Posted on: Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Restaurant buzz
Newly opened Pineapple Grill in Kapalua features "Pacific Island" cuisine
The Pineapple Grill has opened at the Bay Golf Course Clubhouse at Kapalua, with the kitchen under the direction of executive chef and partner Joey Macadangdang, formerly of Roy's Kihei. Philippines-born and Lahaina-raised, Maca-dangdang, right, is known for Asian-Filipino fusion dishes and has created a "Pacific Island Cuisine" menu for the restaurant, on the site of the old Kapalua Bar & Grill.
Two new eateries are open in Ala Moana Center's Makai Marketplace. Cheeseburger Factory (burgers of all kinds) and the Steak & Fish Co. (grilled meats and fish with sides) are owned by the Yummy Restaurant Group (Yummy Korean BBQ, Chow Mein Express).
Also at Ala Moana Center, construction has begun on Romano's Macaroni Grill, an Italian restaurant franchise operated by Randy Schoch's Desert Island Restaurants, in the old JC Penney location. It's the first of five Schoch plans to open here. Schoch, owner of Ruth's Chris Steak House at Restaurant Row, also will launch two new Ruth's Chris sites, in the Shops at Mauna Lani and in Waikiki in the Outrigger Beachwalk project.
NEW PRODUCT
LANI MOO GOES UPSCALE WITH PREMIUM LINE
Meadow Gold Dairies is celebrating ice cream month with the release of a new, richer ice cream line, Meadow Gold Premium, and an all-you-can-eat ice cream party at the Children's Discovery Center, from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5 ($2 for kids younger than 2) or children accompanied by a paying adult will be admitted free with proof of purchase from two Meadow Gold Premium Ice Cream containers. Lani Moo will be on hand, and the new Premium ice cream will be served. The ice cream comes in 12 flavors. To find the locations of free ice cream samplings through this month, see www.lanimoo.com.
