This was actually a random place for us to frequent but as Gary was researching Maui burgers he found a place that uses only hand pressed 100% certified angus beef on fresh baked hamburger buns.
He was sold so he and I went to Cool Cats for burgers one nite. It was really good and we went back there with Taryn twice.
It's located in Lahaina on the upper floor of The Warf right across from the famous Lahaina banyan tree.
Cool Cats has a Fifties flare - random for Maui - and all their burgers have names. Our favorite was the Don Ho - a burger with bacon, Jack cheese, pineapple and a wonderful sweet Hawaiian sauce. Sooo good. And you just have to get it with frings - a basket combo of fries and onion rings.
A bit of trivia about the amazing banyan tree: it was first planted in April, 1873, marking the 50th Anniversary of Christian missionary work in Lahaina. It was imported from India when it was only 8 feet tall and now stands over 60 feet high, with 12 major trunks in addition to a huge core. It stretches over a 200-foot area and shades 2/3 of an acre.
One nite we walked underneath it on our way to Cool Cats and the tree was alive with thousands of bird all talking at the same time. It was unbelievably noisy under there and I was terrified of "falling objects" if you know what I mean.
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