Poni Askew

Eat the Street: BBQ

Although evening sprinkles dampened the mood, this month’s Eat the Street at the Makers and Tasters lot was full of delicious finds, with a BBQ theme encouraging vendors to get out the smoked meat, grilled goodies and cole slaw. Some…

Kakaako street food scene hits 2.0

Those tables, tents and food trucks you see at the old Fisherman’s Wharf? On Ala Moana just across Ward Warehouse? That’s Kakaako’s new street food pod. Not only that, it’s a permanent thing, and the start of something much bigger.…

One more day: Aloha, Taste Table

Kakaako’s Taste Table ends its run on Auahi Street tonight, and any way you look at it, it’s been a remarkable run. Its beginning was as notable for its promise — a Hawaiian blessing, partners Poni and Brandon Askew, Mark…

Did this: Honolulu Night + Market

Word: Honolulu Night Market has hit its stride. Saturday night it packed in an estimated 2,500 for the sights, sounds, eats and buys that filled the uber-urban lot in the middle of Auahi between Coral and Keawe. Heard over and…

Unanimous vote! Food trucks (almost) legal

Good news and more good news for food trucks this week: The Honolulu City Council on Wednesday voted unanimously to lift the 15-minute stranglehold on doing business on city streets, and that change is fast-tracked for a final vote in…

Wednesday at 2: Let’s make food trucks legal

People, we are close.It’s several months now since police started citing food trucks over an old law no one knew existed, a month since their warnings shut down Tacoako Tuesday, three weeks since prosecutors pegged the fate of Tiki Truck’s…

Advice for Eat The Street Japan

I know, I know.It’s crowded, the lines are long, there’s not enough parking, trunks ran out of food.I got it.But there are ways to avoid these potential potholes if you heed some of my advice:• Go early. That’s the easiest…

Cat Chat 16: Eat The Street returns

Who said bigger isn’t always better?Obviously that person didn’t go to last month’s Eat The Street food truck and street food rally in a small parking lot at Kapiolani Boulevard. Because bigger could only be better.And lucky for us, it…