Both the west and east coasts have proven to be good markets for the high-end Pacific regional cuisine.
"It's a question of how to fill in those areas and move inland," he said. "There are different eating habits in different parts of the country, so you have to be smart about whe
Commercial actors used to state a willingness to walk a mile for a particular brand of cigarette, before cigarette ads were banned from television.
Former Gov. John Waihee once said he'd walk an equal distance for a Spam musubi, when the island snack first gained popularity. His office was so
Eddie Flores Jr. has a problem. Strangers have been sending the L&L Drive-Inn president unsolicited $30,000 checks in hopes that he will give them a plate-lunch restaurant franchise on the Mainland.
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"It's crazy," Flores said. "When my secretary told me, I said, 'Wh
San Diego State University student John Scalia sits at a table inside the cozy confines of a newly opened L&L Hawaiian Barbecue on El Cajon Boulevard. He's eagerly awaiting the arrival of his favorite dish - Spam musubi.
"When I was in Maui, I ate a lot of the food there," Scalia said
When Eddie Flores bought a small walk-up restaurant for his mother on Liliha Street in 1976, he knew nothing about the restaurant business. Neither he nor his mother knew anything about restaurant cooking. "The cleaning lady taught us," Flores said.
Although he claims he still doesn
When Eddie Flores bought a small walk-up restaurant for his mother on Honolulu's Liliha Street in 1976, he knew nothing about the restaurant business and neither he nor his mother knew anything about restaurant cooking.
"The cleaning lady taught us," Flores said.
And although he cl
Las Vegas is reputed to have one of the largest concentrations of kamaaina, or native-born Hawaiians, of any city on the mainland. We certainly have our share of Hawaiian restaurants. Here are two of the newest and best ones.
L&L Hawaiian Barbecue caused quite a stir when it opened in the summer.