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This Hawaiian-style fast-casual restaurant is a hit in Utah

By New York Times

April 24, 2018

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The Mo' Bettahs restaurant's "Ekolu" plate, named for a police officer in Hawaii, that includes grilled meats, rice and macaroni salad, in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. The Hawaiian and surfing themed restaurant chain has found success appealing to landlocked Utah’s dominant religious group: Mormons, who have long had ties to Polynesia.

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Inside a Mo' Bettahs restaurant in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. Read more here.

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Containers of sauce for grilled meats at a Mo' Bettahs restaurant in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. Read more here.

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Brothers Kimo left, and Kalani Mack outside one of their Mo' Bettahs restaurants, and next to Kalani's VW Beetle, in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. Read more here.

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A surfboard inside a Mo' Bettahs restaurant, where all boards on display have touched Hawaiian waters, in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. Read more here.

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Brothers Kalani, left, and Kimo Mack outside one of their Mo' Bettahs restaurants, next to Kalani's VW Beetle, in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. Read more here.

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Meat on the grill at a Mo' Bettahs restaurant n Midvale, Utah, April, 2018 Read more here.

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A Mo' Bettahs restaurant at lunch time, in Midvale, Utah, April, 2018. The Hawaiian and surfing themed restaurant chain has found success appealing to landlocked Utah’s dominant religious group: Mormons, who have long had ties to Polynesia. Read more here.

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