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righteous, and their one-taco lunch special with rice and beans ($6.95) is a terrific deal.
Be sure to save room for the sopaipilla and honey for dessert. Call for takeout.
Pono Market
DELI $
(
822-4581; 4-1300 Kuhio Hwy; plate lunch $6.50; 6am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat)
Fill up on
local
grinds
(food) at this longtime hole in the wall, now with a fully fledged espresso
bar. At lunch, line up for generous plate lunches, homemade sushi rolls, fresh ahi
poke
and savory delicacies such as dried
ʻopelu
(pan-sized mackerel scad) and smoked marlin.
Cafe Hemingway
CAFE $
(
822-2250;
www.artcafehemingway.com
;
4-1495 Kuhio Hwy; mains $6-14; 6am-6pm Tue-Fri,
from 8am Sat, 8am-2pm Sun)
A painfully cute, whitewashed art cafe decorated with anti-
quated furnishings, and serving flakey quiches and breakfast platters named after Hem-
ingway novels.
Sun Also Rises
features scrambled eggs with parmigiano reggiano and
smoked ham.
For Whom The Bell Tolls
is a salami and liverwurst omelet with pancetta
and cheese. Perhaps the bell tolls for a heart surgeon?
Coconut Cup Juice Bar & Cafe
JUICE BAR, CAFE $
(
823-8630;
www.coconutcupjuicebar.com
; 4-1516 Kuhio Hwy; juices & smoothies from $6.25,
sandwiches $9-10; 8am-5pm;
) A juice and natural food takeout stand, this road-
side treasure slings generously endowed sandwiches. Wash down your hulking albacore
tuna or avocado veggie varietal with a fluorescent shot of wheat grass or fresh-squeezed
organic orange, carrot or green juice cocktail (kale, celery and cucumber). They have
tasty salads too.
Mermaids Café
CAFE $$$
This walk-up counter offers sizeable burritos, fresh organic salads and homemade
wok-fried entrée plates jazzed up with lemongrass and organic herbs. Get the ahi
nori
with brown rice and wasabi cream sauce and you'll dream of it for days.
The Eastside
HAWAII REGIONAL $$$
