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of the craic. Throw darts, eat bangers and mash, drink Guinness, rock out to live music, or
take part in one of their popular quiz nights.
OUTSIDE THE TRIANGLE
There are some scattered places outside the Triangle where you can catch some live music.
In the Azeka Mauka shopping area, Stella Blues Café (1279 S. Kihei Rd., 808/874-3779,
www.stellablues.com , open until 11pm) caters to the baby boomer generation, occasion-
ally bringing in big names to perform. Although live performances on some evenings come
without a cover, other acts such as Hapa or John Cruz can carry a $30 cover charge, or be
combined with a dinner menu for $60/person.
Down at the other end of the parking lot of the Azeka Mauka is Diamonds Ice Bar
(1279 S. Kihei Rd., 808/874-9299, www.diamondsicebar.com , open until 2am), a smaller
establishment tucked in the end unit that offers live music on most nights of the week. If
you have a large group or party there's a private VIP room. While it doesn't see the same
amount of crowds as down at the Triangle, it can still be a happening place if the right band
happens to be playing.
Moose McGillicuddy's (2511 S. Kihei Rd., 808/891-8644,
www.moosemcgillicuddys.com , open until 2am) harnesses the late-night crowd in South
Kihei who are looking for cheap drink specials and an old-fashioned good time. This sports
bar cranks up the music at 9pm, and the radio ads they run championing their late-night
pupu menu as being your best bet for staving off the munchies should give you a general
idea of the clientele.
Karaoke
Whether you're a karaoke fan or not, Sansei (1881 S. Kihei Rd., 808/879-0004,
www.sanseihawaii.com , 5pm-10pm Sun.-Mon., 5:30pm-10pm Tues.-Wed., 5:30pm-1am
Thurs.-Sat.) sushi bar in the Foodland shopping center is the hottest karaoke spot in town.
Sansei is always packed on the weekends, and what draws most of the locals here is that
the normally moderately priced sushi menu is discounted 50 percent after 10pm every
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. Inevitably, you're going to end up pairing your Cali-
fornia roll with Asahi, and what you swore to yourself was going to be a night of some
casual unagi and a glass of water turns into you ordering another round of sake and singing
Journey with a guy from Reno. Despite the fact this restaurant has been around forever,
the half-price sushi karaoke nights are the most consistently popular night on the town.
Or, if you want to have multiple turns at the mike due to a reduced number of people,
Isana (515 S. Kihei Rd., 808/874-5700, www.isanarestaurant.berrysites.net , open until