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PATRICK TRAN

Staff Writer

Reconsider your options the next time you are craving a burger, and try out the delicious, juicy burgers at the Honolulu Burger Co. Honolulu Burger Co. is a short drive away from UH to South Bere-tania Street, or a long walk if you are feeling adventurous. At the end of such an adventure

lies one of the most delicious burg-ers you’ll have of all time. The ingredients are fresh and locally grown, with the beef com-ing straight from the Big Island. Honolulu Burger Co. features free-range grass-fed beef from Kulana Ranch in Hilo. The fries are freshly cut every morning, so you’ll know you’re get-ting the freshest stuff instead of the fl ash-frozen fries from fast-food

restaurants. Any imperfection that may exist in the cooking of burgers will not show, because you’ll be too busy trying to savor each bite. You can create your own classic burger, or simply choose one of the chef’s tried and true burgers, such as the Blue Hawaii burger or the Mush-room Mushroom Burger. Endulge yourself in their thick chocolate or vanilla milkshakes. For those who are feeling extra

hungry they have a variety of fries including garlic, bleu cheese, sweet potato, and truffl e fries. If you’re a lover of burgers, looking for a delectable meal, or simply just hungry, come check out the Honolulu Burger Co. You’ll wonder why you even bothered paying for a Big Mac. And as for me, this place has easi-ly made its place into my top three places to grab a burger.

Hours: 10:30a.m. to 9:00p.m.everyday.Address: 1295 S. Be-retania St. across from Times supermarket Number: (808) 626-5202After school special: Small fries and drink w/ UH ID.

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You see it there in the corner: the Cookie Corner, that is. Their sign is shining in many malls on O‘ahu. It’s a signal that you should go there because the cookies are out of this universe. The cookies are baked fresh daily and are utterly delectable. Chewy and soft in a way that’s cozy and comforting, they come warm and taste the way a home-made cookie should. From choco-late chip to snickerdoodle, there are plenty of fl avors to get your inner fat-boy skipping. “The cookies are all my own recipes. I’ve always loved cook-ies,” says Angus McKibbin, co-founder of the Cookie Corner, Hawai‘i’s largest locally-owned cookie store chain. After graduating from Cornell and discovering the unmatchable quality of his cookies, McKibbin was inspired to make his mark on the world in the most delicious of ways. And so, in partnership with

Best cookies can be found around the ‘Corner’Best cookies can be found around the ‘Corner’

With 12 O‘ahu locations , including Kaimuki Shop-ping center, Ala Moana Shopping Center and Ka-hala Mall, the Cookie Corner is just a short bus ride away from UHM.

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his best friend from his high school days at ‘Iolani School, Jim McArthur, McKibbin made his sweet dreams a reality. The Cookie Corner made its

sweet debut in January 1981. There are millions of deli-cious cookies, but what makes their cookies the best?

“Well, we use the best ingre-dients,” said McKibbin. “We use pure, real, butter. We use Ghirardel-li chocolates. We always, always use

the best ingredients we can buy. We don’t skimp on ingredients and only we create everything we make.” At the end of the day, McKib-bin and McArthur donate what-ever is left to the Blood Bank and to other local charities. With generosity like that, it ’s no won-der their cookies are so sweet. The Cookie Corner also sells mind-blowing chocolate chip fudge brownies. Moist and indulgent, the chocolate melts in your mouth like hot cocoa in dough form. These brownies are bucket-list worthy. So the next time you walk by the Cookie Corner, instead of controlling yourself, just give in to the temptation. These cookies are well worth the calories. The Cookie Corner also offers fundrasing opportunities.

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Sunday: 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

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Feed me up, Mr. Spot. “To provide you with the best-tasting meal, we use the best ingredients to maximize the f lavor and bring new mean-ing to the words ‘Good Fast Food & Service.’” This is Spot’s Inn’s philosophy regarding their home-style cooking. Students have probably seen this little corner restaurant on the way to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Located con-veniently in Puck’s Alley, this place is pretty hard to miss.

The fi rst thing you’ll notice is the large mirror on the left side of the room, which makes the restaurant appear larger. The next thing you’ll see is a back wall fi lled with your poten-tial lunch or dinner choices and

their prices. The prices are what you would expect for a locally-run, home-style restaurant.

Students who consider them-selves as indecisive food-grub-bing machines should opt for the MEGA Plate. This dish consists of hamburger steak, teri chicken, mahi mahi and chicken katsu.

When they call it a mega plate, they mean it. The dish is generously portioned and guar-anteed to satisfy.

Entrées include tossed or mac-aroni salad and two scoops of rice.

Spot’s Inn is well worth the walk from the dorms if you’re seek-ing a tasty meal. If you’re hungry, indecisive and have money, come down to Spot’s Inn and enjoy some great home-cooked meals.

Plate lunches that really hit the spotPlate lunches that really hit the spot

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Located right down the hill from UHM, Spot’s Inn features all your favorite plate-lunch meals as well as some great deals for the ravenous college student that needing to restock on calories after a long day.

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Suite 104, 1035 University Ave

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Zap Café will be celebrating its grand opening on the weekend of Sept. 24, but you can beat the rush by visiting now. “Whenever somebody comes in the door, they kind of immediately feel like it’s an oasis. You can look out of course and watch the world go by, but yet when you’re here it’s just ... like everything else is closed off, and it’s just your space and your time,” said Sandee Ashby, co-owner of Zap Café. “I defi nitely see that in our customers.” Zap Café & Lounge is located in the old American Savings Bank building on McCully between Be-retania and South King street. Open from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m., if you are going there in the evening time, there may not be parking in the Zap lot. Fortunately, after 6 p.m. or on weekends and holi-days, Central Pacifi c Bank across McCully turns into paid parking. If that lot is full, there is gen-erally parking on either King Street or at the Sushi Company after they close. If you want to avoid parking issues, you can put your semester bus pass to use

and catch Route 4 from campus. Their food ranges from break-fast served all day, various pupus, steak of the hour and Ashby’s “Legendary Longhorn” chicken strips. Drinks include soda, cof-fee and alcoholic beverages with happy hour from 4 to 8 p.m. daily. The structure of the old bank building not only blocks out most sound from outside, but also has great internal acoustics. Zap Café has a juke box that plays throughout the building, and at 10 p.m. on vari-ous evenings, Zap Café will host a DJ for several hours, putting the great acoustics to good use. Zap Café was created as a loca-tion to hang out. Within its walls are various areas that will feel comfortable to different crowds. First, they have your standard bar with two large LCD televi-sions, draft beer, as well as bot-tled beer and a bartender ready to make various mixed drinks (in-cluding soda for those not of legal age). Second part of the Café in-cludes the coffee shop and diner. And fi nally, there is a lounge area including comfortable couches, darts and two pool tables. Ashby’s background in-

spired the idea of Zap Café. His previous café, Café Portofino, was located just off the campus of Appalachian State University in North Carolina. The café, formerly owned by Ashby, was geared as a place for university students to hang out and rest be-tween classes. After selling Café Portofino and coming back to Hawai‘i, Ashby’s son and co-owner Chad Garcia expressed his desire to start Zap Café, and that is exactly what they did. Growing up around restau-rants and cafés, Garcia had al-ways had a desire to run some kind of a restaurant. That, cou-pled with the fact that he and his friends always had issues f inding nice places to hang out, Zap Café was born. A place ded-icated to peace, music, friends and amazing food. Zap Café & Lounge was set up so that there is something for everyone, says Ashby.

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As you drive along Kapi-olani Boulevard and you pass Ha’oli Street, look to the right side of the road for a parking lot housing a city of busses. Here, you’ll f ind the the Jawai-ian Irie Jerk lunch wagon. The fi rst thing you’ll prob-ably notice is the Jamaican music coming out of Chef Cassie’s lunch wagon. He’s hooked up a bang-ing sound system on the service counter where you order, so even if you can understand his thick, authentic Jamaican accent, you’ll need to strain your ears to hear him above the music. But it’s OK — the food here is good, regardless of what you or-der. It’s one of those places where the only differences on the menu are the entrees, so it’s hard to choose something bad. I ordered a mini chicken plate to test the waters, and watched Chef Cassie walk back and forth in his wagon, having done it so often he knew where everything was, right down to the cumin at the top of his well-stocked spice rack.

I got a reasonable amount of food for $5: a fried bread side dish that tasted like deep-fried starch, killer cabbage and carrot stew beside the jasmine rice and a few good-sized pieces of barbequed chicken, cut katsu-style. The chicken was slightly over-charred, making it a little dry, but the natural grease from the curry-inspired marinade and the taste of sweet-spicy coconut infusions from the stew defi nitely made up for it. It’s food that’s supposed to be eaten all across the board; you can’t nitpick about anything be-cause it all ends up absorbing the wonderful fl avor anyway. I’m defi nitely going back, not because I want to try anything new off the menu (and it’s a small menu), but because the chef came out, greeted me and gave me a good time. It was like home -cooked food. What more is there to say?

Jamaican grinds is broke da mout’Jamaican grinds is broke da mout’

BRIAN TSENG / KA LEO O HAWAI‘IThe Jawaiian Irie Jerk wagon can also be found at Redda Fire, downstairs at The Living Room (Fisherman’s Wharf) on Thursday nights from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Chef Cassie also caters parties and can be contacted at csimmonds@hawaii.rr.com or at (808) 388-2917.

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Rock Café on Kapiolani Blvd in large bus lot)

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Saturday noon - 7 p.m.

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MAY SALCEDO

Contributing Writer

One step into Café 2600, and you can bet your bottom dollar that you will be welcomed with a smile. Their menu is simple and a bit pricey but the made-to-order sandwiches, coffee, lattes and smoothies are sure to please and make up for every dollar spent. Despite the traffi c that buzz-es by right outside the window, this place is as quiet as a library. Silence plus food equals happy stu-dents in a great place to study. Located next to Curry House and Nijiya Market, Café 2600 is open everyday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. It ’s a 5 to 10 minute walk away from campus and the café does parking validation. Comput-er stations enable printing, copy making and internet for a small fee. Large tables, armchairs and all-day access to wifi scream “col-lege-student-friendly.” Rogelio Yadao, a KCC stu-dent who was drinking a mocha

cappuccino, explained how Café 2600 stands out. “I like the mocha because it doesn’t have the bitter coffee taste that mochas at other cafés have,” said Yadao. The hot cocoa, topped with whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate syrup, is also a must. The acai bowl has a fusion of banana, Sambazan acai and apple juice, topped with pumpkin seed, fl ax granola, banana slices and honey. It will leave you wanting more. “As much as we can, we try to use the freshest ingredients,” said man-ager Matt, who chose not to disclose his last name for personal reasons. Although loaded with antioxi-dants and omega-3 acids (a fatty acid great for brain development), the acai bowl is $6.50 and the bowl is only half full. Want something a little more substantial for your $6.50? Order a sandwich. Whether it’s turkey pesto or the breakfast sandwich, or if you choose to make your own, they all come fresh and hot.

The employees also let people bring in food (not beverages) from other Puck’s Alley restaurants. “At the end of the day, it’s all about community,” said Matt. He added that they plan to expand their espresso-making skills and host an open-mic night and live band in the near future.

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HAIYA SARWAR

Staff Writer

At the edge of Waik īk ī is a l it t le sun-kissed surprise. It ’s the Diamond Head Cove Health Bar. With walls covered by pic-tures of surfer boys, the bar encaptures the essence of that stereotypical surfer lifestyle. It ’s small, quirky, cozy and per-fect for a healthy snack after a long day at the beach. From f reshly squeezed ju ice to smoot h ies , t h is ba r has got plent y of non - a lco -hol ic beverages to sat is f y your t h i rst a nd your v i t a m in def ic ienc ies . But as good as t he dr inks a nd food a re , t he reason you must go here is

for t hei r aça i bowl . The bowl comes fi lled with açai, bananas, strawberries and sweet blueberries. The whole dish is fl avorful and delicious and it will likely have you rushing back for more. T he aça i cra ze has spread worldw ide a nd there a re g reat aça i bowls a l l over the is la nd. But what ma kes th is aca i bowl so spec ia l? “For one, the people who serve it are amazing. But we have this awesome white le -hua honey from the Big Island and that ’s what I think makes our acai so good,” said Ti f fany Navarro, Diamond Head Cove Health Bar manager. “ We use al l f resh ingredients and there’s no ice added.”

Diamond Head Cove Health Bar: Oahu’s best açaiDiamond Head Cove Health Bar: Oahu’s best açai T hough they of fer t ake -out , eat ing it on premise is a must . Just being in that ador -able l it t le bar is an exper i -ence in itsel f . In fact, Tuesday, Wednes-day, Thursday, and Sunday from 8 to 10 p.m. are Awa nights. The bar is transformed into a music hot spot with spe -

cial guest appearances by local talents such as Makana and Anuhea and guests can sample the tradit ional Kava drink (pro -nounced “ava” in Hawaiian). So take a break from that beer and put some goodness into your body and soul. Head out to the Diamond Cove Health Bar for some good,

clean and healthy fun. The Health Bar’s traditional açai bowl (a.k.a. “Da Cove Bowl”) comes in two sizes and runs from $6.50 to $8.50.

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Parking near the Health Bar is limited, and stalls are cramped. Students may want to utilize their U-Pass and catch the bus for their açai bowl.

Diamond Head Cove Health Bar

(808) 732-8744

3045 Monsarrat Avenue

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CONIA BOIES

Contributing Writer

Blue Water Shrimp & Sea-food Co. will fill your belly without emptying your wallet. Glancing over their menu might even put a smile on your face. Plates start at $6.95 with choices like shrimp scampi, fresh f ish or garlic shrimp. Ev-ery plate includes rice, tossed salad, garlic bread and corn.Still hungry? Combo plates range from $8.95 to $13.95 and of fer choices of steak, garlic or plain shrimp, pork chops and crab, in just about any possible combination. Daily specials on the menu keep customers coming back. From island favorite loco moco

for only $6.95 to teriyaki or garlic steak plates for $7.95, you’ll wish you had more room in your stomach.

Slammin’ seafood in the Slammin’ seafood in the deep blue seadeep blue sea

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Chun Wah Kam Noodle Fac-tory is a local food joint that ca-ters to customers looking for good food, fast service and cheap eats. The restaurant chain is a favorite when it comes to local Chinese food. “I really like their steamed char sui manapua with some pork hash on the side,” said Josh Lu-alemana, standing in line at the Waimalu branch. “I always get it when I come here.” As a customer, Lualemana says Chun Wah Kam Noodle Fac-tory is a place where he can get great food at affordable prices. “My family usually caters from here when we have parties, which is good because all the food is gone

by the end and there’s not much to clean up,” said Lualemana. Upon arriving, customers can see an array of different food se-lections, that include many types of manapua, chicken, authentic Chinese noodles, won ton wrap-pers and dim sum. “When I come here, I usu-ally get a mini plate lunch with noodles and orange chicken with a drink,” said Tina Vu, “It ’s less than $10, which isn’t bad, because they give a generous amount.” Vu, a UH Mānoa student, says that it ’s a place where she can “in-dulge from time to time, without having to break the bank.” Long lines can be expected, but it does not seem to deter cus-tomers from waiting to order. “It gets pretty busy during lunch hours, and a line forms,

but you get your food fast, and you can get out in less than 5 minutes,” said Vu. “Unless you don’t know what you want, be-cause there’s so much choices to choose from.” Chun Wah Kam is affordable, has great food, friendly service, and perfect for UH students who are eating on a budget between hectic schedules.

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