QUICK BITES
Merriman's earns another Wine Spectator honor
Advertiser Staff
Every year, the Wine Spectator magazine grants more than 3,500 restaurants across the country one of three awards: Award of Excellence, Best of Award of Excellence and Grand Award. For the fourth year in a row, Merriman's in Waimea on the Big Island earned an Award of Excellence for its wine program overseen by cellar master Jim Lunchick. Thirty-five other Hawai'i restaurants received awards, including O'ahu's 3660 On The Rise and Maui's Pacific'O.
— Lesa Griffith
MOI FOR YOUR MONEY
FISH 'N' POI SALE BENEFITS HE'EIA FISHPOND
The folks of Paepae o He'eia (He'eia Fishpond) have been working hard for the past five years to restore and work the Windward landmark ÷ and will hold its first official harvest of moi on Saturday. In addition to the 'ono fish, local farmers will sell freshly pounded poi and pa'i 'ai, cooked lu'au, coffee and honey. Prices: $8 per pound for moi, $4 per pound for poi. The Moi & Poi Fundraiser happens from 8 a.m. to noon (or until the food runs out) at He'eia Fishpond. Proceeds go back into raising more fish and maintenance of the roughly 700-year-old fishpond. For information, call 236-6178.
— Lesa Griffith
Correction: The Moi & Poi Fundraiser at He'eia Fishpond will be from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday. A previous version of this story contained an incorrect date.
