#smalltownliving
#hometown
I've grown up in Kaimuki and still live in the area. Been around this place all my life and it always will be. Home is where the heart is, as they say, and the Kaimuki Shopping Center is certainly apart of it.
I usually don't come here very often, but if you need an alternative place to do your shopping and dining, the Kaimuki shopping center can be the one to check out on any day of the week. It's definitely a place to hang out if you don't have any other place to be. Whether you love to shop or eat, this shopping center has a small, but limited variety of shops and eateries to quench your thirst. While 75% of the businesses here are offices on the 3rd floor, Times supermarket on the 1st, and of course, Longs Drug store on the 2nd, you can always find something you'd like here. Well, most of the time - at least. I've been coming to the Kaimuki Shopping Center ever since I was a little kid back in the 1980's. Very little has changed here, while there's usually very little business turnover here, you can always bet that Times Supermarket and Longs Drug store anchors this shopping center throughout the decades.
It's a commercial hub of Kaimuki town for sure, that's been here over over 25 years and still here standing. The overall experience after many visits over my lifetime have been good. From small kid time to an adult, there have been subtle changes over the years, but it's always usually the same. Just got around to writing a review for it on yelp. Kaimuki Shopping Center is a small vestige of the commercial hub that binds Kaimuki town together, along with Market City shopping center just down the road. Kaimuki shopping center is located at 3221 Waialae Avenue in the heart of Kaimuki town, with McDonald's Palolo and the entrance to Palolo Valley nearby. Traffic in and out of this corridor can be frightful at times, but at least it's controlled and not that bad. Just try not to come during peak times and you should be alright. Most merchants here accept credit cards, which is always a good thing. Not sure about the businesses on the third floor, but I'd imagine so.
If you are like me, public transit can be the answer to your traffic woes. Bus routes 1, 1L, 9, 14, come through here and stops off right in front of the shopping center on Waialae Avenue. I always lived for the Yummy's Korean Barbeque place back in the 1990's growing up, but I know they have redone the entire thing. Still there under a new name and management, I think. Also a favorite is the Cookie Corner, one of the mainstays at Kaimuki shopping center. Longs Drug Store is a daily favorite for those who need their fix here as well as getting their pharmaceutical needs filled here as well. Usually, for me, Kahala mall is the alternative mall, but Kaimuki shopping center is almost as far from home as Kahala Mall. Only thing about Kaimuki shopping center is that they don't have indoor theaters for feature films. For those of y'all who love to shop, Times Supermarket is your one stop shop here for your grocery needs. Plenty of parking underground though, as well as on the 2nd level too.
4 stars. From my childhood then to nostalgia, and just everyday needs recently, there's something for everyone here at the Kaimuki shopping center. There's American Savings Bank too on the second level. :)
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