Rising operating costs faulted for Maui restaurant's demise

By Erika Engle

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 18, 2012

~~<p><a span="" style="color: #0000FF;" href="http://www.davidpaulsislandgrill.com/events.php" target="_blank">David Paul's Island Grill</a> in Lahaina has closed permanently, leaving about 25 employees looking for work and chef-owner David Paul Johnson location-shopping.</p>
<p>"We had an end-of-summer beach bash" on Sept. 1, said Johnson. "We were going to try and reopen on the 10th with a new menu concept," he said.</p>
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David Paul's Island Grill in Lahaina has closed permanently, leaving about 25 employees looking for work and chef-owner David Paul Johnson location-shopping.

"We had an end-of-summer beach bash" on Sept. 1, said Johnson. "We were going to try and reopen on the 10th with a new menu concept," he said. Login for more...