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Tin Roof Maui: Sheldon Simeon’s Plate Lunch in Kahului
Top Chef alum Sheldon Simeon's takeout spot — modern plate lunches with mochiko chicken, pork belly, garlic shrimp. Sells out by mid-afternoon.
Maui Local Guide Section
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Where Maui actually eats. Plate-lunch counters that have been feeding families since the 1930s, food trucks worth the line, and the dining rooms worth the reservation hustle.
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Sam Sato’s: Three Generations of Dry Mein in Wailuku
Family-run since 1933, hidden in the back of a Wailuku industrial complex. Order the dry mein and the manjū to go.
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Geste Shrimp Truck: Kahului’s Iconic Plate
Hawaiian scampi, spicy pineapple, lemon pepper, hot & spicy — Maui's most famous shrimp plate, served from a truck off Kahului Beach Road.
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A Saigon Cafe: Wailuku’s Best-Hidden Foodie Gem
Famously hard to find (the exterior has almost no signage) and a perennial Aipono Award winner. Vietnamese in a place you'd never guess held it.
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Hāli’imaile General Store: Bev Gannon’s Pineapple-Field Classic
A pioneering Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine room in a 1929 plantation store, surrounded by pineapple fields. Reservation recommended.
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Kula Bistro: Casual Italian on the Side of the Volcano
Family-style Italian with bi-coastal views, fresh pasta, and a no-corkage BYO policy that turns dinner into a real evening.
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Restaurant Marlow: Wood-Fired Pizza in Old Makawao
Chef Jeff Scheer's wood-fired sourdough Neapolitan-style pizza in the heart of historic Makawao.
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Maui Food Trucks of Kihei: One Lot, Eight Cuisines
The South Maui food truck park at 1 Piʻikea Ave — seafood, Thai, sushi, burgers, bowls, coffee — open 6 AM to 8:30 PM daily.
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Maui Fresh Streatery: The Award-Winner With No Fixed Address
Chef Kyle Kawakami's rotating-menu truck. Often in Maui Lani on Friday evenings. Check Instagram before you drive.
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Monkeypod Kitchen Wailea: The Daily 3:30 Happy Hour
Half-price pūpū, $14 wood-fired pizzas, and the famous honey-lilikoi-foam Mai Tai. Daily 3:30–5 PM.