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The Conversation: Reopening Restaurants For Dine In

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Food services reopen; Reactions from Chinatown; Artist Lauren Trangmar

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Food services reopen

This week restaurants across the state have been reopening after getting the go-ahead from county governments. We talk with a local restaurateur and the Hawaii Restaurant Association. We also check in on how grocery stores are doing as lots of people cook from home. Click here for information on the Made in Hawaii Festival. Click here for more information on the Hawaii Food Industry Association.

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Roy Yamaguchi, founder and chef, Roy's Restaurants; Greg Maples, incoming president, Hawaii Restaurant Association; Lauren Zirbel, executive director, Hawaii Food Industry Association

Reactions from Honolulu's Chinatown.

A proposal by the Institute for Human Services and the City & County of Honolulu would have opened a homeless triage center on Beretania Street. Community opposition led to the plans withdrawal. We check in with community groups.

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Lee Stack, president, Chinatown Improvement District; Chu Lan Schubert Kwock, cofounder and president, Chinatown Business & Community Association

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Commissioned work by Lauren Trangmar for Aloha Green Apothecary

Artist Lauren Trangmar

Graphic artist and illustrator Lauren Trangmar's career was launched at the 2014 Artists of hawaii show. Her botanical illustration style makes the fantastical creatures and events she depicts appear scientific. Click here for more info on Lauren Trangmar.

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Lauren Trangmar, artist

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