Maui Food And Dining

Competitors include Pacific’ O, Esters Fair Prospect, Lineage, Luana Lounge, Merriman’s, Spago, Alaloa Lounge and Taverna. Each Team will be tasked with preparing a cocktail using Roca Patron Tequila as the base spirit.

Maui Ocean Center’s 100% certified sustainable Seascape Restaurant is offering a four-course Thanksgiving day feast and ʻohana-style platters throughout the holiday season.

Maui Memorial Medical Center recently celebrated its newly renovated cafeteria, now named Café Laulima, with employees and providers.

Students with the University of Hawaiʻi Culinary Arts program will be busy baking 200 pies, available for the public to order for Thanksgiving.

Moku Roots at Lahaina Gateway will feature special Thanksgiving menus on Thursday, Nov. 25 for dine in or take home.

In celebration of Thanksgiving, special menus are available at The Shops at Wailea’s restaurants (Lineage, Longhiʻs and Ruthʻs Chris Steak House) on Thursday, Nov. 25.

Donations made to the Hawaiʻi Foodbank at any of T S Restaurants’ eight Hawaiʻi locations on Thanksgiving will be matched by the company up to $5,000 per establishment.

Teddy’s Bigger Burgers is expanding on Maui with plans to open a new location at the Puʻunēnē Shopping Center in Kahului late this year or early next year.

The eclectic mix of our island food scene has been enriched with the recent addition of the authentic taste of Venezuela at Miss Arepa in Honokōwai.

A new Thank You Meal for Educators promotion will be available at all McDonald’s on Maui, during breakfast hours from Oct. 11-15, 2021.  No purchase is needed. Participants just need to show a valid ID.

HuiZero launches, Maui’s first zero waste to-go container program, on Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 at participating restaurants across Maui. 

A new restaurant in South Maui is serving up southern style comfort food. Gilligans Bar & Grill is now open at the Maui Nui Golf Course located at 470 Līpoa Parkway in Kīhei.

Their vegetarian and vegan dishes are made with fresh, locally grown ingredients from Mala ‘Akala farm, and their menu is constantly changing in order to keep things exciting.

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers restaurant is planning to open its first Maui location in early 2022 in Kahului.

Rosanna Pansino, host of HBO’s “Baketopia” and a “Nerdy Nummies” YouTube star, will lead an online cupcake decorating tutorial event for children on Halloween, Oct. 31, from 1 to 2 pm.

Da Shrimp Hale at the Maui Mall and Da Shrimp Hale West at Lahaina Gateway, are offering takeout only for the interim. A note to patrons stated, “This was a hard decision for us to make. This new mandate will be a negative impact to us entirely. Not just as a locally owned family business, but to our staff and our community. We refuse to DENY anyone because of vaccination eligibility.”

Lahaina Gateway announced that restaurant and eateries at the center offer outdoor dining and takeout options so guests can continue to enjoy dishes from some of their favorite restaurants.

Maui County’s “Safer Outside” program takes effect today, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021. Under the new rules, restaurants are required to ask patrons 12 years and older proof of vaccination for indoor dining. Unvaccinated patrons must be served only in outdoor dining areas, takeout or drive-thru service.

Tylun Pang, Fairmont Kea Lani’s Executive Chef, and Thomas Houston, Director of Food & Beverage, announces the homecoming of Jonathan Pasion, welcoming him back to Fairmont Kea Lani as Executive Chef for Kō. 

Though the recent announcement of Maui’s “Safer Outside” initiative will limit indoor capacities and put restrictions on those who can dine in, management at The Shops at Wailea says locals and visitors alike can still enjoy meals from their favorite restaurants with outdoor dining offerings or by utilizing takeout options.