Hapa Market and Grill

A while ago I wanted to try the Early Birdie Coffee's cookies. I had lunch plans with my friend, since we both were off on a State holiday. I picked her up in Palolo, hoping we can stop by at Early Birdie Coffee to buy some cookies. We were sad to learned they have moved out of Hapa Market & Grill. I couldn't search and find the business page for Hapa Market and Grill, although they have been here for a while. I created a page yesterday and it was merged with one from 9 months ago. Funny I couldn't find it. It was the first time here for my friend too who just lives down the street! The special part of this market was they sell variety of local products and it's like a little farmers market of products that is open from Monday through Saturday. It's a place for local pop ups of food businesses on the right side and the market of local vendors' products at the market side. They carry produce from Ko Farms, Hooah farms, KLK farms, Kolea farms, Heavenly Farms, Nozawa's Corn, & many more. I heard for a couple of month Kokua Market was here but not anymore. On the Grill side, right now Bing Mi 808 would be here on Wednesday through Friday. See hours posted. The serve Taiwan Jianbing. The Shioketh will be here soon. They were setting up when I was there. They will be selling Singaporean Street food on certain days. On Saturdays you can pick up beef / venison burgers from 11am-2pm but must pre-order by Tuesday at 1pm. I can't wait to try all of them! Please follow Hapa Market & Grill on Instagram @hapamarket&grill for more updates on pop up vendors and products.I forgot to get the nice lady's name who shared about their business. I couldn't remember everything but you can read about them on HapaMarketandGrill.com. You can sign up at ohiohiapp.com if you want to order directly from farmers, hunters and can pick up from the farms, have it delivered or pick up at the Hapa Market and Grill. This platform will benefit the farmers. The Market side, they carried a variety of can drinks, frozen local artisan pops from Pop Culture, Local organic local farms fresh eggs from various farms, fresh food, and local beef and venison from Makana Provisions Meat Co. I'm curious about the Wailua Green Monster eggs! I bought oat cakes, dried bananas, cookies, that they made. I would have gotten the Pop Culture pop since it was so hot and humid but I was on my way to lunch. When I was there there was no Air conditioning inside. I'm not sure if they have or not but it wasn't on. If you have a need for ice, in the parking lot there was Kooler ice machine in the parking lot. My friend was happy to know about the ice machine, since she buys ice when they go fishing and she can buy ice just up the street from her home. Although I live far away, it's good to know of this wonderful market with food vendors. I don't mind trying the Bing Mi 808 and Shioketh!Come out and support local businesses when you're in the Kaimuki area! They are way in the Palolo valley on Palolo Avenue. They will be having a grand opening on August 23, 2024. The cafe is open from 7 am - 11 am on Monday through Saturday and the food vendor that are opened for that day will be there 11am or after. Check for the vendors and their hours of business. The market is open Monday -Saturday from 10am - 6pm. Their phone number is 808-940-9846.

Recently discovered this nice little store in the heart of Palolo. It used to be Rainbow Market when we lived in the valley. Now it sells produce and meats from different local vendors like Nozawa Kahuku corn, Ko Farms, Kolea farms. Also game meats like venision, local honey and other produce. Call first before you come to make sure it's stocked. They even have a nut grinder in the back so you can have fresh almond butter. Besides, food stuff there are prints and caps by local artists as well. Right now Bimg Mi has a pop up here so you can get lunch and support local at the same time!

This retail space on Palolo Ave has seen its share of different businesses. Rainbow supermarket used to be here and then it was a coin laundry place for a little while. The space is decently sized for a little store and there's a parking lot in front. Just go slow when you're nearing it on Palolo Ave so you don't miss it. I love Palolo, so I'm glad this little store opened up. I can see myself coming back in the future. I also love buying fresh produce, so when I saw the little fruit and veggie stand outside and a new sign plastered to the building, I thought I'd stop by. They just opened a week or two ago and they aren't really ready to have a full blown opening, but in the meantime, while they set up, you can buy produce and fig bars and dried goods. My boyfriend eats a lot of ulu and kalo. I eat tangerines and star fruit. I'd say there was a good mix of produce on the random Thursday afternoon I stopped in. The person who rang me up was nice. They don't accept credit cards just yet, so bring cash! I really hope they are able to stay, it looks like the new beginnings of a very cute store!