If your group can't agree on a lunchtime restaurant, swing by this new food truck park behind the Azeka Mauka Center in north Kihei. A half-dozen or so food trucks serve up everything from burgers, BBQ, tacos and vegetarian dishes to coffee drinks, bubble tea and shave ice. The trucks surround a cluster of shaded outdoor tables.
Kihei Station Food Truck Park
Kihei
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