puna kai maybe in 2021?

[kalianna]

I just read that the new Malama Market is holding a job fair on 1/20.  Do I dare hope that the opening will follow shortly thereafter?  I checked the Puna Kai website looking for more info (no) and also saw that Pizza Hut is supposed to open in January.

[terracore]

Pizza Hut is open.

[Obie]

Already ordered from the app.
It's good to have a pizza place in Pahoa that can have a pizza ready in 15 minutes.

There was Sisko truck unloading at Malama Market when I was there on Thursday.

Now if Popeye's would just open up.

[terracore]

Unfortunately, they do not deliver to Orchidland, at least not my part of it. If I'm going to go pickup my own food it will be something better than Pizza Hut.

[Obie]

They will only deliver as far as Makuu on 130.

I like the hot wings.

Not a lot of choices for wings around here.

[terracore]

McDonalds is hiring for the Puna Kai location. Have they even started construction of the restaurant? Last I heard all they had was a concrete slab.

[Obie]

They have the outer shell up and a sign.

[terracore]

Somehow I missed that when I was driving by. How far along is Popeyes?

[kalakoa]

Last I checked Popeye's still had a dirt floor.

Meanwhile, the McDonald's shell went up in about two weeks. I won't be surprised if they're open before Malama.

[terracore]

I thought those franchises used modular construction? When I used to live in a city I remember them going up over a weekend and open for business a week later. Of course, they didn't have Hawaii permitting issues.

There used to be a burger franchise called Hot N Now, which anybody who ate there called The Rotten Cow. Their claim to fame in the 90's was their 39 cent burger. I remember them putting one of them up near the apartment I was living in and it opened up before the paint was dry. I'm guessing the slab was poured prior, but it went from an empty lot to a tiny burger drive through over a 3-day weekend. Ironically, the chain was owned by Pepsi because all the "better" fast food places served coke products and they were hoping that if they sold a dry, salty, 39 cent burger, a person might buy a wanna-be coke product to wash it down with. It failed. I drink cola maybe once a year, but if my once-yearly option is pepsi or water, I'll take the water.