The Street features lead bartender Andrew Woodley in its monthly FoodFight! competition, squaring off against Stripsteak’s Mundo Delgado (Stripsteak is also a Michael Mina-helmed enterprise), 4:30-5:30 p.m. Nov. 30.
Promoters promise an “epic” cocktail battle in Queen’s Court, a stage at the center of the International Market Place. Woodley and Delgado, touted as “two of Michael Mina’s fiercest mixologists,” will create cocktails and be judged by a panel of experienced tasters.
After the battle, onlookers are invited back to The Street to sample the featured cocktail and weigh in on their favorite by voting for an audience choice award. Happy hour specials will be in effect until 6.
Info: shopinternationalmarketplace.com.
LATE NIGHT GRINDS AT THE STREET
Get your fill at The Street: A Michael Mina Social House, the ground-floor collection of food vendors at International Market Place.
After 10 p.m. until the kitchens close, night owls can fill a plate with “global eats” — for $9.99. Choices may include barbecued ribs from Ayesha Curry’s International Smoke, Kai Poke’s poke of the day and Michael Mina’s Egyptian street food, served up at Little Lafa.
All day long, The Street’s Party Pass continues to be an option: Get a VIP punchcard that entitles you to seven dishes or drinks for $37. Combine that option with The Street’s early pau hana, 3-6 p.m. daily, and you can get $4.99 signature Pina Coladas, beer starting at $1.99, wine at $5.99, and classic Tiki cocktails at $7.99, along with 25 percent off all food menu items, including choices not featured on the Party Pass.
Info: 377-4402, thestreetsocialhouse.com.
SOCIAL HOUR AT THE VERANDA
The Kahala Hotel & Resort’s relaxed, lobby-level dining area overlooking Kahala Beach offers attractive, pau hana-ready options that are new for fall 2017. Resort wear, shorts and T-shirts are OK at these tables, with both indoor and outdoor seating.
During the Veranda’s Lounge Hours, from 5:30 p.m. until midnight, the Kahala offers Veranda Flights, a sampling of liquors and wines from various parts of the world, such as Japan, Scotland, France and Argentina. Prices begin at $20 for three liquors, with 1- to 3-ounce pours.
A new menu of shared platters, offered from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. nightly, is available at prices starting at $16.
Info: 739-8760, kahalaresort.com.
BAKU’S BAR BITES
Upstairs from The Street, on the International Market Place Grand Lanai, most restaurants on this open-air level offer happy hour from 3-5 p.m.
Baku, the newest restaurant on the Grand Lanai, has a sweeping offer in play, with 20 percent off all cocktails and wine, along with food items that include skewers of the restaurant’s signature smoked meats (regularly $7 to $15), edamame and shishito peppers (regularly $7 to $8), steamed buns (regularly $14) and the restaurant’s house-chilled oysters (regularly three for $12).
Info: 800-3571, shopinternationalmarketplace.com.
