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Tex Drive In & Restaurant Frommer's Recommended


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Cuisine American, Local
Hours Daily 6:30am-8:30pm
Location Hwy. 19, Honokaa, The Hamakua Coast
Phone 808/775-0598
Web site www.texdrivein.com
Prices Main courses $8-$12
Credit Cards DC, DISC, MC, V

Tex Drive In & Restaurant Review

When Ada Pulin-Lamme bought the old Tex Drive-In, she made significant changes, such as improving upon an ages-old recipe for Portuguese malasadas, a cakelike doughnut without a hole. Tex sells tens of thousands of these sugar-rolled morsels a month, including ones filled with pineapple/papaya preserves, pepper jelly, or Bavarian cream. The menu has a local flavor and features ethnic specialties: Korean chicken, teriyaki meat, kalua pork with cabbage, Filipino specials, and a new addition, Tex wraps served with homemade sweet-potato chips. With its gift shop and visitor center, Tex is a roadside attraction and a local hangout; residents have been gathering here over early-morning coffee and breakfast for decades.

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