Maui Food And Dining

Oh dear Jebus — Valentine’s Day is almost here and you haven’t yet figured out what the plan is. You can avoid “that talk” with your partner by keeping calm and reading this list of V-Day options around the island.

Join Master Mixologist Joey Gottesman as he creates three signature cocktails with Templeton Rye, Elijah Craig, Old Forester, and McCarthy’s Single Malt Whiskey.

Hold onto your sombreros, compañeros: turns out you don’t have to catch a flight to Mexico in order to run for the border after all.

This Saturday, Feb. 8, Makena Beach & Golf Resort is double-dog daring you not to gain ten pounds in one sitting with their Chinese New Year buffet.

Maui is not known for Mexican food, but sometimes you crave it anyway. We help you navigate the ins and out of Amigo’s three Maui locations.

The Food First Institute – offering training in alternative, progressive and dietary-specific culinary arts – starts on Saturday.

Is it Fijian Food? Is it Indian Food? Click here to find out what exactly is going on at one of Wailuku’s newer eating establishments.

Tickets are currently on sale for a benefit dinner cruise with whale researcher, activist and author Greg Kaufman on Saturday, Feb. 8.

This Thursday, Jan. 23 at 6:30 p.m., The Makena Beach & Golf Resort continues its new Liquid Chef series, this time featuring Ocean Vodka paired with appetizers.

Nestled into a little parking lot on South Kihei Road, Horhitos Mobile Taqueria’s food isn’t so much Mexican fare as, well, it could be. But it’s complicated.

Fish look on as you eat their brethren at a unique Valentine’s Day dining experience at the Maui Ocean Center.

This Thursday, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m., the Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s Winery of the Month series continues with a celebration of the Sweeney family’s Vine Cliff Winery.

Many people have passed through the doors of Main Street Bistro in Wailuku and we have heard both glorious exaltations and furious rants from several of them. Who’s got it right?

Proving that people dig pancakes a whole lot more than we would have guessed, Slappy Cakes in Lahaina has expanded their weekend hours to offer them for dinner.

This Thursday, Jan. 9 at 6:30 p.m., join the Makena Beach and Golf Resort in their Molokini Bar & Grille for a Mediterranean gourmet food and wine tasting.

There is a risk to revealing the whereabouts of this already in-demand sushi chef, but we do it anyway.

For those aspiring to ring in the New Year in a food coma, there are several gourmet bashes happening tomorrow night.

You know what they say about ‘when in Rome.’ When on Molokai, expect to find plenty of locals at Kualapu’u Cookhouse and follow their lead.

From 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. nightly through next Tuesday, the 31st, Makena Beach & Golf Resort’s former Hakone Restaurant is now “Rare” in both name and availability.

It’s Christmas Eve tomorrow, and the season brings over 36 hours’ worth of dining options all over the island.