The first Hawaii outlet of the Boiling Crab chain opened Monday at Salt at Our Kakaako.

The location is the 18th in the chain, which originated its Louisiana-style Cajun restaurants in Garden Grove, Calif., in 2004.

Boiling Crab follows the get-your-hands-dirty, dinner-in-a-bag template for seafood boil restaurants, with flavorings of Rajun Cajun, garlic, lemon-pepper and the signature Whole Sha-Bang that mixes all three.

Shrimp, lobster tails, crab, crawfish, clams and mussels are sold per pound. Other items include gumbo, chowder and fried seafood baskets.

Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. weekdays, noon to 10 p.m. weekends. Call 518-2935.

THE ART OF COFFEELAND

The Kona Historical Society has assembled an exhibit that explores the area’s coffee history, on display at the H.N. Greenwell Store and Museum through Jan. 18.

“Elevation: Arts From the Coffeeland” is a collection of pieces that reflect coffee-growing and production, as well as objects used in the industry. They include lau hala, calligraphy, woodcuts, sculpture, photography and textiles.

The museum is at at 81-6551 Mamalahoa Highway in Kealakekua, about 14 miles south of Kailua-Kona. Hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and the first Saturday of each month.

Also at the museum, the society hosts Portuguese bread-making at 10 a.m. Thursdays, firing up its stone oven, or forno, to bake white, wheat and sweet bread.

For the holidays, an additional baking session is set for 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, to make cinnamon bread.

Loaves are sold starting at 12:30 p.m. Thursdays after each baking session (or 1 p.m. after the special Tuesday session) at $8, first-come, first-served. Proceeds support the nonprofit historical society. Call 323-3222 or visit konahistorical.org.

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