Fresh Off The Grid

A roadside food stand sign near Pololu in Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Fresh.’ See more responses here.

A couple of miles before the end of the Akoni Pule Highway, at Pololu overlook, there’s a roadside food stand called Fresh Off The Grid. There’s no power at that end of the road, hence the ‘off the grid.’

I confess, I’ve never eaten there, in part because I seldom go to Pololu these days. It’s a bit overrun and the parking is terrible, though now they have stewards directing traffic and controlling the comings and goings, which is a big improvement.

Skyflowers in Hawaii
Skyflowers.
A Red Hibiscus flower in Hawaii
Hibiscus.
Shell ginger flowers in Hawaii
Shell GInger.

But the food stand gets good reviews and seems to have a good selection of locally-grown food on the menu. It also has a nice variety of flowers around and a killer view of the ocean, plus mules and horses. What’s not to like.

A sign near Pololu in Hawaii
You have been warned.
A Bee on a bromeliad near Pololu in Hawaii
A bee on a bromekiad.
Mules on the coast near Pololu in Hawaii
A good view of the mules!

16 thoughts on “Fresh Off The Grid”

    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Off the grid means off the electrical grid here, so they’d use a generator or solar panels for power and probably gas cylinders for cooking. They’d also be using bottled water.

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      1. kzmcb's avatarkzmcb

        It means the same here, but you generally wouldn’t have a cafe off the grid in a town. It can also mean remote, which can imply alternative, so I was left wondering if it was the cage or the menu.

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        1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

          This is not in town but near the end of the road here so the power lines don’t go out that far. It’s not remote by Australian standards, but the Big Island has lots of places that don’t have power lines, sewers, or municipal water.

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