QUICK BITES
Waikiki Restaurant Week under way
By Wanda A. Adams
Advertiser Food Editor
Waikiki Restaurant Week, an effort to lure folks into that neighborhood to enjoy its many eateries, starts today and continues through Tuesday with 20 percent discounts at participating businesses. It was inspired by a program launched in New York after Sept. 11. The discounts are offered on items not covered by other specials and apply to kama'aina and military people.
Participants include All Star Hawai'i, Antonio's Steak Seafood Pasta, Beach Cafe at the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani, Canoes and Paddles at the Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki Hotel, Charley's Tavern, Chuck's Cellar, Davey Jones Ribs, House of Hong, Kelley O'Neil's, Keoni by Keo's, Lewers Street Fish Co., Lobster & Crab House, Matteo's, Momoyama Japanese Restaurant, Ocean Terrace, Parc Cafe, Pikake Terrace, Planet Hollywood, Restaurant Fuji at the Aston Coral Reef Hotel, Round Table Pizza, Royal Steak & Seafood, Royal Yakiniku, Seafood Village, Tanaka of Tokyo, Trattoria, Waikiki Broiler and Waikiki Steak and Lobster House.
Reduced parking rates are available at Ohana Reef Towers, Ohana Waikiki Hobron, Ohana Maile Sky Court, Ohana Waikiki Village, Outrigger East, King Kalakaua Plaza, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center; Waikiki Trade Center is offering $3 all day Saturday, $1 all day Sunday and $3 after 5 p.m. weekdays; Waikiki Shopping Plaza has $2 all day Sunday and Renaissance Ilikai Waikiki is offering $2 per hour, up to 5 hours.
Fund-raiser for cultural garden
It's a kalo bash! (Sorry, irresistible Hawaiian language joke.)
The Center for Hawaiian Studies is organizing a fund-raiser for Ka Papa Lo'i O Kanewai, the cultural garden on the grounds of the center, including a taro pond that is a remnant of a network of ponds that ran from Manoa to Waikiki. The pond is used to teach taro growing, preserve taro varieties and show the key place of kalo (taro) in Hawaiian culture.
The fund-raiser, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, will feature a lo'i tour, poi-pounding and discussions of mahi 'ai (farming). Park in Zones 7 and 7A near the center. A $5 donation is asked. Plate lunches, T-shirts, smoked meat, limu and crafts will be sold. The center is at 2645 Dole St. Information: 973-0983.
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