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(66-200 Kamehameha Hwy; dishes $1-8; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat;
) Next to a parking lot,
drop into this hippie shack for home-baked bread and cookies, deli sandwiches, salads,
smoothies and ice-cream sandwiches.
Malama Market
SUPERMARKET $
(66-190 Kamehameha Hwy; 7am-9pm)
Grab a quick bite from the deli or stock up on pic-
nic fixin's at this modern supermarket.
Opal Thai
THAI $$$
(
381-8091; Haleʻiwa Town Center, 66-460 Kamehameha Hwy; mains $8-13; 11am-3pm &
5-10pm Tue-Sat;
) What does a local food truck want to be when it grows up? A casual
cafe with reasonable prices and a fiery, authentic menu of Thai classics such as green-
papaya salad, noodles stir-fried with garlic and crab, duck curry and tom yum soup.
Owner Opel will ask what kinds of flavors you like, but may insist on ordering for you -
trust him only if you're not on a limited budget.
Café Haleʻiwa
BREAKFAST $$$
(
637-5516; 66-460 Kamehameha Hwy; mains breakfast & lunch $5-12, dinner $18-30;
7am-1:45pm daily, 6-9:30pm Tue-Sat;
) This surf-style diner has been hanging around
town since the 1980s. Before a day out paddling the waves, fuel up on the sunny patio
with an 'off the wall' omelette or 'breakfast in a barrel' (an egg-and-potato burrito
splashed with green salsa). Candlelight transforms the joint for hit-or-miss dinners like
grilled pork with North Shore farm-raised veggies.
B's Bar & Grinds
LOCAL $$$
(
744-4125;
www.bsbarandgrinds.com
;
Haleʻiwa Town Center, 66-197 Kamehameha Hwy; shared
plates $6-12, mains $12-24; 11am-4pm & 6pm-midnight, bar to 2am)
Groove with live acous-
tic acts while digging into bowls of super-fresh
poke
, baskets of truffle fries, meaty BBQ
kalua
pork sandwiches and Kahuku shrimp with corn cakes. Stick with the bar food and
skip the overreaching dinner mains like pasta or curried lamb.
Luibueno's
MEXICAN, SEAFOOD $$$
(
637-7717;
http://luibueno.com
; Haleʻiwa Town Center, 66-165 Kamehameha Hwy; mains $6-29;
11am-10:30pm, drinks only after 9:30pm;
) If you've never tried a beer-battered mahi-
mahi taco or a big ol' grilled ahi burrito, take your chances at this sunset-colored faux-
adobe hacienda. Along with modern Mexican fare, Luibueno's also serves decent upmar-
ket seafood and steaks. An après-surf crowd hogs the bar while knocking back margar-
itas during happy hour.
