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Health Food Stores
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Town/Area
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Hours
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Location
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Directions
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Notes
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| Kapaa |
9am-8pm Mon.-Sat.
Closed Sunday
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Papaya's Natural Foods and Cafe (Kauai Village Shopping
Center -one with Safeway
and Longs) |
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Most complete health food store on island with largest
selection.
Contemporary health food grocery store design. Friendly and
energetic produce managers. Self-serve salad & deli bar, sold by
weight, cafe grind card accrues one stamp per $5 purchased at deli,
yeilding $5 off once filled with 10 stamps. Organic and locally
grown produce, organic and 'health food' packaged goods (chips, pastas,
oils, etc.), organic and 'health food' frozen and refrigerated items
(dinners,
desserts, vegetables, dairy, juices, etc.), vitamins & minerals,
body
care (shampoos, soaps, loofas, cosmetics, etc. with natural and
hypo-allergenic
ingredients), alternative over-the-counter medicines, deli items made
from
store's stock and excess produce (veggie burgers, tabouli, salads, and
more), bulk bins (nuts & seeds, pastas, spices, carob coated and
other
desserts, granola, grains, flours, nutritional yeast, etc.).
Papaya's
Points are automatically earned with purchases and when added up, can
be
used to take a spin on the wheel to pick an item from the store for
your
thank-you-for-shopping-at-Papaya's gift. Outdoor seating both along
walkway
or out in the courtyard at tables with umbrellas. Situated under
the clock tower painted by Wyland, off the landscaped courtyard with
natural-looking
waterfall and stream with fish. ComputerWeb, an Internet access
& copy shop is on the same courtyard with wireless hotspot and
more. Nice setting to relax. |
Hanalei
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9am-8pm
Mon.-Sat
9am-3pm
Sunday
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Papaya's Natural Foods and Cafe
(accross street from Ching Young Village)
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Recent expansion of Kapaa store
listed above. Basically less volume of all the same stuff as the main
store in this smaller space. Better selection and quality than other
health food store accross the street. Nice location outside to eat and
enjoy the atmosphere. Bubba Burgers is nearby to satisfy any less than
health food desires you or your group may have for burgers, fries and
onion rings.
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| Hanalei |
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Hanalei Natural Foods (in Ching Young Village shopping
area, Hanalei Town) |
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Used to be the only 'health food' grocery store on the North
Shore. Small store
size, packed with a hodge-podge of items with a juice/deli bar.
Minimal produce - be sure to check the refrigerated areas.
Variety of organic and 'health food' packaged goods (chips, pastas,
oils,
etc.), some organic and 'health food' frozen and refrigerated items
(dinners,
desserts, vegetables, dairy (pretty good selection of cheeses), juices,
etc.), fresh (delivered daily) refrigerated juiced vegetable, fruit and
wheatgrass juices, some refrigerated deli items (tabouli, salads,
etc.).
Outside seating available on benches and tables with umbrellas for the
shopping center. Other shops and restarants in the center,
including
Hanalei Pizza - has a TofuRella 'cheese' and whole wheat crust option
when
ordering their pizza; Avana's - a virtual arts & crafts gallery of
local artists work using natural materials, imported gemstones, musical
instraments, quilts, and a small selection of used books; Hanalei Video
and Music - an individually owned video rental store with an amazingly
huge selection of videos compared to the size of the shop (hint: many
older
releases are displayed with only a laminated cover of the box rather
than
the whole box); also other little restaurants and shops border the
parking
area and the road. This is a good place to park and walk around. |
| Kilauea |
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North Shore Pharmacy and Heath Food Emporium (Kilauea Town by
Kauai
Medical Clinic and Hale Le'a Clinic) |
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Not just a pharmacy! Usually no produce, but does have
a small
amazingly varied selection of packaged, refrigerated and frozen
'health'
foods. Also has homiopathic, wholistic and other alternative
medicines
in addition to the regular pharmacy medicines & stuff (first aid
supplies,
vitamins & minerals, etc.). It is packed with truely a
hodge-podge
of items. The store owners are local residents of Kilauea (and
the
Pharmacist) - they told me once that their store represented a little
bit
of everything they used and couldn't find in Kilauea already. It
has expanded a bit more to include items that local residents request
on
a regular basis as well. Here's a bit what they have not listed
above:
locally made jewelry and knick-knacks; children's toys, videos, music
and
books; parenting, health and other books, music and videos; wrapping
paper,
bows, etc.; baklava; some body care items (shampoos, soaps, recycled
toilet
paper, etc.); greeting cards and more. No seating. Other
businesses
in building include copy shop with color copier and an alternative
health
care clinic. |
| Kilauea |
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Farmer's Market Store (Kilauea Town by the Kong Lung Co.
center and
the Neighborhood center) |
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Country General Store type of set-up with an active deli,
organic and
gourmet grocery items, and locally baked desserts. Small varied
selection
of produce is primarily locally grown, some organically, some imported
organic produce as well. Remember to check the refrigerated area in the
deli section for produce other than that displayed in the front of the
store and by the cash regiser. Lunches made fresh daily and
left-overs
refrigerated for next-day sale. Lunches include a choice of soup
of the day, sandwich, or entree of the day(such as baked potatoe with
cheese,
quiche, dahl, etc.). Menu of standard sandwiches or custom blend
available to have the sandwich made fresh between 10am & 3pm.
Refrigerated standard deli items and sandwiches as well. The deli
also makes its own baked dessert breads. Good selection of
'health'
and gourmet cheeses, sometimes including soy-based cheeses.
Non-food
items are limited, but include some sundries, 'health' cat food,
etc.
A couple of outdoor tables with chairs are provided for deli seating in
front of the store. Nearby to the Kong Lung Co. center that has a
courtyard with seating as well as a few stores (Kong Lung Co. - not
just
one store, has shops within the shop; Pau Hana Pizza/Kilauea Bakery -
fresh
baked breads and bakery goods daily and pizzas with soy-based cheese
option
sometimes available; and the Island Soap & Candle Factory - where
they
make their soaps and candles, can see some of the process and buy their
items directly). Also nearby the Kilauea Neighborhood Center
which
has a public ball park and playground behind the gym. |
| Lihue |
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Vim & Vigor (Kaumualii Hwy. approximately accross the
street from McDonald's) |
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Moved from by bowling ally and changed management. Mainly a
vitamin type health food store at first glance. Check
out the refrigerated section - sometimes there are any combination of
the
following: organic produce, deli items, and fresh (delivered daily)
vegetable,
fruit and wheatgrass juices. At the left of the entry to the
store
are bulk bins of nuts & seeds, granola, pastas, grains,
carob-coated
and other desserts, etc. Also regularly stock small selection of
frozen and refrigerated items, chips, packaged nuts & seeds,
bodybuilding
suppliments, dieting suppliments, diebetic safe items, vitamins &
minerals,
alternative over the counter medicines, and a proportionately large
selection
of body care items. Humane Society thrift store is nearby in
recessed part of this shopping area.
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| Lihue |
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GMC (Kukui Grove Shopping Center) |
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Mainly a vitamin and sports suppliment outlet. Some
'health'
food snacks and soy products available. Bodybuilding non-food
supplies
and magazines (bodybuilding, sports and health) as well. |
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