HAWAIIAN FOOD RESTAURANTS IN NYC
Find your Aloha
Chef Luis Pous presents a modern take on Hawaiian cuisine rooted in Polynesian, Asian, and Latin influences. The restaurant offers both indoor and open-air dining with expansive SoHo views, setting the stage for a lively rooftop experience defined by tropical cocktails and bold, shareable dishes.
Hours of Operation
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Monday - Sunday
8:00 AM - 10:30 PM
DINING EXPERIENCES
Meet Chef Luis Pous
Chef Luis Pous’s inspiration and influence for El Ta’Koy began when he opened a restaurant on the small island of Kauai in Hawaii. After visiting local restaurants, farms, farmers' markets, and food truck events around the island, Chef Luis found that the food wasn’t only influenced by Polynesian culture, but also by Caribbean, North Latin and South American, European, and East Asian cultures.
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Just one example of this cultural evolution, which arose around 1850, would be the New England whalers, who introduced the culture of eating salted fish, which later evolved into Hawaii’s lomilomi salmon. From 1850 through the 1930s, immigration brought cuisines from China, Korea, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Portugal.