Outside of the cozy takeout-style eatery, there’s a line. It’s 1:45 p.m., 15 minutes before chef and owner Sheldon Simeon closes for the day, but there’s still a strong demand for a bowl of his ‘ono comfort-food grinds. Tin Roof is nestled between an art gallery and a payday loan store in Dairy Center, a nondescript […]
Kaanapali, on Maui’s western coastline, isn’t exactly a secret. It’s one of the most popular places to stay, play and dine on Maui. Even with all of its fame, there are tucked away corners where savvy visitors can enrich their Valley Isle experience. 1. Totally Hawaiian Gift Gallery Photo courtesy: Totally Hawaiian Gift Gallery Locally
Detail on the black-sand grains of Pailoa. Photo: Daniel Sullivan/HAWAIʻI Magazine Waianapanapa State Park is a popular stop along Hana Highway—the 64.4-mile Road to Hana, known for its 620 curves, countless waterfalls, lush green scenery and remote hidden beauty. At around mile marker 32, 2 miles outside Hana Town, a sign directs you toward the
On the island of Maui for Turkey Day? Here are some restaurants and menus you should check out for an especially memorable holiday dinner. Bistro Molokini The restaurant at the Grand Wailea offers a three-course feast with choices of pumpkin bisque, argula salad, sage garlic roasted turkey and pumpkin cheese or pie for dessert.
It’s ON. After getting the green light this week due to a projected 30-foot swell, the Peahi Challenge is currently underway. Surf heavyweights like Greg Long, Aaron Gold, Shaun Walsh, Grant Baker, Kai Lenny and last year’s winner Billy Kemper are currently in the water preparing to drop in and rip (or be ripped by)
Winter awakens a beast. For a period of about 15 days a year, the surf break, Peʻahi, also nicknamed Jaws, reveals its unrest: monster waves between 40 and 60 feet—lashing its teeth at those who dare brush up against its pearly whites. Through the fearful visual, there’s also a haunting reverence, recently evidenced in the
The state is blacking out access to Waianapanapa State Park’s black-sand beach this month. Beginning today, November 7, Pailoa Beach, the postcard famous black-sand beach in Hana, Maui, will be inaccessible for most of the month. It’s one of the most popular stops along the Road to Hana and while visitors will be able to
There’s a stretch of road in West Maui, north of Lahaina and past Kaanapali, that twists and turns around the top of the island from Kapalua to Waihee along a beautiful, rocky coastline. What to know about the roadThe road, Hono-a-Piilani Highway, is named after the many hono (bays) on this route that were once
One of the first things a visitor to Maui sees are fields of swaying sugar cane. But Hawaii’s last sugar plantation, Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company on Maui, closed this year, ending a historic era. Sugar has had an interesting past throughout the Islands, especially on Maui, and the remnants of those plantations make for
That epic view of Peahi isn’t going anywhere. No buildings, no mega supermarket chains—just waves. Following the approval of a $9.5 million deal on a 267-acre plot of land surrounding Peahi—the famous surf break on Maui’s north shore that’s also known as Jaws—by Maui County, officials pledge to keep the area from being developed. For
On November 4 & 5, 2016, Maui County will hold its largest products show, the annual Made in Maui County Festival, at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului. Now in its third year, the event aims to continue its momentum of showcasing hundreds of Made-in-Maui-County products while helping to grow the islands’ small
Whether you’re thinking of hosting an intimate beachside ceremony or a large-scale carouse on the rolling hills of Mount Haleakala, a destination wedding on Maui provides couples with a day they’ll affectionately remember for years to come. Maui is the most popular island in Hawaii for weddings, so here are a few things to consider
