The Maui News
The Maui County Council will honor the 105th anniversary of T Komoda Store and Bakery, long known for its glazed donuts, butter rolls and other baked goods, during the council’s meeting on Friday.
Council Member Mike Molina, whose district includes Makawao where the bakery is located, announced Wednesday that he has introduced a resolution for Friday’s meeting congratulating the business on its anniversary. Founded by Takezo Komoda in 1916, the store sold mostly sandwiches on its homemade bread, saimin and donuts to local cowboys and plantation workers. In 1947, it evolved into the beloved bakery and general store that it’s famous for today.
“You can’t think about Makawao town without thinking about Komoda’s,” Molina said in a news release. “Komoda’s is loved and cherished by our community and is a living legacy that can never be duplicated.”
The bakery is an anchor tenant of Makawao and lone survivor of the mom-and-pop shops in the area, the news release said. Famous for its cream puffs, stick donuts, long johns, guava malasadas and other delicious pastries, Komoda’s often sells out of neighborhood favorites by 10 a.m., not long after opening at 7 a.m.
Komoda’s granddaughter Betty Shibuya and her husband Calvin Shibuya still use the original cream puff recipe created by Komoda’s brother, Ikuo, in the 1960s.
Members of the public can tune in to the meeting, which starts at 9 a.m., on Akaku Channel 53 or provide testimony via video conference link or phone number listed on the meeting agenda at mauicounty.us/agendas.
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