Who’s coming: Eat the Street Oktoberfest
We can’t believe how time has flown this year, but yes, it’s time for Eat the Street Oktoberfest, with sausage, sauerkraut and other German delights on the menu.
As part of this month’s theme, there will be a best sausage contest for #GrinderzChoice. There will also be a beer garden with Spaten Oktoberfest, Red Hook Pumpkin Porter, Widmer Brothers Oktofestival Ale and Hoegaarden for $6.
When: Friday, Sept. 26 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. More menus to be added as received.
All Kine Grindz
Contact: 808-368-4799; habilitat.com/all-kine-grindz.html; All Kine Grindz on Facebook
On the menu: BBQ chicken, steak, kalbi, spicy pork, spicy tuna bowls, pulehu ribs, crab cakes, garlic shrimp, seafood platters and surf and turf.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Aloha Pops
Contact: 808-286-4699; @AlohaTricycle (Twitter); alohatricycle.com
On the menu: Popsicles (fresh berries and yogurt; mimosa; strawberries & cream; chocolate peanut butter)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Baja Style Mexican Food
Contact: 808-291-2096; @bajastylehi (Twitter)
On the menu: Huevos Ranchero “Baja Style” (spicy chile verde pork stew over two eggs, served with red rice, pinto beans and a flour tortilla); Burritos and Tacos de Machaca (seasoned shredded beef mixed with potatoes, scrambled eggs, chiles and melted cheese); Nachos Fundido con Chorizo (homemade cheese sauce over corn chips and pinto beans, topped with chorizo and over-easy eggs); Jalapeno con Tocino (fire-roasted fresh jalapeno wrapped in bacon then grilled until crispy)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Beyond Burgers
Contact: beyondburgers@gmail.com; Beyond Burgers Honolulu on Facebook
On the menu: Specialty Burger (bleu cheese, specialty made of caramelized onions and crumbled applewood-smoked bacon in a sweet & savory BBQ sauce, baby arugula, roasted garlic aioli sauce); 1K Burger (Tilamook cheddar cheese, local baby arugula, tomato, onion, Thousand Island dressing); Bacon, Swiss, Avocado Burger; Bacon, Swiss, Mushroom Burger; All-Beef Bacon-Wrapped Hotdog; lemonade (strawberry-lemonade or watermelon); iced tea; Arnold Palmer (half iced tea, half lemonade)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off drink purchase, limit 2 per card
Bobalicious
Contact: 808-389-6808; Bobalicious Boba Drinks on Facebook
On the menu: Boba drink flavors include lava flow, pina colada, strawberry, pineapple, mango, lychee and more. Also cooking up “bobabakes,” a version of a waffle dog with choice of hot dog or mozzarella cheese baked inside a waffle batter.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Buenos Antojitos
Contact: 808-674-7125; buenosantojitos.com
On the menu: Chicken and sausage creamy beer dip with plantain chips. Sausage cooked in German beer with rice.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Cake Works
Contact: 808-946-4333; 2820 S. King St.; cakeworkshi.com
On the menu: Pumpkin spice, limited number of baby chick (chicken dance macarons).
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Cooking Fresh For You
Contact: (808) 286-6484; 4469 Malia St.; cookingfreshforyou.com
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
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: “Longsilog” Special (sweet longanisa sausage with two eggs and rice); Fried Rice Omelette (bacon, Spam, ham, Portuguese sausage and fried rice wrapped in an egg crepe); Pork Adobo Fried Rice Omelet; Chicken & Pork Adobo Combo Plates; Lechon Special; Sari Sari combo plates
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: Free drink with purchase of a plate lunch
Five-O Ribs
Contact: 509-668-0000; www.FiveORibs.com; ryan@fiveoribs.com; Five-O Hawaiian Style Smoked Ribs on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Flavors of the World
Contact: 808-636-0667
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount:
Fresh Catch
Contact: 808-735-7653
On the menu: Various types of poke
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hawaii’s Fried Musubi
Contact: 808-391-3835; @friedmusubiHI (Twitter), Hawaii’s Fried Musubi on Facebook
On the menu: Fried Portuguese sausage and maple butter fried chicken; fried peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hawaiian Fresh Farms
Contact: 808-321-1567; Hawaiian Fresh Farms on Facebook
On the menu: Grass-fed burger; line-caught fish and chips; fresh fish tacos; beer and cheddar soup; beer brat with sauerkraut.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hawaiian Twisted Tater
Contact: Hawaiiantwistedtater@yahoo.com
On the menu: Oktoberfest Tray (spaetzel and chopped German beer brats on cheesy, fresh-cut potato chips with optional sauerkraut)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hawaiian Waffledogs
Contact: kevin@hawaiianwaffledogs.com
On the menu: Hawaiian waffledogs with spicy garlic mustard or German mustard toppings
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Hula Shrimp
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: Jagermeister, chocolate hazelnut, sea salted caramel, Tahitian vanilla; Sorbeto: dragon fruit, mango; Bowls: acai, dragon fruit, mango/dragon fruit/acai smoothie; affogato; root beer float
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Infernos Pizza
Contact: (808)375-1200; Inferno’s Wood Fire Pizza on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Kau Kau Grill
Contact: 755 Kapahulu Ave.; 284-8293; Kau Kau Grill on Facebook
On the menu: BBQ baby back ribs; garlic ahi; smoked meat with onions; Pulehu beef short ribs; garlic shrimp; poke bowl (shoyu, spicy or Hawaiian style)
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: Hawaiian combo plates
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBA
LemonTea
Contact: Kiosk at Pearlridge, Uptown II
On the menu: Various flavored chilled teas; flavored lemonades
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: King Kamehameha malasada burgers; Try Wait (BLT) burger; red velvet malasada cheesecake mini bites; kalua pig nachos; pastele stew with gandule rice; malasada hot dogs
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Munchiez
Contact:Munchiez on Facebook
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
No Ka Oi Cookie Company
Contact: 808-489-2642; nokaoicookiecompany.com; No Ka ‘Oi Cookie Company on Facebook
On the menu: Handcrafted ice cream cookie sandwiches (vanilla, rocky road, mint chocolate chip, Kona coffee, cookies ‘n cream); oatmeal raisin cookie sandwich; bacon bit topping; and waffle a la mode; triple chocolate brownie a la mode; old-fashioned root beer floats
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: $1 off two sandwiches or sundaes
Olay’s Thai
Contact: 808-487-4001; Olay’s Thai Food Express on Facebook
On the menu: Various curries; pad thai; basil stir fry; spring rolls; stuffed chicken wings; lemongrass fried chicken; summer rolls; satay chicken; garlic pork sticks
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
OnoPops
Contact: 808-354-2949; www.onopops.com; @OnoPops (Twitter); OnoPops on Facebook
On the menu: The Portly Pau Hauna, a Maui Brewing coconut porter ice cream with malt dulce swirl and Waialua Estate chocolate-covered pretzels. This pop was made exclusively for Hawaii Food and Wine and now will be available in limited quantities at Eat the Street.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Otsuji Farm
Contact: 808-368.1135; otsujifarm.com
On the menu: Okinawan sweet potato & apple banana malasadas; Dynamite Sushi Slider (kale or eggplant tempura with guacamole and ahi); Hamakua mushroom Fries
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Paul’s Poppers
Contact: 808-351-7583; Paul’s Poppers on Facebook; paulspoppers.com
On the menu: Spinach Artichoke; Pepperoni Pizza; Turkey Jalapeno, 3 Cheese Jalapeno, Bruschetta, Lobster Mac, Pesto Pork, Strawberry Cheesecake.
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Pop Pop Donuts
Contact: 808-664-3287; poppopdonuts.com; @poppopdonuts on Twitter; Pop Pop Donuts on Facebook
On the menu: Donut specials – Hefeweizen glaze (blue moon beer); Carbomb Glaze (Irish cream glaze with Guinness glaze)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Petit Suisse
Contact: 808-258-8835
On the menu: Lederhosen (portuguese sausage, bacon bits, cheddar cheese, tomatoes and sauerkraut); Yodeler (mozzarella cheese, spinach, grape tomatoes and basil oil); Swiss Miss (banana, bacon and black pepper caramel sauce); Dream-Stein (nutella strawberry and banana)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Soul Patrol
Contact: 808-735-7685; pacificsoulhawaii.com; @pacificsoul (Twitter); Soul Patrol on Facebook
On the menu: Soul food, including buttermilk fried chicken, cheesy grits & collard greens, blackeye pea chili, slaw and cornbread
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
The Girls Who Bake Next Door
Contact: 808-983-9989; @girlswhobake (Twitter); The Girls Who Bake Next Door on Facebook
On the menu: Cupcakes (chocolate beer, chocolate toffee peanut butter, red velvet, cookies and cream); mochi (butter mochi, bod-bod butter mochi, chocolate mochi); coffee fudge brownies, lemon bars; cookies (chocolate chip, chocolate chip mac nut, white chocolate chip mac nut, chocolate & peanut butter cup, peanut butter toffee, oatmeal coconut chocolate chip, oatmeal craisin)
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
The Surfing Cactus
Contact: 541-913-9279; thesurfingcactus@outlook.com
On the menu: Special Oktoberfest menu features beer in every dish. Discada: A Northern Mexican dish with five types of meat marinated in beer and vegetable juices; Baja Fish Tacos: A family recipe from La Paz, Baja California Sur, deep fried in our beer-batter sauce; Asada Tacos: With secret ingredient — beer; Horchata (rice Water with a hint of cinnamon)
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: Savory smoked BBQ meats
Eat Local dish: TBD
Tsukenjo’s
Contact:
808-597-8151
On the menu: TBD
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Uncle’s Kitchen
Contact: 808-208-0679
On the menu: Deconstructed musubi; loco moco; curry; fresh poke; Pocho; Korean Dynamite
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: Tropical Treat: local apple banana, whipped cream, local macadamia nuts; Belgian Torpedo: Belgian chocolate sticks, local strawberries; Spekuloos cookie butter; Pumpkin Spice: pumpkin custard, cinnamon spice, whipped cream; Street Waffle with powdered sugar; fresh-pressed lemonades (lilikoi, blackberry lavender, strawberry, pineapple li hing, strawberry li hing, classic); Mason Jar lemonades
Hawaii Perks/Malama Card discount: TBD
Wurst Wagen
Contact: info@wurst-wagen.com; Wurst-Wagen on Facebook
On the menu: Authentic German sausages, pretzels and more
Malama Card discount: TBD
