Banzo's is open

['elepaio]

Shocks ..Menu items ordered totalled an amount that was deemed too expensive to ever go back .

[kalakoa]

Puna Kai charges something like $3/sf NNN, that's before equipment, staff, and ingredients....

[terracore]

And every job has to be a "living wage" now. $15/hour employee costs closer to $30/hour after including employer share of payroll taxes, workers compensation insurance, etc. Having only 3 employees is going to cost nearly $100/hour. Assuming the business is only open 8 hours a day that's $800 just in labor. And then the mall rent... That's how we get to the $20 sandwich.

[Obie]

"Puna Kai charges something like $3/sf NNN, that's before equipment, staff, and ingredients...."

And yet I will shop at Malama Market with their high prices because it's cheaper and less stressful than driving to Hilo !

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

"Puna Kai charges something like $3/sf NNN, 
….
And yet I will shop at Malama Market with their high prices 


And after you shop at Malama Market you can drive home and make a sandwich for $3 or $4 from ingredients you bought there, at their high prices.  And you don't have to tip yourself.