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Kaleo's In Orchidland
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Kaleo's has applied for a liquor license for a restaurant on Orchidland Drive. It will be in that new building that was built last year.

Bite the Eye has applied for a liquor license for a location near Ainaloa Blvd and Highway 130.

Luquin's is opening a place in the old Freddy's in Hilo on Manono Street.


There are public notices in todays Trib.
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#2
Luquin's is opening a place in the old Freddy's in Hilo on Manono Street.

They were planning to be open in December.
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#3
They were planning to be open in December.

The inspector probably didn't like their choice for a urinal.

Kaleo's has applied for a liquor license for a restaurant on Orchidland Drive. It will be in that new building that was built last year.

I hope they invest in some acoustic improvements so their customers can actually have a conversation.  We quit going to their Pahoa location because the noise gave it a hash house atmosphere.  And I don't know why people rave about Kaleo's food.  I thought it was just so-so compared to the nicer places in Hilo.
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#4
Seems like a poor time to open a restaurant.
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#5
Wouldn't Kaleo's need a whole new SUP to open up shop there? Current one is for a farmer's market.

I'm guessing that they would run into some resistance from the OL community.
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#6
If you look at the tax records for that property, it's a legally permitted restaurant and farmers market !

It even has a urinal.
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#7
Oik, fair enough, but it was not approved for a bar.

Personally, I don't care one way or the other, but I'm still guessing that others in the OL community will have a strong opinion against it.
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#8
OLE charges big road fees to "commercial" enterprise. I think this summarizes their opinion.
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#9
A bar near that intersection —sounds like time for a new roundabout...
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#10
It was originally going to be an Italian restaurant and outdoor farmer's market (there was a thread about this previously) but I think COVID derailed the original intent.

It's actually the ideal location for a "pandemic restaurant" because it has a huge covered outdoor space where the market was going to go.

I don't know any OLE residents who oppose new restaurants or other businesses down there. We look forward to it. I just hope it's not going to be another bland Asian restaurant...
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