Colorado Springs to get upscale dining establishment
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Long-awaited, reimagined Colorado Springs restaurant nears opening
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Editor s note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Sarah Hwang s name.
The taste of Hawaii has just arrived in Monument. Hangry Ohana, 582 W. Highway 105, is serving favorites from the island state.
The business began on wheels in 2017 when Reid Shintaku and Grant Conrad began serving their favorites from a food truck, along with Conrad’s wife, Yoona, and her sister, Sarah Hwang.
Yoona Conrad said many of the recipes came from Hwang.
“Some of them are family recipes that we grew up on with our mom,” she said.
Here on the landlocked mainland, the sisters missed the food they ate in Hawaii. “My husband does really great with food … and we were making Hawaiian barbeque at home,” said Yoona Conrad. “It was a lot of home-cooking trial and error.” Once they perfected their recipes, Yoona Conrad said, “We wanted to share with everyone else.”
Bird Tree Café was one of a trio of downtown spots opened this year by the folks behind T-Byrdâs Tacos. Matthew Schniper
The year thatâs kept on giving (us hell). Restaurants and bars remain under on-site dining restrictions as we write this and the industry as a whole has faced a massive reckoning thatâs left some spots closed permanently, others on hiatus, and many at deathâs door. We heard from business owners in our Dec. 9 issue (see âFate of the Industryâ), but we want to continue our tradition of an annual year-in-review column despite the hardships facing our food and drink community.