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Michael Brestovansky

Government & Politics

Major bills impacting interisland shipping, immigration enforcement and more have made it to the governor’s desk in the final days of the 2026 legislative session.

The Senate and House finally closed out the legislative session Friday by voting dozens more bills through final reading hours before the final deadline.

Joining the more than 100 measures already awaiting Gov. Josh Green’s decision are:

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 allows the counties to revoke or deny a building permit application if a contractor involved in that permit is found to have violated labor laws.

Any contractor found to have violated state laws relating to wages, benefits, work hours or employment status can have their permits pulled, under the bill. Contractors are therefore required to disclose information regarding employee wages, benefits, hours and employment status to the county.

Upon pulling a permit, the county must then inform the property owner within five business days and offer the owner a chance to select a replacement contractor, and process the replacement contractor’s application within another five business days.

The measure received significant support from unions — in particular the Pacific Resource Partnership, a partnership between the Hawai‘i Regional Council of Carpenters and hundreds of other contractors — which praised the measure’s potential to prevent bad actors from undercutting local labor.

The Carpenters Union referenced a contentious construction project in Waikīkī: the renovation of the former Maile Sky Court, a $25 million project that was plagued with labor violations such as unpaid back wages and overtime and failing to provide prepaid health care to employees.

“Similar situations occur across the state, and when violations are allowed to continue, it sends a message that cutting corners is tolerated while law abiding contractors are put at a disadvantage,” read a letter by the Carpenters Union.

However, the bill also drew some opposition, significantly from the Maui Chamber of Commerce, which found the bill redundant to existing laws and worried that it will take even longer than it already does to get permits granted.

Only four lawmakers voted against the measure Wednesday: Representatives Elle Cochran, Joe Gedeon, Elijah Pierick and Garner Shimizu, all Republicans, voted against it.

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Interisland shippers — which effectively means Young Brothers LLC — would have automatic cost adjustments applied by the Public Utilities Commission annually under 

While Young Brothers currently requires PUC approval for any rate changes, SB 2694 streamlines the process, allowing the PUC to develop a “water carrier inflationary cost index automatic adjustment mechanism” to be applied to transport companies’ fees.

While the automatic adjustments would be limited to no more than 5% each year, they would be applied almost every year from this July through 2033.

Several major organizations — including multiple county chambers of commerce, the Maui Brewing Co., ABC Stores, and the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau — have opposed the measure on the grounds that it cuts out a public process for applying additional transportation fees that impact residents throughout the state.

 a 25.75% rate increase for Young Brothers that took effect in January.

Fifteen representatives voted against the bill Wednesday, including Diamond Garcia, Sue Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Nicole Lowen, Cochran, Gedeon, Pierick and Shimizu. No senators voted against it.

If signed by Green, the first automatic cost adjustment would be imposed July 1.

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 to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement Activity in the state, three have made it to the end.

, which prohibits law enforcement agencies in the state from entering into an agreement that allows state or county law enforcement to assist in immigration enforcement.

Local officers would be prohibited from inquiring about a person’s citizenship, providing a person’s citizenship information to federal immigration authorities, allowing ICE to interview individuals while in police custody, and more. There are exceptions — cops could ask about a person’s immigration status during a criminal investigation, ICE could interview a person in custody if the person consents or if permitted by a court order — but the measure largely delineates immigration inquiries as outside the duties of local law enforcement.

, meanwhile, requires state and county police agencies to inform people in their custody of their rights before any interview with ICE and requires all records of such an interview be maintained as public records.

 requires state and county agencies to establish policies concerning “protected community locations” where immigration enforcement is not authorized. Under the bill, by next year, all agencies that operate such locations must have developed policies identifying those locations, establishing procedures for how police warrants are verified, and training staff for how to assist people in those locations.

All three bills received votes in opposition largely from each chamber’s Republican contingent, including representatives Garcia, Lauren Matsumoto, Chris Muraoka and David Alcos, and senators Brenton Awa, Kurt Fevella and Samantha DeCorte. However, House Democrat Sam Kong also voted against all three measures.

HB 1870 would take effect Jan. 1, 2027, if signed by Green. The other two would take effect immediately.

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<title>Young Brothers rate hikes, anti-ICE bills cross finish line</title>

The 2026 legislative session finally ended Friday, with more bills passing at the eleventh hour.

Young Brothers rate hikes, anti-ICE bills cross finish line

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Christian Shimabuku

Sports

Aloha Spirit

With a quick gesture, fuel to the fire in the rivalry between the University of Hawai‘i men's volleyball team and Long Beach State was amplified.

 took a pair of road matches against The Beach

 in late March, the two teams met up again in the Big West Conference championship match on April 25 in Irvine, Calif. The Rainbow Warriors had a 2-1 lead and served for match point five times until The Beach survived to force a fifth and final set.

The Beach jumped out to a comfortable 10-4 lead in the deciding set on a 

Wojciech Gajek kill. Gajek, a freshman opposite hitter, 

flashed double shakas to the Hawai‘i-partisan crowd before flipping his hands upside down

. Long Beach State went on to win 20-25, 27-25, 22-25, 30-28, 15-11, winning the Big West tournament after Hawai‘i 

Hawai‘i went on to earn the national No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, while Long Beach State earned the 3 seed. UH hosted USC in the national quarterfinals and 

won in four sets at the Stan Sheriff Center

, while Long Beach State swept Loyola Chicago, setting up another matchup between the 'Bows and The Beach, this time in the national semifinals. The rivals will go at it on Saturday at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion at 3:30 p.m. HST on ESPN+, with the winner advancing to Monday's national title match. 

While the action could be compared to the 'Horns Down' gesture meant to taunt the University of Texas and its 'Hook 'Em Horns' sign, the 

 represents more than the University of Hawai‘i. In 2024, the shaka was 

officially declared by Hawai‘i as the state's official hand gesture

Before the Rainbow Warriors boarded the team bus for the airport on Wednesday, multiple players were asked about the upside down shaka gesture. The memory remains fresh in their minds. 

"It touched us, too," Hawai‘i standout outside hitter Adrien Roure said. "I think that's bad for them, because it's going to fire us even more. And we're really, really excited for that game and to get revenge."

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"Of course we take that personally," said UH junior Louis Sakanoko, who was named to the AVCA All-America first team on Wednesday. "At the same time, I don't think it should matter that much. We should just play our game. We're not here to get too mad and play a game that we're not playing. So, we should just focus on what we know and what we will do, and the celebration after we win the national championship is the best thing to actually brag about."

The first national semifinal on Saturday will be a matchup featuring UC Irvine, which shocked No. 1 UCLA on its home floor on Saturday, taking on No. 4 Ball State. 

Since the Big West branched off from the MPSF to create its own six-team men's volleyball conference in 2018, Hawai‘i and Long Beach State have been the standard-bearers from the get-go. The 'Bows and The Beach are the only two teams to have won regular season titles in the conference's existence. Additionally, one of the two programs have won every single conference tournament, with the exception of UC Santa Barbara in 2021. LBSU has won three national titles since 2018, while UH has won two.

On Saturday, the team looking to advance to the national championship match will have to beat their chief rival in order to do so. Hand gestures aside, that alone should provide enough motivation. 

"Regular season, postseason, seems any time we're playing each other, it means something," Hawai‘i head coach Charlie Wade said. "Both teams are always highly ranked. League postseason or national postseason, they're big-time matches, and this one should be no different."

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A pair of upside down shakas gestured toward UH's fans in the most recent matchup between the 'Bows and The Beach has stoked the rivalry's fire.

'Of course we take that personally': Hawai‘i men's volleyball set to battle Long Beach State in Final Four

Crime & Courts

A federal investigation may be coming for a person filmed throwing a rock at a monk seal on Maui.

 of a man on a Lahaina beach throwing a rock at a monk seal circulated on social media Wednesday and attracted the attention of the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement.

DOCARE Chief Jason Redulla told Aloha State Daily and other media Wednesday that DOCARE officers have confronted a person matching the description of the person in the video and begun an investigation.

Redulla said the condition or identity of the seal has not been confirmed. The video seems to show the rock narrowly missing the animal’s snout, splashing down directly in front of the seal’s face, prompting the seal to swim away.

While Redulla said DOCARE cannot release the man’s name yet, he said DOCARE will turn over their investigation to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Law Enforcement for possible charges under the 

The animals are also protected under the Endangered Species Act.

Harassment of a monk seal is considered “taking” the animal under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Meanwhile, Hawai‘i laws impose fines of up to $50,000 for the taking of a monk seal.

Redulla said previous incidents of monk seal harassment have resulted in fines in the thousands of dollars.

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Meanwhile, Redulla urged people to continue to keep their distance from a mother and pup monk seal duo on Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī. The 15-year-old seal Kaiwi 

 to a pup, her seventh, on May 3 and they remain resting on the beach.

Redulla said mother seals have been known to attack people they perceive as threats to their young. At the same time, he said, the pup — whose sex has not yet been determined, and who therefore remains unnamed — will soon begin a critical part of its development into an animal that can survive in the wild independently, and should not be disturbed.

People are reminded to stay at least 150 feet away from the seals and to not approach within a fenced area around the animals.

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Man in social media video has been identified by the Department of Land and Natural Resources, but his identity has been withheld pending a review by a federal agency.

Video of man throwing rock at monk seal under investigation

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Food & Dining

, owned by chef Adam Gilbert and business partner Chris Natale, has been a project that’s been years in the making — specifically since 2019, Gilbert says. The eatery is located at the ʻEwa Villages Golf Course, which is a municipal golf course, but the restaurant is open to the public.

“There’s a big push to put local businesses to occupy concessions for the City and County,” Gilbert says. “I’ve been working on this project since 2019, and then it got put on the backburner during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

In the meantime, Gilbert sold his Kapolei-based restaurant, Plantation Tavern, in 2020 — the eatery was open for about six years — and opened Monarch Poke shop in Pearl Kai Shopping Center in 2021.

“The poke shop was really just to go back in the community and see what’s going on,” he says. “It was almost an experimental thing. We really lived on catering there.”

Fairway Tavern’s current space was vacant since 2019, according to Gilbert.

“For the last six to seven years, it was called The Ville; everybody in ʻEwa knows The Ville,” he says. “The bid (for this space) went out about two years ago and we won it.”

Since December 2024, Gilbert and Natale worked on renovating the restaurant — “We did the floor, we repainted the whole place,” Gilbert says — and the eatery’s tables and chairs came from now-closed Sansei and D.K. Steakhouse.

The eatery is called Fairway Tavern to pay homage to both, its golf course location and Gilbert’s former Plantation Tavern.

“If you look at our logo compared to Plantation Tavern, it’s very similar,” he says. “The intent is to remember — subconsciously or not — that we’re the same ownership, same business and same food.

“The whole concept of the tavern almost fits in better here than it did in Kapolei,” he adds. “You’re on the plantation here. When you pull in off Renton Road, those are all original plantation buildings.”

Gilbert sold the Monarch Poke space in Pearl Kai a few weeks ago, and announced its closing on social media.

“I was going to run them both, but at the end of the day, I couldn’t figure out how to do both,” he says.

The eatery’s grab-and-go section — open from 7 a.m. — is designed with golfers in mind, as it features musubis, croissant breakfast sandwiches, breakfast burritos and breakfast bentos, according to Gilbert.

“We have five different breakfast bentos, which have white rice, scrambled eggs, and meats like Portuguese sausage, Spam, corned beef, and Little Smokies,” Gilbert says. “We run musubis and hot dogs all day for the golfers with a fast turnaround on the ninth hole.”

The lunch menu, which is served from 11 a.m., features a similar style to Plantation Tavern, Gilbert notes. Many dishes feature larger portions, designed to be shared family-style.

“We put pride and care into what we do; we make everything from scratch,” Gilbert says. “We do a lot of upscale local food — Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Korean — and we use French techniques, but not to be pretentious. It’s just to add more flavor and depth in what we do.”

Several dishes feature the same recipes from the Plantation Tavern days — including the eatery’s signature poke nachos — but some dishes are new creations.

“I tried not to do too many similar dishes because I feel like I’ve grown a lot in seven years,” Gilbert says. “At the same time, there’s stuff the community won’t accept that we don’t have.”

The poke nachos have been a longtime customer favorite, both at Plantation Tavern and at Monarch Poke. They feature a bed of crispy wonton chips topped with your choice of spicy or shoyu poke, chopped tomato and avocado; they’re drizzled with homemade unagi sauce and Sriracha aioli.

“We do spicy and shoyu poke only,” Gilbert says. “It’s the same recipe as Plantation Tavern; the first one (poke nachos) we did was in 2012.”

The sizzling sisig ($16) features crispy pork belly that’s chopped and mixed with red onions, garlic, ginger and Thai chili.

“We put a calamansi dashi aioli on it, and a fried egg,” Gilbert says. “We’ve never done that dish before; it’s super good.”

He explains that certain dishes on the menu — including miso yakitori chicken ($12), crispy chicken wings ($14 for six, $21 for 12), garlic chicken ($14) and Kochujang beef skewers ($21) — are specifically included as affordable options for golfers.

“There are some very intentionally selected items for the golf community to find value,” Gilbert says. “The chicken yakitori is new; it’s five chicken sticks with 12 ounces of chicken. You can get that for $12, you can get a scoop of rice for $2; for $14, you have a whole plate.

“Everything’s homemade,” he adds. “We cut the chicken, marinade it for three days in a miso marinade, then skewer and grill it.”

The Korean-style beef skewers are made with rib-eye and come with cucumber kimchi. Meanwhile, the garlic chicken features the same recipe from Plantation Tavern.

If you want something lighter, options range from fresh sashimi-grade ahi (market price) — “We get fish from the auction,” Gilbert says — to watercress, tofu and tomato salad ($16). The latter features watercress from Sumida Farm; the salad is topped with baked tofu and served with a slightly spicy patis (fish sauce) dressing.

The menu also features several creative dishes, each with a story behind it. The smoked crab and kimchi dip ($14) with wonton chips used to be a special at Plantation Tavern. It was also on the menu in a takeout deli container at Monarch Poke, Gilbert says. The current rendition comes in a ramekin and it’s baked.

“It’s almost like a crab artichoke dip, but it’s a smoked crab and kimchi dip,” he says. “It’s got some spice; it’s a good appetizer or shared item.”

Gilbert also explains that the scallop noodles ($17) on the menu have been a long time coming. He made a crispy garlic chili oil poke at Monarch Poke; the Fairway Tavern dish features sauteed garlic bay scallops that are seasoned with salt and pepper, and added to a garlic compote butter mixture.

“Once that (the garlic compote butter) melts down, we throw in an egg noodle and then we add the crispy garlic chili oil sauce that we used to make poke with,” Gilbert says. “It’s super addictive; I’ve been working on it for a long time.

“When I wrote the menu to open dinner at Monarch Poke — which we never pulled off — it was on the menu there,” he adds. “I was experimenting with it there, and it just never got to the table. So it’s like a two-year-in-the-making situation that’s never happened, but it’s like a three-recipe variation to make one (of these).”

Other menu items include the Tavern burger ($11), lilikoʻi barbecue kalua pork sandwich ($15) and the mahi mahi sandwich (market price). Customers can make their sandwich a combo by adding shoestring French fries or a green salad (additional $3.50). Gilbert says they’re especially proud of the Italian meatball sub ($18) and the Philly special ($18). Both are inspired by his business partner, Chris Natale.

“I’m from Philly originally, but I’ve been here for more than 31 years,” Natale says. “I’ve had people ask me for years, ‘What makes a Philly cheesesteak so good?’ To tell you the truth, 

a lot of it is the roll; 70% is the roll. There’s something about East Coast bread — the water makes really good bread; that’s what makes a good sandwich."

When looking for a good Philly cheesesteak, Natale adds that the “diced onions gotta be in there already; you shouldn’t have to ask for it” and that the cheese should be “incorporated with the meats as it’s cooked, not just put on top.”

Speaking of cheese, the business special orders Cooper Sharp Cheese from Philadelphia, along with bread from New York, to make this sandwich.

“The Cooper Sharp cheese is a thing back in Philly,” Natale says. “It has a nice bite to it; it’s really good. It’s (the bread) a good Italian roll and it helps to make the sandwich that much better.”

The meatball sub features a combination of recipes, but also pays homage to Natale’s brief gig selling meatballs during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Everything was shut down, and one of my friends started selling margaritas,” he remembers. “He said, ‘You should sell something.’ I am Italian; I started selling meatballs by the dozen with my homemade sauce. It became a little business for a minute there; I stopped and people still ask me, ‘Are you doing more meatballs?’ A meatball sub is hard to find on this island.”

Gilbert encourages customers to save room for desserts like the housemade ube cheesecake with coconut cream sauce ($9) — which was featured at Plantation Tavern and Monarch Poke — banana cream pie, served with sliced bananas and crème anglaise ($7) and chocolate dobash cake with a raspberry coulis ($12).

The banana cream pie pays homage to one of the beloved desserts at former ‘Ewa plantation restaurant Tenney Tavern, according to Gilbert.

“It burned down and never reopened,” he says. “But there a lot of people in this community that still remember it. It had very specific things — it had a juke box; it was known for its veal cutlet, Green River drink and their pies. They specifically had a banana cream pie; we threw a pie back (on the menu) for that.”

In the coming months, customers can look forward to weekend brunch — before football season starts, Gilbert says — and dinner service. The eatery also offers catering and features a space for weddings, according to Gilbert, who says the eatery has around 135 seats.

“We’re going to be open for dinner, but we’re going to let the staff settle, learn the lunch menu and get a groove,” he says. “We have a bunch of catering for events coming up for graduations.

“The kitchen’s huge here; we have way more ability to do more,” he adds.

Open daily, 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (full service from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.)

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<title>Fairway Tavern is now open at ‘Ewa Villages Golf Course</title>

The eatery is owned by chef Adam Gilbert, previously of Monarch Poke and Plantation Tavern, and business partner Chris Natale. The eatery strives to offer local-style dishes — including its signature poke nachos — at affordable prices, and also features a grab-and-go section for golfers.

Fairway Tavern is now open at ‘Ewa Villages Golf Course

Mother’s Day is coming up Sunday, May 10. (ICYMI: 

Where to celebrate Mother’s Day-part 1.

If you’re still looking for the ideal dining option, check out the following:

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: The Mother’s Day dinner buffet menu costs $109 per adult ($54.50 per child ages six to 10 years old). Buffet highlights include:

The eatery’s Mother’s Day brunch buffet costs $111 per adult ($55.50 per child ages six to 10 years old). It features many of the same offerings, but with brunch specialties like a waffle station with toppings and omelet station with toppings. 

: Dinner May 7 to 10, 5 to 9:30 p.m.; brunch May 10, 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

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’s Day brunch costs $75 per person. It includes:

: This four-course meal ($79 per person, minimum of two guests) features an ‘ohana-style menu. It includes an individual lobster bisque with lemongrass, makrut and coconut; Arden Caesar with yuzu, miso and brown butter panko; steamed Kona kanpachi prepared Chinese-style with ginger, negi, soy and cilantro; sides of takikomi Gohan and charred bok choy; and chocolate lava cake with strawberry coulis, mac nut crumb

and Tahitian vanilla gelato for dessert. 

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: This brunch ($125 per adult, $49 per child ages five to 12 years) features a limited-seating culinary experience instead of a typical brunch buffet. The menu will feature options like Kawamata tomato caprese with Waimanalo basil and Kona sea salt; ‘ahi poke with Kahuku ogo and Maui onion; a seafood display with chilled peel-and-eat shrimp and smoked salmon; seafood somen salad with baby shrimp, scallops and tako; and more. 

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: The eatery is featuring Mother’s Day specials during brunch and dinner.

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The specials will be available while supplies last. 

: May 10; brunch from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., dinner from 5 to 9 p.m. 

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: The eatery’s featured specials include:

 Limited quantities are available for takeout with at least at 48-hour notice. 

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: Mother’s Day specials include a nine-piece high tea truffle box and Mother’s Day bundle, which will include the nine-piece high tea truffle box, chocolate covered animal crackers, classic Crunch a le‘a, dark chocolate dipped mango and solid dark chocolate bar. The Mother’s Day bundle will be packaged in a white and gold embossed bag with a Mother’s Day tag. 

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: This special brunch experience will feature dishes created by chef Alvin Savella. Customers can look forward to satisfying comfort dishes made with fresh ingredients, savory brunch favorites and sweet treats. 

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: This Mother’s Day menu features a three-course dining experience ($139 per person) with a complimentary glass of Prosecco or a mimosa.

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: Wai Kai, 91-1621 Keoneula Blvd., Ewa Beach 

: This Mother’s Day brunch buffet costs $68 per adult ($32 for children ages five to 11 years). It will include:

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: This brunch buffet and a show costs $125 per adult ($80 for children ages five to 10 years old, children under 5 years have free admission); brunch only costs $99 per adult ($70 for children ages five to 10 years old).

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A chilled juice bar and beverages (fruit punch, iced tea, coffee and hot tea) will also be available. Long-stemmed roses will be presented to moms while supplies last.

: May 10; 9 and 11:45 a.m.; brunch-only seating at 9:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. 

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: The dessert shop is offering special cakes for Mother’s Day:

Pre-orders are accepted in-store and online. 

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: Royal Hawaiian Center, 2201 Kalākaua Ave., Honolulu 

: This Mother’s Day five-course dining experience costs $89.99 for two people. It includes:

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: The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikīkī Beach, 

: Quiora’s Mother’s Day brunch buffet costs $125 per adult ($75 per senior ages 65 years and older, $60 for children ages 6 to 12 years, children ages 5 years and under have free admission).

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: May 10, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (last seating 1 p.m.) 

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: This three-course Mother’s Day brunch costs $75 per person (keiki brunch for $25). 

: International Market Place, 2330 Kalākaua Ave. Ste. 330, Honolulu 

: StripSteak’s Mother’s Day brunch costs $96 per person. The three-course prix fixe brunch menu includes:

For dinner, the eatery’s signature a la carte menu will be featured. 

: May 10; brunch from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., dinner 5 to 9 p.m. 

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