"Best of Hawaii" 2009: Our favorite Hawaii restaurants
by: Derek Paiva and John Heckathornposted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 01:29 PM
Editorial Staff Pick:
Hilo Bay Café
Don’t let the location next to a Wal-Mart throw you off. This chic, but casual shopping center restaurant is the best place to dine on the east side of the Big Island. Comfort food—spinach salad with bacon and apples, grilled locally-raised New York steak with Gorgonzola potatoes, crab-crusted mahimahi and slow-cooked baby back ribs. Reasonable wine list, great fresh-ingredient cocktails.
Waiakea Shopping Center, 315 Makaala St., Hilo, Big Island, (808) 935-4939, www.hilobaycafe.com
Pictured: Pan-roasted Kulana rib-eye steak. Photo by Vicky Vierra/Hilo Bay Cafe
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