8 Terrific BARGAIN-PRICED Eating Places on Maui

1. ALOHA MIXED PLATE

1285 Front St., Lahaina (behind the Lahaina Cannery Mall); (808) 661-3322

Price: $6.25 to $13.95. Features inexpensive local style plate lunches with a view worth a million bucks, especially at sunset: tiki torches, crashing waves and Hawaiian music from the luau next door.

2. SUNRISE CAFE

Sunrise Cafe, 693-A N. Front St., Lahaina (around the corner makai from Lappert's ice cream place); (808) 661-8558.

Price: $5.95 to $9.95. Tiny hole-in-the-wall. Great Eggs Benedict. Breakfast is served until 3 p.m., when the place closes for the day.  The lunch menu of soups and sandwiches kicks in after 11:30 a.m. Cash only accepted.

3. PAUWELA CAFE / CLOSED

Haiku, HI 96708-5131
575-9242
Do not miss! On the way to Hana uphill from the highway.

4. CAFE DES AMIS
42 Baldwin Ave
Paia, HI 96779
579-6323
Do not miss! Average price: $8.00.

5. BA-LE FRENCH SANDWICHES & BAKERY

Ba-Le French Sandwiches & Bakery, 1221 Honoapiilani Road, Lahaina (in the Lahaina Cannery Mall); (808) 661-5566. Also, 4b: 270 Dairy Road, Kahului (in the Maui Marketplace); (808) 877-2400

Price: $7.75 to $8.25

Vietnamese/ French/Hawaiian. Yummy sandwiches are served on French-style baguettes. Pastries and croissants round out the menu. Fast service. Try the Ba-Le Corn Puffs and the Kiawe-smoked Pastrami Banh Mi Rolls.

6. FISH MARKET MAUI

3600 Lower Honoapiilani Road, Lahaina; (808) 665-9895.

This market has a take out counter with sandwiches, fish tacos and pizzas, including crab and avocado, lobster salad, poke (Hawaiian ceviche) and smoked fish. For a great fish dinner without paying a fortune, this tiny shop in a West Maui strip mall makes it simple. Convenient to Napili/Honokowai, near the West Maui Airport.

Price: $8.99 to $12.99

7. HONOLUA STORE DELI

502 Office Road, Kapalua. Phone 808-669-6128

Price: About  $7.00. Located within the Kapuala Bay Resort property, Chef Romeo Arruiza, formerly of the Westin Kaanapali, offers a changing menu of lunch plates, pizzas and creative sandwiches. Stop on your way up to Mokuleia Marine Life Conservation District Beach and Honolua Bay and enjoy the food while looking at the dreamy view of Molokai across the channel, and in the surfers and snorkel boats in the bay below.

8. MAUI CULINARY ACADEMY

Maui Community College, 310 W. Kaahumanu Ave., Kahului; (808) 984-3225, open during the school season. The best affordable gourmet food on the island. Call ahead to make reservations. Located near the Kahalui Airport. Visit the website to see the menus.

Price: $5 to $8.50, more for the multi-course dinners.