Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

[helen]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

That location went through a lot of names, business and business types. Before the construction it was a seasonable place that sold Christmas trees. Before Dinner's time I think it was a gas station and Dinner's didn't stay that long in that place so you might have encountered another eatry there that I don't know or remember about.

And now that I think about it, at one point in time it was two eatries there. Dinners as a take out and some other place that had the regular sit down restaurant type close to the King Street side of the building which of course is drawing a blank on my memory as to the name of that business.

[oceanpacific]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

There was a Dinners on the corner (King and Kalakaua) during the mid-1980's. Now it's now a storage place that is still under construction.

It was a branch of DINER'S DRIVE-INN (the original location is in Kalihi on North King St., Diamond Head of Waikamilo). There was also one on Keeaumoku, which was displaced by the HMSA building.

Before Coco's, I believe it was called KOW KOW KORNER.

[1stwahine]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

Ooops! Sorry...I neba read your post good.

My bad.

Auntie Lynn

[scrivener]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

The name, Dinners, doesn't sound familiar, Helen, but the location does. When I passed the self-storage in progress I thought of that restaurant so I guess we're talkin' about the same one!

Diners Drive-In.

[tutusue]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

There was a Dinners on the corner (King and Kalakaua) during the mid-1980's. Now it's now a storage place that is still under construction.

The name, Dinners, doesn't sound familiar, Helen, but the location does. When I passed the self-storage in progress I thought of that restaurant so I guess we're talkin' about the same one!

[helen]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

There was a Dinners on the corner (King and Kalakaua) during the mid-1980's. Now it's now a storage place that is still under construction.

[tutusue]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

[...]Ahhh, Coco's. Many memories there. It was one of about a half dozen 24-hour restaurants we visited after 2:00 a.m. ... including Wailana, Likelike, Columbia Inn, the Civic, and a Chinese/American restaurant near the Ilikai, the name of which I can't remember.

Wasn't there one on the mauka/ewa corner of Kalakaua and Young or King? Or was I eating breakfast illegally at 2am?!

[Honoruru]

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Hopefully the 'acoustics' at the new HR will be one heckuva lot better than the current one. Dang...that's such a noisy restaurant that I found it hard to carry on a conversation with my table mates. I've been there less than a handful of times because of that.

The only time I went to Hardrock was just after it first opened. I don't remember much of what happened that day ... none of us could hear what anyone was saying, so we ended up just looking at the guitars hanging on the walls.

Umm... it was called Coco's. I used to have breakfast there 3 or 4 times a week.

Ahhh, Coco's. Many memories there. It was one of about a half dozen 24-hour restaurants we visited after 2:00 a.m. ... including Wailana, Likelike, Columbia Inn, the Civic, and a Chinese/American restaurant near the Ilikai, the name of which I can't remember.

[GeckoGeek]

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Go down to the end of the block and you'll find some low-rise, low income housing.

New buildings, or just ones that haven't been sold to the developers yet? I don't think it's likely that the politicians are going to put low income housing there. Not impossible, but more likely some grand glorious vision will come to them. That all assumes they move fast enough to get it.

Umm... it was called Coco's.

Dang. Why did I think Coco Joes? Mixing it up with tourist tikis, I guess.

You're right. Nice, but not going to happen. I can dream.

[Palolo Joe]

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Rail station would be good. Especially right across the street from the convention center. Low income? Not likely. Not in Waikiki.

Not likely? Yeah right. Head over the bridge on Kalakaua and take a right on Ala Wai. Go down to the end of the block and you'll find some low-rise, low income housing.

A rail station with an apartment tower on the top makes sense to me.

Bring back Coco Joe's!

Umm... it was called Coco's. I used to have breakfast there 3 or 4 times a week.

Never gonna happen, but I wish that place would come back too.

[joshuatree]

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Rail station would be good. Especially right across the street from the convention center. Low income? Not likely. Not in Waikiki.

Bring back Coco Joe's!

It's too bad, it makes perfect sense for a low income right on top of a rail station right there. Gives reason for tenants above the station to not need a car; they are a spitting distance from jobs in Waikiki and shopping at Ala Moana/Walmart; and the rent collected could help offset cost of station. I guess that makes too much sense for the powers that be.

[GeckoGeek]

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New rail station/low income housing high rise?

Rail station would be good. Especially right across the street from the convention center. Low income? Not likely. Not in Waikiki.

Bring back Coco Joe's!

[joshuatree]

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<sigh> Anyone taking any bets that it won't be another high rise?

New rail station/low income housing high rise?

[tutusue]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

Hopefully the 'acoustics' at the new HR will be one heckuva lot better than the current one. Dang...that's such a noisy restaurant that I found it hard to carry on a conversation with my table mates. I've been there less than a handful of times because of that.

GG...that property is too valuable not to go high rise. Time will tell, tho'. I wonder which high rise will be the one to sink the island?!

[GeckoGeek]

Re: Hard Rock Cafe moving location after 20 years

It is unclear what will be developed at the nearly 1-acre site of the existing restaurant, across from the Hawaii Convention Center.

<sigh> Anyone taking any bets that it won't be another high rise?