New Plazzio restaurant opens Monday — or Saturday for free meals for these folks

Aloha to Wichita’s first Hawaiian Bros restaurant, which opens at 11 a.m. Monday at the Plazzio development at 13th and Greenwich.

The fast-food chain specializes in Hawaiian plate lunches served with chicken and pork and macaroni salad.

Plate lunches are a staple in Hawaii and are most often found on roadside stands or hole-in-the-wall restaurants. They typically come with different types of protein, a serving of mayo-based macaroni salad, and two scoops of white rice.

The restaurant’s first 100 customers receive free T-shirts and gift cards that range from $25 to $500.

One person also will win free Hawaiian Bros meals for a year.

Though the restaurant opens to the public Monday, there will be special free meals from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday for students, academic staff, first responders, medical personnel and local business employees.

Brad Saville and Andrea Ray of Landmark Commercial Real Estate handled the deal for this first Wichita site.

Hawaiian Bros, which started in 2018, has 12 Kansas City-area restaurants and one in Lawrence.

It’s also in Arkansas, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma and Texas and is adding restaurants in Arizona and Iowa.

Ohana Restaurant Group is the franchisee.

Zach Fugate of the Pizza Hut Fugates and his cousins, brothers Nick and Nathan Blasi, who own Marine World in Wichita, own Ohana.

The group already opened a Hawaiian Bros in Springdale, Ark., and plans more in the state — in Bentonville, Fayetteville, Rogers and Fort Smith.

It’s also planning restaurants in Joplin and Springfield, Mo., and more than one restaurant in Wichita.

Previously, Fugate said his favorite menu item is the Honolulu Chicken, which features “savory chicken infused with fresh garlic, green onions and sesame.”

This story was originally published November 13, 2024 at 4:04 AM.