Cinnamon’s Restaurant keeps its own personal touch in Kailua for 25 years

KAILUA -- Kailua is at a critical point in its evolution as a town. The pressures of big stores like Safeway, Whole Foods, and Target are visceral, and residents are awakening to the need for self-definition to preserve the small-scale, local economy that defines the small beach-side community. As the editor covering Kailua, I see it everyday, and while sometimes I have the unfortunate obligation to document large corporations steamrolling grassroots protests, sometimes I have the pleasure of featuring resilient mom-and-pop joints succeeding in their original endeavor.

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