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Side Orders • October 8, 2015

AROUND THE TOWN . . . Music superstar Keith Urban was spotted on Maui on Tuesday the day before his big concert at Neil Blaisdell on Oahu. Urban ordered a Reuben sandwich at Marco's Grill & Deli in Kahului, lunching with two of his pals.Speaking of musicians, a stellar lineup of local stars has graced the stage at Hana Hou Cafe in Haiku since the day it opened in 2006. Sad to report that it has closed and owners Laurent and Katie Thibault are taking a respite before Katie goes into the health care field and Paris native Laurent gets hired at one of Maui's top restaurants."We have ...

Side Orders • October 1, 2015

AROUND THE TOWN . . . Celebrating old Hawaii in the historic town of Lahaina, the Lahaina Plantation Days will be presented for the last time Oct. 16 and 17 at the Old Pioneer Mill smokestack site.Highlights are signature dishes by 15 Maui restaurants, a beer and wine garden, coffee tent, keiki game zone, farmers market and art gallery. Entertainers include Amy Hanaiali'i, Willie K and Melveen Leed.The Plantation Life tent will highlight cultural cuisines of this era, including Hawaiian, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Portuguese, Korean, Okinawan and Puerto Rican; along with displays of ...

Side Orders • September 24, 2015

WEST SIDE STORIES . . . Crunch crispy gau gee and won tons from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at the Chinese Moon Festival at Wo Hing Museum, 858 Front St. in Lahaina. Admission is free. You may also buy moon cakes with fillings of taro, lotus root and red bean and watch Cantonese cooking demos.Leoda's Kitchen & Pie Shop in Olowalu has launched Thanksgiving Thursdays in an effort to countdown to the big turkey day. "Every Thursday now until the holiday, we do turkey dinners complete with stuffing, cranberry sauce and of course, pumpkin pie," says Sarah Jordan-Polk, director ...

Side Orders • September 17, 2015

BITS AND PIECES . . . September is Hawaii Seafood Month, and celebrating the heritage of our ocean waters from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday will be Migrant at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.For $100 per person, you'll get a seafood tasting by six top Maui chefs, including host Sheldon Simeon of Migrant, Mark Ellman of Mala Ocean Tavern, Jeff Scheer of The Mill House, Isaac Bancaco of Andaz Maui resort, Kyle Kawakami of Maui Fresh Streatery food truck and Tylun Pang of The Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui. For tickets, call 875-9394.The Fairmont has also just launched a new gathering place to ...

Side Orders • September 3, 2015

AS MAUI TURNS. . . A private opening party was held last week in Paia for the new Hana Provision Co. and all in attendance were dazzled by the farm-fresh food and the ag look of the old Dazoo location.Made-from-scratch burgers were made with ranch beef, caramelized onions and horseradish aioli; and butternut squash risotto was crunchy-creamy, popping with flavors of arugula and parmesan.Beverly Gannon was there, right before she hopped a plane to Ketchikan, Alaska, to be featured in an episode of "Let's Go Fishing." She's still lamenting the closure of Joe's Nuevo Latino in Wailea, but ...

Side Orders • August 27, 2015

UNCHARTERED TERRITORY . . . Like a map in the making, Maui is growing with more new restaurants than one can pinpoint.Sands of Kahana Resort now boasts the Beach House Bar & Grill that opened July 1. Set across the street from its sister restaurant Dollie's Bar & Grill, the poolside, oceanfront Beach House is perfect for those wearing shorts, slippahs and T-shirts."We're in phase one now with our remodel complete," says Jim Anderson, who also owns Dollie's. "With partner Mark Padgett, we have really opened this place up. We added new flooring, everything is shiny new in the ...