#Cheeseburger In Paradise

Maui County hopes to launch a program to buy properties makai of Front Street and create a connected waterfront to protect against flooding and create more open space and shoreline access.

A redevelopment project to beautify the rundown Kīhei Marketplace ran into strong community opposition Tuesday before the Maui Planning Commission with dozens of testifiers irked about plans for 13 transient vacation rentals.

At first glance, the kitschy interior, plastic and ceramic knick-knacks, and the faux grass skirts worn by wait staff, seem oddly eye-catching. There’s just so much to be distracted by with simple superficialities, that the unknowing can possibly order their burger in paradise and not notice its less than paradise like flavor.