Who’s coming: Eat the Street Dia de Los Muertos
Ghouls, goblins and Mexican food come out this Friday for Eat the Street: Dia de Los Muertos, a.k.a. the Mexican Day of the Dead. So, many kinds of tacos, check. Horchata, check. Churros, tamales and nachos, all check. Plus a best taco contest and another one for best painted face. The prize: $100 in Streetgrindz food.
About 40 trucks and street food booths will be offering plenty more dishes for this monthly eatfest. Bring cash and a good appetite — we’ll see you there!
When: Friday, Oct. 25, from 4 to 9 p.m.
Where: 555 South St. in Kaka’ako (at Halekauwila, kitty-corner from Restaurant Row)
Admission: Free
Parking: On-site and street parking
Here’s the lineup and menus:
All Kine Grindz
Contact: 808-368-4799; habilitat.com/all-kine-grindz.html; All Kine Grindz on Facebook
On the menu: Chicken or shredded beef tamales with chile con carne and fresh pinto beans, pastele stew, kalbi beef, barbecue chicken, seafood platters, smoked meat with onions
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Aloha Pops
Contact: 808-286-4699; @AlohaTricycle (Twitter); alohatricycle.com
On the menu: La Cucaracha coconut, orange crème, blondies Shaka Taco pops
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy two, get the third for $1
Baja Style Mexican Food
Contact: 808-291-2096; @bajastylehi (Twitter)
On the menu: Chicharrones de pollo – crispy, crunchy ‘Chicken Skin’; Ensenada fish tacos with white salsa; cacao costra puerco con salsa rojo sangre de fresa y chipotle – cocoa-crusted roast pork with blood red salsa of strawberry & chipotle
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Sweet treat with purchase of $10 or more
Beyond Burgers
Contact: beyondburgers@gmail.com; Beyond Burgers Honolulu on Facebook
On the menu: Specialty burger – grass-fed beef, bleu cheese, caramelized onions, applewood-smoked bacon, BBQ sauce, arugula; Mediterranean burger – grass-fed beef, feta cheese, tzatziki sauce, arugula, onion, tomato, mustard, roasted garlic aioli; All-American cheddar burger – grass-fed beef, Tilamook cheddar cheese, arugula, onion, tomato, mustard, roasted garlic aioli; all-beef bacon-wrapped bleu dog – topped with bleu cheese, grilled onions and peppers, roasted garlic aioli; all-beef bacon-wrapped hot dog; strawberry and watermelon lemonades, home-brewed unsweetened iced tea, Arnold Palmer of half iced tea, half lemonade
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off drink purchase, limit 2 per card
Blue Truck Teppanyaki
Contact: 808-389-6808; Blue Truck Teppanyaki on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Cake Works
Contact: 808-946-4333; 2820 S. King St.; cakeworkshi.com
On the menu: Pumpkin spice, Frankenberry, Witches’ Brew and candy corn specialty Halloween macarons, plus chocolate, salt caramel, red velvet, strawberry guava, cappuccino, pistachio and blue Hawaii macarons
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off candy corn
Elena’s Home of Finest Filipino Foods
Contact: Elena’s Restaurant in Waipahu 808-676-8005; www.ElenasRestaurant.com; @ElenasFilipino (Twitter), www.facebook.com/ElenasRestaurant
What’s on the menu: Filipino “menudo”: Braised pork in a tomato sauce with garbanzo beans, raisins and bell peppers; balut; pork adobo fried rice omelette; pork adobo, chicken adobo, dinuguan, sari sari, gisantes and Lechon Special cmbo plates; Shanghai lumpia, sweet apple banana lumpia
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with plate lunch
El Palenque
El Palenque on Facebook
On the menu: Chicken & pork tamales. churros & horchata, traditional champurado hot chocolate drink
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy 2, get $1 off tamales
Flavors of the World
On the menu: Seafood rice – Arroz con leche guava and lilikoi flavor, BBQ pork or chicken sandwich, shredded beef empanadas with garlic sauce, BBQ chicken salad with lettuce, green peppers, onion, corn, ranch dressing, chicken and BBQ sauce
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with purchase
Five-O Hawaiian Style Smoked Ribs
509-668-0000; www.FiveORibs.com; ryan@fiveoribs.com; Five-O Hawaiian Style Smoked Ribs on Facebook
On the menu: Ribs, BBQ chicken, BBQ rib chili, brisket, smoke house lasagna,
giant smoked rib stuffed baked potatoes, special smoked fajitas
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount:
Girls Who Bake Next Door
Contact: 808-983-9989; @girlswhobake (Twitter); The Girls Who Bake Next Door on Facebook
On the menu: Horchata cupcakes and assorted sweets
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy 1 dozen cupcakes, get 1 free
Hawaii’s Fried Musubi
Contact: 808-391-3835; @friedmusubiHI (Twitter), Hawaii’s Fried Musubi on Facebook
On the menu: Special tacos, plus fried classic Spam musubi, Mama’s fried chicken, fried spicy bomb musubi, fried Hawaiian-style ahi, fried Oreos, fried gooey peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, fried cupcakes, fried Twinkies, fried cheesecake
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy 3 desserts, get a free order of Oreos
Hawaiian Fresh Farms
Contact: 808-321-1567; Hawaiian Fresh Farms on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hawaiian Waffledog Company
Contact: hawaiianwaffledogcompany.com
On the menu: Waffle dog with pico de gallo and other waffle dogs
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy two waffledogs, get a free bottle of water
Hula Shrimp Co.
Contact: Hulashrimp@yahoo.com
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Il Gelato
Contact: 501 Sumner St.; 808-542-9276; @IlGelatoHawaii (Twitter); Il Gelato Hawaii on Facebook
On the menu: Gelato/Sorbetto: Dulce de leche, gianduia, Kona coffee, Tahitian vanilla gelato; raspberry and mango sorbetto; affogato, root beer float
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy two scoops of gelato, get a free waffle cone
Kau Kau Grill
Contact: 755 Kapahulu Ave.; 284-8293; Kau Kau Grill on Facebook
On the menu: BBQ baby back ribs, spicy spareribs, pulehu short ribs, garlic shrimp, spicy and shoyu poke bowls
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with purchase of a plate
Kiawe Pizza
Contact: Kiawe Pizza on Facebook
On the menu: Chicken Latino pizza: Kiawe-roasted chicken on garlic oil with zucchini, red onion and corn, finished with parmigiano reggiano and mozzarella
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off a pizza
Kohnotori
Contact: 2626 S. King St; 808-941-7255; Kohnotori on Facebook
On the menu: Grilled chicken yakitori and takoyaki Japanese octopus croquettes
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Koi Catering
Contact: 808-845-4564; 2028 Dillingham Blvd. (formerly Pu’uwainani’s Plate Lunches)
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Laverne’s
Contact: 808-678-1678; Laverne’s Restaurant and Catering on Facebook
On the menu: TBA
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBA
Liquid Pleasure
Contact: 808-780-9288 or email streetgrindz@gmail.com
On the menu: Smoothies, shakes, frappes, espresso
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBA
Local STOP
Contact: @localstop (Twitter); Local Stop on Facebook
On the menu: Malasada burgers, sloppy joe malasada sandwiches, killer nachos
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with killer nachos
No Ka Oi Cookie Company
Contact: 808-489-2642; nokaoicookiecompany.com; No Ka ‘Oi Cookie Company on Facebook
On the menu: Alfajores cookie; cookie ice cream sandwiches with chocolate, vanilla, Kona coffee, Oreo or grasshopper ice creams; chewy triple chocolate and Reese’s peanut butter chip brownies, your choice of ala mode; root beer floats
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off two ice cream sandwiches or brownies a la mode
Okonomi Grinds
Contact: 808-741-8123; okonomigrinds.com; OkonomiGrinds on Facebook
On the menu: Okonomiyaki
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Olay Thai
Contact: 808-487-4001; 99-927 Iwaena St. in Aiea; Olay’s Thai Food on Facebook
On the menu: Hot and spicy Thai tacos, Thai curries, veg pad Thai, lemongrass fried chicken, stuffed chicken wings, pork spring rolls, sateh chicken, garlic pork sticks
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off
OnoPops
Contact: 808-354-2949; www.onopops.com; @OnoPops (Twitter); OnoPops on Facebook
On the menu: Special alote pop inspired by the classic corn-cinnamon beverage of Dia de Los Muertos, plus pops featuring Big Island cinnamon, Kabocha Pumpkin Brown Betty and “The Freshmaker” – a sorbet of local organic parsley and fennel with candied Meyer lemon
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: 50 cents off an Onopop
Otsuji Farm
Contact: 808-368.1135; otsujifarm.com
On the menu: Hamakua mushroom cheese fries with herb aioli, sushi sliders, purple banana malasadas
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Paul’s Poppers
Contact: 808-351-7583; Paul’s Poppers on Facebook; paulspoppers.com
On the menu: New nacho poppers and assorted other flavors
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Spend $10 and get $1 off
Pop Pop Donuts
Contact: 808-664-3287; poppopdonuts.com; @poppopdonuts on Twitter; Pop Pop Donuts on Facebook
On the menu: Fresh fried donuts in plain,c innamon sugar, powdered sugar or
espresso sugar, topped with chocolate, tres leches or horchata sauce
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Buy two dozen, get a half dozen free
Pt. Suisse
Contact: 310-663-4090; @PtSuisseCrepes (Twitter); Pt. Suisse Crepes on Facebook
On the menu: Caprese crepe – Spinach, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and homemade basil oil; crepe taco – shredded beef, pico de gallo, shredded bell peppers and Mexican cheese blend; Dream crepe – Nutella, strawberry and banana; dulce de leche crepe – strawberries, pecans and dulce de leche frosting
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off
Soul Patrol
Contact: 808-735-7685; pacificsoulhawaii.com; @pacificsoul (Twitter); Soul Patrol on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Tin Hut BBQ
Contact: 808-492-8676; www.tinhut-bbq.com; Tin Hut BBQ on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Whatcha Fillin’
Contact: 808-389-0205; whatchafillin.com; Whatcha Fillin’ on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Why’z
Contact: 808-454-7954
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Wow Wow Waffle
Contact: 530-638-4969; Wow Wow Waffle on Facebook; @wowwowwaffle (Twitter); www.wowwowwaffle.com
On the menu: Portuguese sausage, shredded cheddar, and jalapeno; Tropical Treat: Local apple banana, real whip, local mac nuts; Belgian Torpedo: Belgian chocolate sticks, local strawberries; Spekuloos gingerbread spread; Pumpkin Spice: pumpkin custard, cinnamon spice, real whip; Street Waffle with powdered sugar; lilikoi, blackberry lavender, strawberry and pineapple ginger lemonades
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with $10 purchase
