07-27-2012, 05:59 AM
Zippy's started out as a window service only plate lunch/saimin stand back in the late seventies? It was awhile ago. It was a place you'd go past to pick up beach food or after surfing or when you wanted something tasty late at night.
I forget where Zippy's first location was, but they've expanded to just about all over Oahu. They started out as an order window service only, then they added sit down areas, then nicer sit down areas and then table service and eventually evolved into a fairly nice casual restaurant chain. All locally owned as far as I know.
Very local menu, very local style food. No, their chili will not be what you are expecting if you are using mainland chili as a standard. Just consider it "Hawaiian Surfer Bean Dish" and try it again. If you think of it as "chili" you will be undoubtedly expecting something other than what you will find in your mouth when trying it. Chili spaghetti or chili rice is standard and probably not likely to be found on the mainland, either. Their "barbecue" or "BBQ" will be the ginger/soy type of BBQ so don't think mainland style red sauce type BBQ when ordering it.
Their chili is a local favorite but won't be what you are expecting if you didn't grow up with Zippy's chili. Actually, a lot of their food may not be what you are expecting although they've mainstreamed (mainland version anyway) somewhat over the years. They are a great alternate to the fast food chains proliferating on our island.
On Oahu they have a main kitchen which does a lot of the cooking as well as smaller kitchens at each location and a good bakery, too.
They also will become part of the community, which is more than Wal-Mart ever does. Zippy's is good people, they are from the islands and understand islands.
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Kurt Wilson
I forget where Zippy's first location was, but they've expanded to just about all over Oahu. They started out as an order window service only, then they added sit down areas, then nicer sit down areas and then table service and eventually evolved into a fairly nice casual restaurant chain. All locally owned as far as I know.
Very local menu, very local style food. No, their chili will not be what you are expecting if you are using mainland chili as a standard. Just consider it "Hawaiian Surfer Bean Dish" and try it again. If you think of it as "chili" you will be undoubtedly expecting something other than what you will find in your mouth when trying it. Chili spaghetti or chili rice is standard and probably not likely to be found on the mainland, either. Their "barbecue" or "BBQ" will be the ginger/soy type of BBQ so don't think mainland style red sauce type BBQ when ordering it.
Their chili is a local favorite but won't be what you are expecting if you didn't grow up with Zippy's chili. Actually, a lot of their food may not be what you are expecting although they've mainstreamed (mainland version anyway) somewhat over the years. They are a great alternate to the fast food chains proliferating on our island.
On Oahu they have a main kitchen which does a lot of the cooking as well as smaller kitchens at each location and a good bakery, too.
They also will become part of the community, which is more than Wal-Mart ever does. Zippy's is good people, they are from the islands and understand islands.
Kurt Wilson
Kurt Wilson