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KAT WADE SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER / FEB. 27
Condo tower construction will displace Eat the Street from the South Street parking lot where it has been held for about five years. The food truck roundup will move to Kakaako Gateway Park as of April 24.
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The monthly Eat the Street food truck event will mark its last appearance at 555 South St. on Friday.
Organizers announced Tuesday that impending construction of the Keauhou Place development in the parking lot where Eat the Street has taken place for some five years is causing the move.
After Friday’s Eat the Street: Japan, from 4 to 9 p.m. at the usual spot, the event will be staged at Kakaako Gateway Park at 677 Ala Moana Blvd. beginning April 24. Eat the Street in Kakaako typically happens the last Friday of each month.
“Over the years, we’ve built a loyal following” and wanted to limit the move’s impact on vendors and attendees, said Poni Askew, owner and chief executive officer of event company Street Grindz LLC, in a statement.
“Kakaako Gateway Park provides the same amenities such as free parking and an open-air space for us to continue to produce a quality event each month,” Askew said.
Keauhou Place is a $250 million condominium project by local developer Stanford Carr which includes a 43-story tower that will take up much of the block. Sales are underway and near a threshold expected to allow construction to start soon.