Maui Food & Dining

The 40th Annual Kapalua Wine & Food Festival is underway this week in a modified format with intimate events throughout the resort. There are still some seats available for two memorable events at Montage Kapalua Bay this week, both featuring premium champagnes from the house of Laurent-Perrier.

A blessing ceremony for Mahi Pono and Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival broke new ground at Mahi Pono’s central Maui farm this morning.

Hungry Coyote, a Mexican comfort food restaurant in West Maui, announced their opening this week in Lahaina Square.

The announcement yesterday on the business’s Instagram feed spread quickly. The store opened at 10 a.m. and the line at 10:30 a.m. extended to the center court area of the Maui Mall in Kahului. About an hour later, the shop had sold out of the special flavor.

Taverna Restaurant announced the appointment of John Hearns as Managing Director/General Manager for the newly re-opened restaurant.

About a dozen Maui Economic Opportunity Youth Services families chopped garlic, boiled pasta and reduced cream on their stovetops at home — under the livestreamed guidance of two local chefs — to whip up some Alfredo pasta and quality ʻohana time.

“Cooking Hawaiian Style,” a locally produced television show, set up its outdoor kitchen at Kula Country Farms and Kaonoulu Ranch on the Valley Isle this week.

Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation will host its first Food-A-Go-Go Restaurant Week from April 5 to 12, with select restaurants opting in for a second week through April 19.

Maui Ocean Center reopens Seascape Restaurant for lunch service daily from 11 a.m. through 3 p.m. beginning on Monday, April 5. The center has also expanded park hours from 9:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. as of Saturday, March 20.

The Tomahawk dinner for two features a 40-ounce Tomahawk ribeye paired with a starter, personal sides and dessert. Priced at $180 and available for take-out or dine in.

Nine students in the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Culinary Arts Program’s Advanced Baking class, showed off their sugar skills in their latest assignment.

In celebration of March’s National Noodle Month Lineage Maui at The Shops at Wailea is sharing it’s popular Garlic Noodles recipe. Chef de Cuisine Mijin Toride has prepared the recipe for Lineage fans who want to recreate this dish at home.

Jersey Mike’s Subs, known for its fresh sliced/fresh grilled subs, will open at 1221 Honoapiʻilani Highway in West Maui at the Lahaina Cannery Mall on March 17. This will become the third Maui location for the franchise.

The Shops at Wailea announced the reopening of The Pint & Cork and Ruth’s Chris Steak House on Friday, March 12.

To celebrate National Ag Day on March 23, Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival and Kamehameha Schools are presenting a virtual Talk Story and Pau Hana featuring Hawai‘i organizations that are helping the community rise up during the COVID-19 pandemic through agriculture, education and culinary.

Taverna Restaurant hosts a grand reopening March 27 for dinner, with full operations beginning March 30 after being closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hawaiian Airlines appointed husband-and-wife team Wade Ueoka and Michelle Karr-Ueoka, owners of Honolulu’s MW Restaurant and Artizen, as its news executive chefs.

Hawaiʻi Agricultural Foundation will host its first Food-A-Go-Go “Restaurant Week” from April 5 to 12 to support the local restaurant industry. In conjunction, the “Bid It to Win It for Ag Education” online auction will also run from April 5 through April 30 to support HAF’s K-12 agricultural education programs.

Maui Ku‘ia Estate Chocolate, Inc. announced the promotion of Meghan Ramos to fulfillment team manager.

Hawaiian Hotels and Resorts has promoted George Gomes Jr. to regional executive chef for the Royal Kona Resort on Hawaiʻi Island and Royal Lahaina Resort on Maui.