Chef Peter Merriman’s Honolulu restaurant opens Saturday in the Anaha complex in Ward Villages.
Preview sessions at Merriman’s began Monday, introducing the menu to Anaha residents, employees of other restaurants in the Merriman family, vendors, suppliers and the media.
Merriman said the restaurant will reflect the farm-to-table roots of all his restaurants, but with a recognition of its location in modern Kakaako. “One of our themes is farm to high-rise,” he said.
Merriman, one of the original Hawaii Regional Cuisine chefs, has seven restaurants on four islands. This new restaurant will be his eighth and the first in Honolulu directly owned by him (his more casual Monkeypod Kitchen and Moku Kitchen are partnerships with Handcrafted Restaurants).
The executive chef is Jon Matsubara, who has opened three previous high-end Honolulu restaurants — Stage at the Honolulu Design Center, Azure at the Royal Hawaiian and Forty Carrots at Bloomingdale’s.
Restaurant hours will be from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, with happy hour from 4 to 6 p.m. Reserve at merrimanshawaii.com.
Kauai
Tenant arrested in death of woman found in Omao home
Kauai police arrested Peter Grewer, 62, of Omao, after he allegedly killed a woman found dead in her home Tuesday.
The victim has been identified as 67-year-old Joellen Hartman.
Police arrived at Hartman’s home on Punee Road shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday to conduct a welfare check. When they arrived they found that Hartman had apparently died from injuries as a result of an assault.
A preliminary investigation led to the arrest of Hartman’s tenant, Grewer, for suspicion of murder in the second degree.
Grewer remains in police cellblock in lieu of $1 million bail.
The case remains under investigation.
