Maui Food And Dining

This Saturday, October 4 is National Taco Day. You can celebrate it at Sangrita and benefit the Lahainaluna High School Agricultural Program at the same time.

Go big or go home this Thursday when Makena Beach & Golf Resort focuses their monthly food and wine series on large format wines.

Serving just breakfast and dinner in a surprisingly private, lush green setting, 808 Bistro is somehow simultaneously front-and-center and off the beaten path.

The new Pi Artisan Pizzeria in Lahaina is open until midnight on Friday and Saturday and offers special late night – and happy hour – food and drink specials.

Postponed by the weather brought by Iselle and Julio, the rescheduled Maui Calls – the MACC’s annual gala fundraiser event – is now this Saturday, Sept. 27.

Authentic Texas-style barbecue is not something you’d expect to find on the shores of Maui, but at the Iron Imu BBQ Company, you can expect to find the unexpected.

Alan Wong’s Amasia in the Grand Wailea Resort opened in June 2012. Now it’s been announced that the doors will close permanently in early November.

Next Saturday, September 27, Kokua for Kupuna – Hale Makua Health Services’ signature fundraiser – is being held at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Ka’anapali.

Makena Beach and Golf Resort’s monthly Food and Wine Education series continues this Saturday, Sept. 20 with an ‘Italian Experience.’

Join Kupu Maui this Saturday, Sept. 20, for a “decadent look at a little cacao farm in Haiku” and a similarly chocolately dinner. Kupu Maui is keeping the chefs for the evening a mystery until the meal itself.

If the words “slightly salty” bring to mind terms like brackish, saline and briny, then prepare to log a whole new entry in your mental (and culinary) database.

Did you know that one in five Maui children do not know where their next meal is coming from? This Saturday, Sept. 13, the Blue Hawaii event offers a chance to help.

Veg Out in Haiku is something of a fast food vegetarian restaurant. Location: Obscure strip mall. Ambiance: Utilitarian. Prices: Wallet-friendly. Food: Depends.

Hotel executives say the award will allow them to present a $5,000 scholarship annually to a Maui Culinary Academy student as part of the hotel’s Tylun Pang Aspiring Chef Scholarship.

The Kāʻanapali Kitchen Stadium Under the Maui Moon gala dinner featured chefs from Maui and the US Mainland, who presented a six course meal highlighting Maui-grown products.

This Saturday August 30, the Makena Beach & Golf Resort offers their monthly Food and Wine Education Series Dinner, featuring Chablis, Beaujolais and Bordeaux.

This Friday, August 29, Maui Brewing Company is donating 50% of the profits from all house beers sold from 6 to 10 p.m. to the Monk Seal Foundation.

Kick off the start of the Ka’anapali Fresh and Hawaii Food and Wine Festivals with a special beer dinner featuring Japengo Restaurant and Maui Brewing Co.

Family friendly, easy-on-the-budget dining options on Maui are rare. Penne Pasta Cafe in Lahaina fills that niche, although the food itself often underwhelms.

Next Sunday, August 31 is Ka’anapali Kitchen Stadium: Under a Maui Moon, a Hawaii Food and Wine Festival Gala Dinner featuring local and national celebrity chefs.