09-04-2007, 01:43 PM
Ed,
I am also not living on the Island yet, but have been over many times.
What is missing in Pahoa (at least I think!) is a super cutesy French style bakery that serves fantastic coffee with a nice lanai overlooking something that isn't hideous. A friend of mine and I were joking (we think) about opening such a bakery. There are some, shall we say, outposts, that offer baked goods, and thank heavens for them. But I think the area might support, what shall I call it, a fuss-budget bakery on the order of one I saw in Kilauea, in Kauai. They served lilikoi pastries, had great coffee and were in a pleasant setting.
As for specialty cakes, I think that would NOT be the bread and butter of such a business, tee-hee, at least not at first. But you never know. You could take your premier products to the Maku'u Farmer's Market and give it a go.
I say do some more research. You have one person who is very receptive to it.
I am also not living on the Island yet, but have been over many times.
What is missing in Pahoa (at least I think!) is a super cutesy French style bakery that serves fantastic coffee with a nice lanai overlooking something that isn't hideous. A friend of mine and I were joking (we think) about opening such a bakery. There are some, shall we say, outposts, that offer baked goods, and thank heavens for them. But I think the area might support, what shall I call it, a fuss-budget bakery on the order of one I saw in Kilauea, in Kauai. They served lilikoi pastries, had great coffee and were in a pleasant setting.
As for specialty cakes, I think that would NOT be the bread and butter of such a business, tee-hee, at least not at first. But you never know. You could take your premier products to the Maku'u Farmer's Market and give it a go.
I say do some more research. You have one person who is very receptive to it.