and cold deli sandwiches with chips and a pickle, some of the best pizza this side of the Pacific, and pasta, too. Italian/Pizza L, D. $–$$ The Restaurant at Hotel Wailea, 555 Kaukahi St., Wailea, 879-2224. Produce from the hotel’s gardens and fish plucked from island waters provide some of

Roasted Chiles, Azeka Shopping Center, 1279 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 868-4357. Ofir and Suki Benitez share family recipes like Mama Benitez’s chicken mole, pozole verde, and langostino enchiladas blanketed with tomatillo cream sauce. Giant margaritas! Mexican. L, D. $–$$ Ruth’s Chris Steak House, The Shops at Wailea, 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 8948880. See West Side listing.

Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar, 1881 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-0004. See West Side listing.

Sarento’s on the Beach, 2980 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 875-7555. Inspired entrèes are backed by great wines and a myriad of martini choices. And of course, there’s the romantic location—smack dab on Keawakapu Beach. Italian. B, D. RR. $–$$$ Seascape Restaurant, Maui Ocean Center, 192 S. Mā‘alaea Rd., Mā‘alaea, 270-7068. Located next to an award-winning aquarium, Seascape serves up great harbor views with a side of sweet aloha.

Mahimahi sandwiches with fresh cabbage slaw, halfpound burgers and veggie selections. Save room for the Maui Mud Pie: coffee ice cream topped with fudge, on a buttery cookie-crumb crust. American. L (daily), D (Sat/Sun only). $$–$$$ Shearwater Tavern, 1279 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 7932324. Gastropub food and drink have never been

Spago, Four Seasons Resort, 3900 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 874-8000. Wolfgang Puck’s ‘ōpakapaka sashimi and perfectly seared Kobe beef match the trendsetting wine list note for note. Spectacular sunsets may as well be on the menu. Pacific Rim. D, RR. $$$$ Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors, 91 E. Līpoa St., Kīhei, 891-2420. See West Side listing. Poke. $

Three’s Bar & Grill, 1945-G S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei, 879-3133. Three’s serves eggs Benedict six different ways, like seared ‘ahi, smoked salmon, and prime rib. For lunch, try Peruvian pork tacos or signature ramen; for dinner, truffle-yaki-marinated flatiron steak. Follow their food truck on Facebook. Pacific Rim/Southwest. B, L, D. $$–$$$ Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar, The Shops at Wailea, 3750 Wailea Alanui Dr., Wailea, 8759983. Who’d guess a clothing company could deliver such delish pork sandwiches and Caribbean-inspired libations? Caribbean/Pacific Rim. L, D, N. $–$$ Trilogy Excursions’ Sunset Dinner Sail, Mā‘alaea Harbor, 661-4743. Board a luxury catamaran for Chef Bailey’s four-course dinner. Choose rosemarygarlic-crusted steak on roasted garlic demi-glace, wild-caught mahimahi with lemon caper butter, or vegetarian pasta. Open bar with cocktails, wine, and Maui Brewery selections. American. D. RR. $$$$ Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice, 61 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei. See West Side listing.

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Amigo’s, 333 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 872-9525. See West Side listing.

Aria’s Restaurant & Catering, 2062 W. Vineyard St., Wailuku, 242-2742. Luscious sandwiches, salads, and entrèes like braised chocolate chipotle lamb shank with maizena. American/Pacific Rim. B (Sat–Sun), L, D (Mon–Sat). $–$$

Bistro Casanova, 33 Lono Ave., Kahului, 8733650. This downtown bistro branches out from its Upcountry sister, adding paella for two, fresh-cut French fries, and burrata Caprese to the menu.

Mediterranean. L, D. $-$$

Café O’Lei, The Dunes at Maui Lani, 1333 Maui Lani Pkwy., Kahului, 877-0073. Mac-nut-crusted chicken, tiger shrimp linguine and other favorites, served beside a links-style golf course overlooking West Maui’s mountain. American/Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $$ Da Kitchen, Triangle Square, 425 Koloa St., Kahului, 871-7782. See South Shore listing.

Farmacy Health Bar, 12 Market St., Wailuku, 866-4312. Pono (excellence) perfectly describes their pono bowl: kale salad atop quinoa and tofu. Taro veggie burgers and poi açai bowls with fresh fruit are delicious spins on a local staple. Call in your order to expedite service. Vegan, Takeout Only. B, L. $ Fatt Chicks Burgers, Brews & Grill, 200 Halewaiu Rd., Waiehu, 242-6666. The nineteenth hole never tasted so good! Kim chee loco moco, bountiful salads and ‘ono burgers. Nuff said! Go eat! Pacific Regional. B, L. $

Foodland, 90 Kane St., Kahului, 877-2808.

See West Side listing. Additional Central Maui locations: 370 Kehalani Village Dr., Wailuku, 244-4460; Sack N Save, 790 Eha St., Wailuku, 244-0356. Poke. $

Maui Coffee Roasters, 444 Hāna Hwy., Kahului, 877-2877. Eclectic art and brightly painted tables decorate this popular gathering spot. At Happy Cappy Hour, 2 p.m. to closing, cappuccinos are $2.

Coffee Shop. B, L. $

Maui Fresh Streatery, 344-7929. Chef Kyle Kawakami rocks the street-food scene with imaginative poutine, ethnic dishes from around the world, and a modern take on local fare. Follow him on Facebook for locations. Food Truck. L. $

The Mill House at Maui Tropical Plantation, 1670 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Waikapū, 270-0333.

Dine at the coffee shop, restaurant, or weekend chef’s table, and discover some of Maui’s most creative culinary fare, from creamy coconut jook with Kula Farm green beans, to beef ragu gnocchi with thyme curd. Chef Jeff Scheer’s harmony of flavors will woo you back for more. American/Hawai‘i Regional. B, L, D. $–$$$

Poi by the Pound, 430 Kele St., Kahului, 283-9381.

Eat like a local. Hawaiian. B, L, D. $ A Saigon Cafe, 1792 Main St., Wailuku, 2439560. Squeeze into a booth and order a clay pot, the Vietnamese burrito, or lemongrass curry. Vietnamese. L, D. $

Sam Sato’s, 1750 Wili Pa Loop, Wailuku, 2447124. This beloved Maui restaurant sets the standard for dry mein, saimin and chow fun. Asian. B, L. $

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Explore our gardens and enjoy a gourmet lunch prepared in your presence with freshly harvested natural produce.

Learn about the growing and roasting of coffee beans and conclude with the “perfect cappuccino” .

TOURS ARE WEEKDAYS 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

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dining guide Tamura’s Fine Wine & Liquors, 199 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 873-8000. See West Side listing. Second Central Maui location: Tamura’s Express, 841 Alua St., Wailuku, 242-0957. Poke. $ Thai Mee Up, 591 Haleakalā Hwy., Kahului, 214-3369. Great Thai cuisine from a food truck? Who would have guessed? Thai. L, D. $

Zing, Main Street Promenade, 2050 Main St., Wailuku, 244-3707. Soups and sandwiches served with fresh local greens, but a favorite with diners is the portobello mushroom and bacon burger . . . need we say more? American. B, L. $

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Kula Bistro, 4566 Lower Kula Rd., Kula, 8712960. Big fat sandwiches on focaccia, Upcountry salad greens with house balsamic vinaigrette, and buttery scallop appetizers will have you swooning.

Fresh-fish entrèes and juicy burgers, too. American/ Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $–$$ Lumeria’s Wooden Crate, 1813 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, 579-8877. The freshest produce and proteins, served in a boutique setting. Try the grilled fresh catch or braised Maui tempeh with basil, kaffir lime and coconut curry sauce. For dessert: papaya with coconut cardamom cream and candied mac nuts. Pacific Rim. B, L, D. $$–$$$$

UPCOUNTRY Tiki Tiki Thai Cuisine, 395 Dairy Rd., Kahului, 893-0026. See West Side listing.

Tin Roof Maui, 360 Papa Pl., Kahului, 8680753. Sheldon Simeon of Top Chef fame lets you build your own kau kau bowl with his savory offerings: sweet Kaua‘i prawns in garlic butter and kochujang sauce; seared furikake-crusted fish with wasabi mayo and soy, and more. Pacific Rim. L. $

TJ’s Warehouse, 875 Alua St., Wailuku, 2447311. Located in Wailuku Industrial Park, TJ’s serves plate lunch to go: chicken katsu, fried saba (mackerel), and a hot line of daily specials, like potato croquettes, nishime and poke, too. Asian. B, L. $ Ululani’s Hawaiian Shave Ice, 333 Dairy Rd., Kahului. See West Side listing. Second Central Maui location: 58 Maui Lani Pkwy., Wailuku.

Casanova Italian Restaurant & Deli, 1188 Makawao Ave., Makawao, 572-0220. Order a tartufo pizza or carbonara pasta at this Upcountry institution. Kid-friendly. Italian/Pizza. B, L, D. $$ Farmacy Health Bar, Pukalani Terrace, 55 Pukalani St., Pukalani, 868-0443. See Central listing.

Foodland, 55 Pukalani St., Pukalani, 5720674. See West Side listing. Poke. $

Grandma’s Coffee House, 9232 Kula Hwy., Kēōkea, 878-2140. The eggs Benedict and made-fromscratch baked goods are worth the trek. For lunch, enjoy a hamburger with Swiss cheese and caramelized onion. Coffee Shop. B, L, Snacks. $–$$

Wailuku Coffee Company, 28 N. Market St., Wailuku, 495-0259. Ice cream, sandwiches and espresso served in a relaxed setting. Coffee Shop. B, L. $

Hāli‘imaile General Store, 900 Hāli‘imaile Rd., Hāli‘imaile, 572-2666. Chef Bev Gannon dishes up fresh fish, local meats, and regional produce drenched in complex sauces. The towering sashimi appetizer is legendary. Hawai‘i Regional. L, D. $$– $$$$

Whole Foods Market, Maui Mall, 70 E. Ka‘ahumanu Ave., Kahului, 872-3310. All things fresh and healthy. Order from the deli or construct your own meal from the salad and hot-food bars. Get it to go, or dine here inside or out. B, L, D. $

Kojima’s Sushi, 81 Makawao Ave., Pukalani, 573-2859. This third-generation, family-owned restaurant offers classic and modern sushi, combination bentos with teriyaki salmon, and California rolls consistently served with aloha. Sushi. D. $–$$

Nothing in Hawaii is boring. Not even cheese & crackers.

O’o Farm, 651 Waipoli Rd., Kula. Call Pacific’O Restaurant, 667-4341, to reserve a culinary tour.

Learn about organic gardening and coffee roasting, and enjoy a breakfast veggie frittata, bread from the wood-burning oven, and fresh-roasted coffee in this bucolic setting. Lunch offers chicken and fish entrées, roasted veggies and dessert. American. B, L. $$$$

Polli’s Mexican Restaurant, 1202 Makawao Ave., Makawao, 572-7808. The sign outside says, “Come in and eat, or we’ll both starve!” Follow that advice to find entrées like kitchen-sink burritos and grilled carne asada plates with refried beans and Spanish rice.

Mexican. L, D. $$

La Provence, 5355 Lower Kula Rd., Kula, 8781313. The glass case overflows with perfect croissants, fruit tarts, and arguably the world’s best blueberrymango scones. On weekends, muscle past longdistance cyclists to order a Benedict or salmon-pesto crêpe. No credit cards. French/Bakery. B (Wed-Fri), BR (Sat-Sun), L (Wed-Fri), D (Thur-Sun). $ Ulupalakua Ranch Store & Grill, 14800 Pi‘ilani Hwy., ‘Ulupalakua, 878-2561. Across the road from MauiWine, find great deli fare, and hot-off-thegrill lamb burger with tzatziki, grass-fed elk, venison or beef burgers. Plus homestyle chili and rice, or kalua pork plate lunch. American. L, D. $

NORTH SHORE Café Des Amis, 42 Baldwin Ave., Pā‘ia, 5796323. Savory crêpes are served with wild greens and sour cream. Lightly spiced curries come with chutney and raita, Indian yogurt sauce. Dine indoors or out.

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Colleen’s at the Cannery, 810 Kokomo Rd., Ha‘ikū, 575-9211. Sink into a comfy booth and enjoy a roasted eggplant sandwich on homemade bread.

The pizza is a well-loved standard. Kid-friendly.

American/Pizza. B, L, D. $–$$.

Flatbread Company, 89 Hāna Hwy., Pā‘ia, 579-8989. Big booths, charity nights, a snazzy bar scene, and organic flatbreads laden with maple-fennel sausage and roasted veggies make this a North Shore institution. Kid-friendly. Pizza. L, D, N. $$ Greek Oven, 810 Ha‘ikū Rd., Ha‘ikū, 575-9752.

Tucked in an old factory, this quaint café serves scrumptious bougatsa (buttery filo dough filled with semolina custard), fresh-baked breads and pastry, spanakopita, moussaka and freddo cafe. Greek. B, L. $ Jaws Country Store, 4320 Hāna Hwy., Ha‘ikū, 419-6887. Dig into a poached egg on sourdough toast with tomato, caramelized onions and pesto; or try a poke bowl with mac nuts, avo and Maui onions.

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Every detail evokes old-time island hospitality. Hawaiian /Seafood. L, D, RR. $$–$$$$ Nuka, 780 Ha‘ikū Rd., Ha‘ikū, 575-2939. Izakaya food with flavor and style. Start with paper-thin fried gobo chips, then ‘ahi tataki with ponzu sauce. Tempura shrimp udon is light and crispy. Save room for black-sesame or green-tea ice cream. Japanese. D. $$–$$$ Pā‘ia Fish Market, 100 Hāna Hwy., Pā‘ia, 5798030. Huge slabs of fresh fish served with coleslaw on burger buns explain the line out the door. Order your ‘ahi burger rare and squeeze in beside surfers and families. Kid-friendly. Seafood. L, D. $ Paia Inn Café, 93 Hāna Hwy., Pā‘ia, 579-6004.

Strawberry-papaya parfaits, ‘ahi eggs Benedict, and a delicious (and photo-worthy) cheese platter served with honeycomb to sweeten the deal. Originality shines at the Inn. International. B, BR. $–$$

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GOLD Most Innovative Menu SILVER Restaurant of the Year

Barefoot Café, 1632 Keawa Pl., Hāna, 446-5732.

Take out a breakfast like French toast or scrambled eggs with Portuguese sausage. Midday, get a burger or mahimahi plate lunch to go. Pacific Rim. B, L. $ Hāna Burger Food Truck at Hāna Ranch, 5670 Hāna Hwy., Hāna, 268-2820. Grass-finished beef burgers, fish sandwiches and salads. Call for hours.

American/Food Truck. L. $ The Preserve Kitchen + Bar, Travaasa Hana Resort, 5031 Hāna Hwy., Hāna, 359-2401. Hāna-sourced produce and fish ground an original menu by Chef Isabelle Toland. Try a craft cocktail with fresh juices and sours. Pacific Rim. B, L, D, RR. $–$$$

ISLAND OF LĀNA‘I

One Forty, Four Seasons Lāna‘i, 1 Mānele Bay Rd., 808-565-2000. Begin your day with creamy baked oatmeal or grilled ‘ahi with chipotle-hollandaise eggs Benedict. For dinner, try Chef Kemar Durfield’s beef filet with lobster-mashed potatoes; or moi, the fish of Hawaiian royalty, with taro gnocchi, papaya and pohole salad. Steak/Seafood. B, D, RR. $$–$$$$ Pele’s Other Garden, 811 Houston St., Lāna‘i City, 808-565-9628. Big deli sandwiches, calzones, pizza, pasta, beer and wine. Deli/Italian. L, D. $–$$ Nobu Lāna‘i, Four Seasons Lāna‘i, 1 Mānele Rd., 808-565-2832. Celeb Chef Matsuhisa-san has handed the knife and hashi (chopsticks) to Chef Marlowe Lawenko at this beautiful open-air restaurant. Prepare to be amazed. Japanese. D, RR. $$–$$$$ Lāna‘i City Grille, Hotel Lāna‘i, 828 Lāna‘i Ave., Lāna‘i City, 808-565-7211. Asian-influenced cuisine is served in cozy comfort in a historic inn. Try the crab cake appetizers with spicy aioli, and fresh fish over rice pilaf. Asian/American. D, RR. $–$$$ Malibu Farm, Four Seasons Lāna‘i, 1 Mānele Bay Rd., 808-565-2000. Organic, farm-to-table fare and a sweeping ocean view. Start with quinoa oatmeal with coconut milk. For lunch, try the Caesar BLT salad or a burrata fruit salad with arugula, mango, papaya and candied mac nuts. American. B, L, $$–$$$.

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Native Plant Guided Tour Maui Nui Botanical Gardens Brochures for self-guided walking tours are included with the price of admission; audio tour wands are available to rent; and docent-led group tours are $10 per person (by appointment only). All tours cover the natural history, conservation and ancient uses of native Hawaiian and Polynesian-introduced plants. 150 Kanaloa Ave., Kahului; 249-2798; mnbg.org

Maui Chefs Invitational The Mill House at Maui Tropical Plantation Chefs from culinary capitals around the country will gather for this second annual gastronomic celebration with multicourse feasts on Friday and Saturday, and an outdoor barbecue on Sunday that includes live music. 1670 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Waikapū; 270-0333; MauiChefsInvitational.com

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Spineless: Portraits of Marine Invertebrates—the Backbone of Life Schaefer International Gallery, MACC Acclaimed photographer Susan Middleton presents a new body of work that explores the mysterious world of marine invertebrates—underwater animals without backbones. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

FRIDAY TOWN PARTIES Each week, a different Maui town hosts music, artists’ demos, children’s activities and culinary wizards from 6 to 9 p.m.

It’s a block party for residents and visitors alike.

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Maui Channel Swim Lāna‘i to Moloka‘i The Pacific Ocean sets the stage for this 9.5-mile relay across the sometimes treacherous ‘Au‘au Channel. Race concludes on the beach fronting Kā‘anapali Beach Hotel. Come cheer the swimmers on! MauiChannelSwim.com

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Kākua Ka Pā‘ū: A Discussion on ‘A‘ahu Hula McCoy Studio Theater, MACC Several kumu hula (hula teachers) will discuss the process of dressing a dancer and the traditions they carry in costuming their hālau hula (hula troupe). 7:30 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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First Friday Wailuku Second Friday Lahaina Third Friday Makawao Fourth Friday Kīhei Fifth Friday Lāna‘i

Fur Ball Four Seasons Resort Maui Maui Humane Society and YourVet Maui promise a feline-and-dandy celebration at “The Great Catsby: A Night of Purr-hibition,” featuring gourmet food, live music, dancing, and silent and live auctions. 5:30–10 p.m. 3900 Wailea Alanui, Wailea; 877-3680, ext. 219; MauiHumaneSociety.org

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Mālama Wao Akua Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center This multimedia exhibit explores native flora and fauna, with talks by researchers and conservationists. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Opening reception: September 15, 5–8 p.m. 2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao; 572-6560; HuiNoeau.com

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Get the Drift and Bag It! Mālama Maui Nui and the County of Maui encourage residents and visitors to join this coastal cleanup and protect our shores. Register by calling 877-2524, or visit MalamaMauiNui.org.

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Kulāia Kaunakakai, Moloka‘i Moloka‘i Canoe Festivals presents this block party featuring local entertainment, food, cultural practitioners, craft and merchandise vendors, and more. 5–10 p.m. 808-658-0104; Kulaia.WixSite. com/KulaiaMolokai

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Castle Theater, MACC The Maui Academy of Performing Arts presents this epic story of love, acceptance and what it means to be a hero. This new musical features songs from the film’s Academy Award-nominated score. 7:30 p.m. Fridays & Saturdays; 3 p.m.

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Elephant Man Pro Arts Playhouse Joseph Merrick is a nineteenth-century Englishman whose grotesque and debilitating skin and bone diseases cause society to shun him. His life changes when a young physician agrees to care for him. Thursdays–Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sundays, 3 p.m.; no performance Oct. 1. 1280 S. Kīhei Rd., Kīhei; 463-6550; ProArtsMaui.com

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Seabury Hall Benefit Golf Tournament Wailea Emerald Course This golf tournament raises funds for Seabury’s financial aid and scholarship programs. Shotgun start at 7:45 a.m. 100 Wailea Golf Club Dr., Wailea; 442-6113; SeaburyHall.org

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- Malama Wao Akua Exhibition in Gallery: Sept. 15 - Nov. 7 An exhibition in collaboration with East Maui Watershed Partnership

- Performance by Halau Wehiwehi o Leileihua: Sept. 15 / 5:30pm Open Daily 9am - 4pm • FREE Admission

2841 Baldwin Ave. Makawao, HI 96768 • 808-572-6560 •huinoeau.com Exhibition & Art with Aloha programs are made possible with support from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority

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Shank’s Mare Castle Theater, MACC American puppet artist Tom Lee and Japanese puppeteer Koryu Nishikawa V will present traditional Japanese puppetry, live video projection of miniature sets, and a haunting score on hammered dulcimer, shamisen and flute. 7:30 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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W.S. Merwin Tribute McCoy Studio Theater, MACC The Merwin Conservancy Green Room Series presents a 90th-birthday tribute to its founder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, translator, environmentalist, and forty-year Maui resident. The evening will feature readings by celebrated poet Edward Hirsch of the Guggenheim Foundation; Merwin’s longtime editor, Michael Wiegers of Copper Canyon Press; and other guests. 7 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Harvey Historic ‘Īao Theater Maui OnStage presents this Pulitzer Prize-winning comic tale of Elwood P. Dowd and his best friend, Harvey—a six-foot-tall invisible rabbit. 7:30 p.m.

Fridays & Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. 68 N. Market St., Wailuku; 242-6969; MauiOnStage.com

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Chinese Moon Festival Wo Hing Museum Celebrate Maui’s agricultural harvest—and rich cultural history—during a traditional Chinese Moon Festival. Sample Chinese tea and moon cakes, and explore lantern making, calligraphy, music and more. 1 p.m. 858 Front St., Lahaina; 661-3262; LahainaRestoration.org Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Sep-Oct 2017

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Damian Marley & J Boog A&B Amphitheater, MACC Jamaican reggae artist and son of legendary Bob Marley, Damian Marley be joined onstage by J Boog, a singer who fuses reggae with R&B, hip hop and rock. 6 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Walk a Mile in Her Shoes The Outlets of Maui Male or female, don a pair of red high heels and walk with Women Helping Women to raise awareness of violence against women. This family-friendly event includes keiki activities, prize drawings, live music and more. 9 a.m.– noon. 900 Front St., Lahaina; WomenHelping WomenMaui.com

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Must be 21 or older to attend. 1–5 p.m. 2471 W. Main St., Wailuku; Tickets: 244-8760 or Maui Academy.org Maui Fair War Memorial Complex Bring the whole family to one of Maui’s oldest traditions, featuring favorite local foods, entertainment, midway rides and games, livestock,

Maui Paddle for a Cure Hanakao‘o Beach Park Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa cosponsors this fun paddle to raise breast-cancer awareness and funds for Susan G. Komen Hawaii. It’s open to stand-up paddle, kayak and canoe, with participants paddling from the beach park south of the Hyatt to Whalers Village and back. 2501 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Kā‘anapali; KomenHawaii.org Tommy Emmanuel Castle Theater, MACC This accomplished finger-style player forms a one-man band by threading the melody, sup-

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Business Fest King Kamehameha Golf Club “Ka ‘Ikena ‘Ōiwi: Native Wisdom” is the theme for Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Fest. U.S. Senator Brian Schatz and other speakers will share their thoughts on indigenous tourism during this all-day event. 2500 Honoapi‘ilani Hwy., Waikapū; mnhcoc.org

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‘Ukulele Workshop McCoy Studio Theater, MACC Roy and Kathy Sakuma teach beginning to intermediate players, who will peform a song at Sunday’s Maui ‘Ukulele Festival. 10–11:30 a.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Maui ‘Ukulele Festival A&B Amphitheater Relax in an open-air setting and enjoy a free concert by acclaimed musicians, ‘ukulele door prizes, arts and crafts, and island foods for purchase.

1–6 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Maui Marathon Queen Ka‘ahumanu Center to Whalers Village This scenic marathon starts in Kahului and leads past ocean panoramas before ending at Whalers Village in Kā‘anapali. Not ready to run 26.2 miles?

Sign up for the half-marathon, 10K or 5K happening the same day. MauiMarathonHawaii.com

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He Makana Schaefer International Gallery, MACC On loan from the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, this exhibit includes Hawaiian paintings, sculpture, and prints from the 1930s to the 1970s, plus ancient kou calabashes, feather works, Ni‘ihau-shell lei, and a Hawaiian flag quilt from 1898. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival Kā‘anapali Beach Resort Two James Beard Award-winning Hawai‘i chefs, Alan Wong and Roy Yamaguchi, join a culinary Who’s Who for cooking demos, tastings and wine pairings. The festival kicks off Friday with Roy’s Golf Classic on the Royal Kā‘anapali Course, followed by Global Street Food—a dinner prepared by thirteen renowned chefs at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa on Saturday. On Sunday, the Hyatt

‘Aipono Wine Dinner Spago at Four Seasons Resort Maui Charles Fredy of Chambers & Chambers Wine Merchants will present lesserknown wines from Italy’s EmiliaRomagna, Lazio, Piedmont, Sardinia and Veneto regions, paired with a special menu by Spago’s Executive Chef Peleg Miron. A portion of sales benefits UH-Maui College’s Food Innovation Center. Reception 6 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. 3900 Wailea Alanui Drive, Wailea. Reservations: 879-2999

importers & distributors of the world’s finest wines At Chambers & Chambers we are fortunate and humbled to serve Hawaii’s thriving wine and restaurant scenes. With a focus on quality and authenticity, we look for not only exceptional wine in the bottle, but also exceptional people behind the wines.

Regency Maui hosts a seven-course dinner prepared by chefs from Hawai‘i, California and Texas.

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Doodles & Art from Doodles Viewpoints Gallery Artists display works that seem at first glance like “mindless scribbles”—but are not. Opening reception October 21, 5 p.m. 3620 Baldwin Ave., Makawao; 572-5979; ViewpointsGalleryMaui.com

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Mana Wahine Castle Theater, MACC New Zealand’s Okareka Dance Company fuses contemporary dance with indigenous Māori themes to create authentic works. 7:30 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org

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Pianist Stephen Hough Castle Theater, MACC Hough has composed works for orchestra, choir, chamber ensemble, and solo piano; many of his fifty albums have garnered international prizes.

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Halloween in Lahaina Front Street closes to vehicular traffic as ghosts, goblins and other masked revelers come out for a night of ghoulish fun. VisitLahaina.com

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Faustwork Mask Theatre McCoy Studio Theater, MACC Founder Rob Faust explores the art of the mask, delighting audiences of all ages with a distinctive synthesis of theater, physical comedy, music, dance and poetry. 7:30 p.m. One Cameron Way, Kahului; 242-7469; MauiArts.org Email your event to Calendar@Maui Magazine.net, or submit it online at MauiMagazine.net/maui-events. Listings for MNKO’s November–December 2017 print edition must be received by September 13. Photos for print must be 300 dpi. Listings are free, subject to editing, and used as space permits.

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who’s who KAPALUA WINE & FOOD FESTIVAL’S SEAFOOD FESTIVAL FINALE | THE RITZ-CARLTON, KAPALUA | JUNE 11, 2017

L to R: Natalie Choong, Sharyn Yee, Carol Suckow | Sam & Somer Tejwani | Bobby Liddicote, Leah Wood | Fernando & Angela Nolan | Michele & Charles Hall

L to R: Joe & Beth Jarrett | Brett Hatch, Nicky Baumohl | Lene Ermida, George Howard, Eunny Cook | Celeste Hilliard, Amy Ramay

MAUI FILM FESTIVAL: SOIREE AT SPAGO | SPAGO AT FOUR SEASONS RESORT MAUI | JUNE 22, 2017

L to R: Kendall Cross, David Ray | Pierce Brosnan, Diane Haynes Woodburn | Connie Britton | April Santos, Clifford Nae‘ole | Karen Gillan | Adam Schomer, Kelly Gores, Carolyn Manwaring | Nitzan Rabiner, Chelsea Dimin

L to R: Ryn Hughes, Kimokeo Kapahulehua | Jen & Mitch Coleman | Lynn Stettler, Carlie Amane | Freida Pinto | Corey Pearson, Dr. Brian Stolley, Flecha Tovar | Malika Dudley | Michael & Debbie Jokovich

L to R: Bob & Kelly King | Myrna Breen, Jo-Ann Aki | Bobbie & Susan Samanta | Jennifer Lake, Laurie Clark | Kat Loeffler, Tyler Moody

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AIPONO WINE DINNER | THE MILL HOUSE | JUNE 23, 2017 | BENEFIT FOR UH-MAUI COLLEGE’S CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017 1:30 PM - 6 PM Exclusive Shopping Day

Get a one-day head start on your shopping!

Opening ceremonies at 4pm with light pupus.

• Free Festival tote for event attendees.

• Chance to win a “Maui Getaway Travel Package.”

• Cost: $35 per person, children 12 & under free.

• Tickets available at the MACC box office.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2017 8 AM - 4:30 PM The Big Festival Day!

Showcasing a wide variety of made in Maui County products including food, produce, arts, crafts, gifts, apparel, jewelry, furniture, and collectibles.

• Vendor product demonstrations.

• Fashion show featuring vendors’ products.

• Food Court with a dozen of Maui’s food trucks.

• First 2,000 attendees receive a free Festival tote.

• Prize drawings throughout the day.

• Cost: $5 (at the gate), children 12 & under free.

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#MIMCF2017 For more information, visit www.MadeInMauiCountyFestival.com SPONSORED BY: Hawaiian Airlines; Pasha Hawaii; HAWAII Magazine; Maui No Ka Oi Magazine; Pacific Media Group; The Maui News; Paradise Television Network; HMSA; HTDC Innovate Hawaii; KAOI Radio Group; HHawaii Media; HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union; Maui Electric Company; Maui Hotel & Lodging Association; Maui Printing Company; State of Hawaii Dept. of Business, Economic Development & Tourism (DBEDT); Goodfellow Bros. Inc.; Richard Kehoe CPA; Lloyd’s Kahului Chevron; Roberts Hawaii.

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Follow your local guide and make the most of Maui. Story by Lehia Apana

Upcountry Farmers Market

Sure, date nights are great, but why limit the fun to the nocturnal hours? Whether you’re celebrating an anniversary or spicing up a blessedly free weekend, here’s a day trip you’re sure to fall for. Grab your sweetie and go!

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8–9:30 a.m. Make a locavore pilgrimage to the most happening outdoor food market on the island. The Upcountry Farmers Market is filled with tropical staples like papayas, coconuts and bananas, plus local favorites like kalo (taro), Maui-made tempeh, and honey gathered from just around the corner. Stop by the Everyday Kitchen tent where “Joe the Baker” dishes up hearty and healthy omelettes and cold-pressed juices. Go taste for yourself!

Open 7–11 a.m. Saturdays. Kulamalu Town Center (near ‘A‘apueo Pkwy.), Kula; Upcountry FarmersMarket.com

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Ho‘okipa Beach Park

10 a.m.–12:15 p.m. With its sprawling lawn and Mediterranean elements, the century-old Kaluanui Estate is a favorite backdrop for brides and grooms. Designed by renowned architect Charles W. Dickey, it’s also home to Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, an artists’ utopia offering creative workshops and exhibits throughout the year. A self-guided walking tour of the historic property leads past more than seventy kinds of plants and trees, plus the remains of one of Maui’s earliest sugar mills. Open 9 a.m.–4 p.m. daily; 2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao; 572-6560; HuiNoeau.com

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12:30–4:30 p.m. A quick two miles down Baldwin Avenue from the Hui is the stylish boutique hotel Lumeria Maui. You don’t need to stay overnight to enjoy the property’s charms. Cozy up for lunch at The Wooden Crate restaurant and taste what’s fresh; dishes are inspired by

what’s growing on property. Then luxuriate in a couple’s massage in a private bungalow. Intriguing treatment options include a decadent chocolate exfoliation or a nonpsychoactive (you won’t get high) cannabis-oil rub that targets your skin’s endocannabinoid receptors. 1813 Baldwin Ave., Makawao; 579-8877; LumeriaMaui.com

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4:45–5:30 p.m. Ho‘okipa Beach Park is a magnet for ocean athletes—and for those who love to cheer them on from shore. Cuddle up and watch the pros and local surfers from the bluffs above the pounding surf. Between sweeping shoreline views, the calming cadence of the crashing swells, and the salt-infused breeze, you may never want to leave.

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5:45 p.m. At the top of many Maui bucket lists, the oceanfront Mama’s Fish House is a bona fide landmark. Mama’s holds onto its unflappable record as the most winning restaurant in Maui Nō Ka ‘Oi Magazine’s ‘Aipono Restaurant Awards history. Fishermen deliver their freshest catch, which Chef Perry Bateman and his crew prepare to perfection and serve with aloha. Wonder-inducing Polynesian décor covers the walls and hovers from the ceiling, competing with the ocean views for your attention. 799 Poho Pl., Kū‘au; 579-8488; MamasFishHouse.com

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Dial the romance up a few heartbeats and stay overnight at The Inn at Mama’s Fish House, located steps from the restaurant. The swoon-worthy rooms are out of a tropical storybook, and private courtyards and grand bathrooms create a sanctuary that begs you to linger. 5799764; InnAtMamas.com

Follow Lehia Apana on her “Perfect Day” at MauiMagazine.net/perfect-day-in-love.

TOP, SECOND ROW RIGHT, THIRD ROW RIGHT: LEHIA APANA; SECOND ROW LEFT: TONI COLUMBO; BOTTOM (2): JOHN GIORDANI

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