GRYLT serves tasty fare, eco-messages

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 24, 2011

~~<p>Every entrepreneur dreams of overnight success, but empires are generally built over time. For restaurants, a type of business often perceived as least likely to survive five years, a second outpost can take a long time to materialize.</p>
<p>None of this applies to GRYLT. In two decades I haven't seen any local restaurant grow as fast as this creation. The first GRYLT opened its doors June 16 at Manoa Marketplace, next to First Hawaiian Bank. The second arrived at Waikiki Shopping Plaza July 21. No. 3 is also set to open in Waikiki this fall, and plans are in the works to cross the pond to San Diego in early 2012.</p>
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Every entrepreneur dreams of overnight success, but empires are generally built over time. For restaurants, a type of business often perceived as least likely to survive five years, a second outpost can take a long time to materialize.

None of this applies to GRYLT. In two decades I haven't seen any local restaurant grow as fast as this creation. The first GRYLT opened its doors June 16 at Manoa Marketplace, next to First Hawaiian Bank. The second arrived at Waikiki Shopping Plaza July 21. No. 3 is also set to open in Waikiki this fall, and plans are in the works to cross the pond to San Diego in early 2012. Login for more...