Cafe O’Lei has had as many location changes lately as a pop-up food truck. Gone is the home base in Wailuku as well as an outpost at Napili and the Makawao Steak House. The Kihei Rainbow Mall location, long a favorite with visitors, remains, as does a golf course cafe (Dunes at Maui Lani) For awhile, owners Michael and Dana...

Casanova Restaurant & Deli meets every edible need in Upcountry Maui with its Makawao-based Italian restaurant and deli. The day  starts early at the deli with breakfast, which might be home-made croissants and omelets. Of course there are lattes and any other espresso drink. Casanova got its espresso machine in 1986, the first in Upcountry, which has never been the...

Long before espresso drinks became fashionable, old-fashioned Grandma’s Coffee House was serving brew from homegrown Haleakala coffee. The family-owned business started in 1918, and four generations later, the coffee still flows out of this false-front building. The food served is much more elaborate than coffeehouse fare, with a surprising array of sandwiches, quiche, macnut pesto pasta or lasagna, meat loaf...

Java Jazz and Soup Nutz is a coffee house, café and live music hangout under two roofs. It spreads over a double storefront in Honolowai Marketplace. It serves breakfast. lunch and dinner. The bar is jumping from late afternoon into the evening, when you can add live music. You’ll never be bored. Photos, artworks, posters, flags and quirky memorabilia encrust...

Yes, Makawao Garden Cafe is there squished between board buildings. Just follow the path alongside Sherri Reeve Gallery, and you’ll find the door at the back. Place your order inside, and take a seat at a table under an umbrella. The salads and sandwiches on the plates whizzing by popped with color. The vibrant, herby roasted eggplant and pepper sandwich...