#red placard

Update: (May 23, 2025) The Hawai‘i Department of Health Maui Food Safety Branch allowed a Maui location of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue to reopen, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on May 23, 2025. The establishment, operated by Maui L & L Food Inc., is located at 270 Dairy Road, Unit #170, Kahului, within the Maui Marketplace Food Court.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) Maui Food Safety Branch allowed Ramen Bones to reopen, issuing a green “pass” placard during a follow-up inspection on March 27, 2025. The establishment is operated by Ramen Bones Inc., and is located at 44 Ho‘okele St., in Kahului, Maui.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Maui Food Safety Branch issued a red “closed” placard and immediately closed Paradise Supermart Fast Food & Catering during a routine inspection conducted Feb. 5, 2025, citing multiple critical food safety violations.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Maui Food Safety Branch issued Takamiya Market a green “Pass” placard and approved its reopening after a second follow-up inspection on April 26, 2024. On Friday, no active pest activity was observed. The establishment had contracted with a professional pest control company to have routine treatments and monitoring stations. Another inspection will be conducted in the future to recheck the establishment’s efforts to eradicate any additional pest activity. 

A Wailuku restaurant is the latest to receive a red placard from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s Maui Food Safety Branch following a complaint inspection conducted April 4, 2024 for an apparent cockroach infestation.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Maui Food Safety Branch issued a yellow “Conditional Pass” placard to a Wailuku restaurant on Tuesday, allowing the establishment to reopen to the public. A follow-up inspection is scheduled for Dec. 7.

A red “closed” placard was issued on Wednesday to a Wailuku restaurant by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health’s Maui Food Safety Branch.

The Maui Food Safety Branch of the Hawai‘i Department of Health has allowed Paradise Supermart Fast Food & Catering in Kahului to reopen to the public under a yellow “Conditional Pass” placard.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Maui Food Safety Branch issued a red “closed” placard to a fast food and catering business in Kahului for “multiple critical food safety violations.”

The health department is requiring the food establishment to take corrective actions before allowing the establishment to reopen to the public. A followup inspection is scheduled for Nov. 6.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food Safety Branch issued a green “Pass” placard to Port Town Texaco during a follow-up inspection on Aug. 7, 2023, allowing the establishment to reopen.

A red “Closed” placard was issued to a café in Lahaina following a complaint and routine follow-up inspection conducted on July 27, 2023 for a cockroach infestation.

During a complaint and routine inspection on July 10, 2023, the Hawai‘i Department of Health Maui Food Safety Branch issued a red “Closed” placard to a restaurant in Lahaina.

The individual approached a food truck in Honokōwai wearing a green badge and no inspection tools at approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 6, 2023. The man identified himself as the new food safety inspector for Lahaina, according to department officials.

A follow up inspection was conducted on Thursday, and the old unit had been replaced with a much larger 200-gallon water heater with direct plumbing to the dishwashing machine.

The establishment was re-opened under a yellow “Conditional Pass” placard. An inspector will be conducting additional follow-up inspections to assess the establishment’s progress.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food Safety Branch issued a green placard to to a Pā‘ia restaurant today, allowing the business to reopen to the public following completion of corrective actions. 

The Hawai‘i Department of Health issued a red “Closed” placard to Café Mambo to protect public health. The restaurant, owned and operated by Betham Pacific LLC, is located at 30 Baldwin Avenue in Pā‘ia. 

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch has issued a green placard to Thai Mee Up Kula 2 food truck and has allowed the food truck to reopen to the public after a followup inspection on Friday.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Food Safety Branch issued a green placard to a Lahaina restaurant, and approved its reopening after a follow-up inspection found that all critical food safety violations were corrected.