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Somebody spent a small fortune (well...a large fortune, actually) to build the Hawaiian Marketplace. What were they thinking? When it first opened, I thought it was mediocre. However, there were a couple of pretty good restaurants (including a branch of Hamada), everything looked new, and I figured they would eventually populate the empty buildings with all sorts of neat stuff. It was not to be. Hamada closed, and nothing interesting ever opened. There are a number of lackluster booths selling lackluster goods and, as others have mentioned, nothing Hawaiian in sight. The best I can say for it is that they've improved the original walkways so that, instead of being a major impediment to pedestrian traffic, it's only a minor impediment. Sad.
negative