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TheBuzz

BY ERIKA ENGLE

Monday, August 27, 2001

The latest switch
to late nights

Donato's Restaurant in Manoa will add its own flavor to the latest "thing" in the Honolulu restaurant trade.

Once dinner service is pau, many Hawaii eateries reconfigure into nightclubs for the 21-plus set and generate revenue into the wee hours.

Chef and owner Donato Loperfido is after a different nighttime niche. No rock or reggae or booty music, he said. "This is a beautiful place and that's the type of music we're going to have played here."

"I want couples to come over here, to feel romantic -- to come enjoy music and a glass of wine," he said with a rolling Italian accent. "I want some blues and soft jazz."

Dinner service will end at 10, but a late night menu of gourmet pizza, pupus and desserts will be available.

Donato's late nights will be Wednesday-only at first, but after ongoing auditions, will include Friday and Saturday nights,

A hidden agenda

The upcoming "Hawaii's 5-0" design competition and award program is a way to recognize excellence in graphic design printed in Hawaii. Fine.

Creators of 50 of the best printed materials produced in the islands will be honored, with special recognition to the top five. Great.

However, the American Institute of Graphic Arts Honolulu Chapter and Printed In Hawaii Association have an ulterior motive. Money.

A lot of it has been leaving the state.

An industry study in the mid-1990s found that an estimated $200 million in potential print job revenue is sent out of the islands annually.

"This competition and award show is designed to promote local print organizations and design organizations," said Stacey Leong Mills, Honolulu AIGA President and graphic artist for Team Vision LLC.

"We want to showcase the quality and potential of our local services to keep local design and printing jobs in Hawaii."

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Erika Engle is a reporter with the Star-Bulletin.
Call 529-4302, fax 529-4750 or write to Erika Engle,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 500 Ala Moana Blvd., No. 7-210,
Honolulu, HI 96813. She can also be reached
at: eengle@starbulletin.com