Cane & Taro, D.K. Kodama's cleverly named new restaurant, opens later this year in the old Rusty Harpoon location at Whaler's Village in Ka'anapali, Maui. (Rusty Harpoon is not closing, but moving.) Cane & Taro will have a plantation-era theme in keeping with the name of Kodama's Sansei ("third generation") company of eateries and will be a breakfast, lunch and dinner establishment. And they're throwing in a few Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar favorites (nigiri foie gras?). More information to come, but a middle-scale, salad, sandwich, burger, fresh-fish, beef, chicken menu is the plan, rather than the typical Sansei sushi-style place.

— Wanda A. Adams

BALLOT INSIDE

VOTE, AND SCORE A CHANCE TO WIN THEATER TICKETS

We love our local restaurants, and we love to give our opinions. Register your preferences today on the 2008 'Ilima Awards ballot, inside the Hawai'i section on page B6. The 'Ilimas honor the Islands' favorite restaurants, as chosen by readers and our food writers. Awards will be presented Oct. 13 at a gala event at Diamond Head Theatre, beneficiary of the 'Ilima program. Vote by July 31, and you'll be entered into a drawing for tickets to DHT's productions. You can also find a ballot, and vote online, at www.the.honoluluadvertiser.com/current/il/ilima.

— Wanda A. Adams