Bob Longhi died at age 79, his restaurant is a landmark in Lahaina. The two story restaurant, open air across the seawall, Bubba Gump right across the street. Longhi's to me was where good live music played, awesome musicians played upstairs, long before the Hard Rock set up shop across the street. I remember he had a cooking segment on t.v., his cookbooks, his hat that he wore. And their shirts that the staff wore and sold was embroidered on the sleeve, an expletive, it was our Hard Rock before Hard Rock came to town.
You could walk through town, and see some Hollywood or recording artist eating breakfast on one of the tables, Bob was a visionary, a businessman, and he loved food. He was a cool cat. I remember hanging out with some friends, his son Charlie was with us. He offered to feed us, fine food from the restaurant, wow! That's cool man. The man is now in Pasta Heaven.
When Longhi's in Wailea opened at the Shops, I showed up and got free stuff, just a cool guy. Bar tabs can be expensive, but to have the man just erase my tab, awesome, and the seafood pasta was on the house... yeah Bob was one of a kind man, one of kind!
So all you foodies out there, and you restaurant owners, keep on doing what you love, keep creating awesome foods and serving the public that food, and you owners of restaurants remember, you guys are creating not just food and an experience, you guys create jobs too, for whoever wants it, you are job creators.
R.I.P. BOB LONGHI
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