Photos by Lawrence Tabudlo
All eyes and ears were on Yoza as she performed live every Wednesday in May at Flash and Matty’s Listening Party at Apartment3. The born-and-raised Hawaii talent has been playing music since the age of 5 and is currently working on a recording project.
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Happy hour for grown-ups
Apartment3 offers sophistication and tasty appetizers at your own pace
By John Berger
Australians of a certain age should be able to recall — granted, with various degrees of clarity — what was once called the “6 o’clock swill.”
This not-so-happy hour ritual became part of weekday life down under after the Australian equivalent of Mothers Against Drunk Driving got a law passed that forced bars to close at 6 p.m. That gave people who got off work at 5 p.m. just one short hour to “swill” as much as they could before last call.
Fortunately, saner minds eventually prevailed and the law was repealed.
There might be establishments in Honolulu today where the pau hana vibe is about speed-drinking and bottom-of-the-well pours, but Apartment3 offers a far more mature and sophisticated happy-hour experience.
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Apartment3′s menu revamped, improved
Night spot features comfort food with a chef’s flair added
By Kawehi Haug
Last year, party promoter darlings Flash Hansen and Matty Boy partnered with veteran restaurateur Chip Jewitt to convert Jewitt’s Aria restaurant into a dinner-only joint that would be part restaurant, part lounge, part late-night club house.
The revamped restaurant opened as Apartm3nt (pronounced “apartment three,” its name a nod to its location on the third floor of the Century Center complex). Since then — that was about nine months ago — the place has undergone a few changes. Some of them minor: The spelling of the name is now Apartment3, for clarity. And some of the changes were more significant: a new chef and menu.
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The owners of Apartment3 have been concentrating on their kitchen offerings over the past several months, and the hiring of Executive Chef Robert McGee looks like a winner. McGee comes to the Islands from Portland, Ore., where he was head chef at Slow Bar. If the sample online reviews of his former establishment–“Orgasmic.” “Mouthwatering.” “The perfect burger.”–are any guide, McGee has good things in store.
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