Based in Wailuku, Maui, Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe is iconic for its fresh-baked pastries and breads. Established by Roy and Louise Stillwell and Jerry Gibson in 1994, the bakery quickly became known for its high-quality baked goods.
Stillwell’s Bakery & Café recently announced via social media that it is projected to open a second location early next year, according to business managing partner Matt Portilla.
“It will be inside the new Central Pacific Bank across from Target,” he confirms. “We are going to offer breakfast, lunch, coffee, tea and, of course, pastries. We’ll even have a couple new items that will be exclusive to that location.”
The bakery’s cream horns ($4.95 each) are its most popular pastries; mini versions ($3.75 each) are also available. The confections feature puff pastry dough filled with housemade pastry cream, and are covered in fine milk chocolate and powdered sugar.
“Stillwell’s cream horns are a favorite for visitors and locals alike; boxes of them are often seen leaving Maui as a special gift,” Portilla says.
The bakery offers desserts like fresh fruit tarts, chocolate mousse cups, bread pudding, brownies, creme brûlée and apple tarts.
Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe also offers breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is served daily from 6:30 to 10:30 a.m.; options range from fried egg sandwiches ($10.95) to the Hapa Boy plate ($12.95), which includes two eggs, two hot cakes and two choices of breakfast meat.
Meanwhile, lunch dishes are served daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Choose from a variety of sandwiches — which come with a side Caesar salad or chips — salads, and noodles. Options include crab cake sandwich ($17.25), Cobb salad ($15.90), Chinese chicken salad ($10.75 half, $15.75 full) and chow fun noodles ($12.95).
The Chinese chicken salad ($10.75 half, $15.75 full), a mix of Romaine, carrots, purple cabbage, cucumber, won ton chips, sesame seeds, freshly cooked chicken and housemade dressing, is a customer favorite. The bakery-cafe is well known for its homemade dressings, according to Portilla, who says Stillwell's raspberry vinaigrette, Japanese vinegar and oil, and Oriental dressings can be purchased in-store.
The business’s dinner menu is available daily from 4 to 8 p.m., and includes dishes like hot pastrami sandwich ($17.25), meatball sandwich ($17.25) and a build-your-own-pizza option (starting from $12).
Stillwell’s also offers daily specials. During our visit, a spicy pork bulgogi sandwich ($16.85) and mahi mahi fish sandwich were featured. The latter included a grilled egg-battered fish fillet with lettuce, tomato, tartar sauce on a choice of bread. Meanwhile, the bulgogi sandwich featured a torpedo roll stuffed with marinated pork bulgogi, cucumber, carrots and cabbage coleslaw with calamansi crema.
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CONTACT
Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe
1740 W. Kaahumanu Ave, Wailuku
808-243-2243
stillwellsbakery.com
Instagram: @stillwellsbakery
Open daily, 6:30 a.m.-8 p.m.
Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.
