After an extended closure, the Bali Hai Restaurant at the Hanalei Bay Resort is nearing a purchase agreement with Bar Acuda chef and owner Jim Moffat.
The deal, which also includes the Happy Talk Lounge, has not yet cleared escrow. Moffat said the sale is expected to close in three weeks.
“The goal is to sell the [...]
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Sale of Bali Hai pending after furlough
July 19th, 2008 · No Comments
OPINION: With GM taro bill, legislators catered to big business
June 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Now that the dust has started to settle after the end of another legislative session, the public can once again be reassured that our representatives put aside the public interest in favor of directives given to them by big business, and the large land owners in the state.
A key bill that illustrates this point was [...]
Tags: Agriculture · Environment · Food · Opinion
Who’s Fueling Who?
May 30th, 2008 · No Comments
The lackluster start to the Hawaii Bioenergy kickoff meeting
Much has been said of the urgent need to shift Hawai‘i’s 95 percent dependence on imported fuels for its transportation and electrical generation needs. In recent months, skyrocketing oil prices have produced sticker shock at the gas pump and on our electric bills. They’ve also plunged ATA [...]
Tags: Environment · Food · Politics · Utilities
The Med Comes to Hawaii: Mediterranean Gourmet
May 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Located a few miles from where the road ends, just 10 minutes west of the small village of Hanalei, on the North Shore of the most remote Hawaiian Island, Kauai, I will admit that you would have to go a bit out of your way just to dine at Mediterranean Gourmet. However, if you happen [...]
Tags: Food
Shippers call for Superferry to resume Kauai service
May 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Food industry officials say the Hawaii Superferry should resume its runs to Kauai.
They say the shutdown of Aloha Airlines cargo services underscores the need for the ferry alternative to ship goods to and from the Garden Island.
Love Bakery President Mike Walters says his shipment of bakery goods to Kauai had to go from Oahu via [...]
Tags: Food · Opinion · Transportation
Hawaii bakery ships interisland via L.A.
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Love’s Bakery, thrown into a tailspin by the sudden shutdown of Aloha Airlines’ cargo unit, is going the distance to make sure its customers on the Big Island and Kaua’i get their baked goods.
After learning that Aloha wouldn’t be flying cargo last night and not having other options for interisland cargo flights, Love’s made arrangements [...]



