HONOLULU (HI Now) - Dana Pastula opened the first Cafe O’Lei in Makawao, Maui in 1997. It all started as a 5-table outdoor cafe serving sandwiches, salads, coffee, and tea in Maui’s Upcountry. It didn’t take long for her husband Mike to join her at Cafe O’Lei. The Cafe O’Lei brand quickly evolved into one of Maui’s favorite and most trusted for quality restaurants and catering on the island.
Mike and Dana enjoy spending time with their daughters who are also in the family business — Cherub Lang, the Company Buyer and Director of Marketing and Claire Byler, the General Manager, along with their husbands, Dan Lang, the CEO and Darren Byler, the General Manger. More than anything else, they enjoy being with their five grandsons who happen to also be their most excitable food critics. Together, the family operates Cafe O’Lei at the Plantation, Cafe O’Lei Kihei and Cafe O’Lei Catering. Cafe O’Lei is truly a family-owned and family-run business!
For more information on Café O’Lei, visit www.cafeoleirestaurants.com or on Facebook @CafeOleiRestaurants and Instagram @cafeolei_maui
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