MidWeek Leeward - April 21, 2021

EXCITING EXPANSIONS
Straub’s Pearlridge Clinic completed its recent expansion project.
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OLDFASHIONED FILM
Tons of ‘ohana gathered in Pearl City for a drive-in movie. SEE PAGE 6
A Place Of Fun For The Whole ‘Ohana
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 21, 2021
A PUBLICATION OF
AN EDITION OF
Chuck E. Cheese Pearl City offers a variety of food that’s perfect for the entire ‘ohana.
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WBY GINGER KELLER
ayne Hayami always knew he wanted to run his own business, so when the Kaimukī native saw a
Chuck E. Cheese location up for grabs in ʻĀina Haina, he jumped at the opportunity.
Fast-forward nearly 30 years later and he, along with his adult children, own and operate three locations on the island in Honolulu (1199 Dillingham Blvd.), Kapolei (700 Haumea St.) and, possibly most famously, Pearl City (850 Kamehameha Hwy.).
“Just being ‘the boss’ interested me a lot (and) already spending many birthdays there with my own children, I decided this would be the business for me — making kids and people happy and smiling,” Hayami says.
After taking over the Honolulu site, he opened the Pearl City, location which quickly became the franchise with the highest sales per square foot in the United States. Hayami de- scribes it as, “a really big win for us.”
Later, in 2008, the ʻĀina Haina storefront moved to City Square Shopping Center, where SEE PAGE 3
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