Gallery
The Local Kauai
Kitchen + Bar
The Menu
The Local Kauai is located in the heart of old Kapaa town. We are proud to feature local ingredients in all of our food and on each one of our signature cocktails. Please join us Wednesday through Sunday to enjoy our rustic made from scratch menu.
The Art
On the walls of the Bar, North Shore and South West dining rooms hang metal prints of Aaron Feinberg's most stunning work. For more information on the art, please inquire within or visit afeinbergphotography.com
The Team
Owner/Executive Chef Erin Keller and Owner/General Manager Jose Cortez head up The Local Kauai and have brought together an extraordinary team. The team at The Local Kauai looks forward to meeting you and guiding you through an experience you are sure to look back on fondly.
Erin Keller grew up on 40 acres near the Lost Coast of Northern California, where living off the grid, growing organic vegetables and tending orchards with her parents bloomed her passion for fresh ingredients and a rustic, from scratch approach to cooking.
Keller enrolled at the California Culinary Academy Le Cordon Bleu in 2005 and carried out her externship at Portland City Grill, in Portland, Oregon.
In 2007, Kellers desire to learn something new encouraged her to take a job at the famed James Beard Award winning thai restaurant, PokPok, in Portland. Learning from Chef Andy Ricker, whom was elected James Beards Best Chef Northwest in 2011, Keller continued her interest in SE Asian cooking, and helped to open Andy's New concept, Ping, located in the China Town district of downtown Portland.
Following Ping and PokPok, Keller was part of the opening crew at Lucier Restaurant. This is where she connected with Greg Denton, at that time, Greg was Kellers Executive Sous Chef, and Gabrielle Quinonez-Denton (both who went on to earn and slew of accolades and James Beard nominations for their work at Ox Restaurant). In less than a year, Keller left Lucier and was taken on as opening Sous Chef for Greg and Gabi at their new spot, Metrovino, located in the Pearl District.
Moving on from Metrovino, Keller moved back to Northern California for several years to pursue her plan of owning and running her first business, a mobile wood fired pizza catering company, which she named Secret Slice. Keller's deep passion for pizza fell into play and after several years, Keller moved the business up to Portland, her old stomping grounds, and continued to serve wood fired pizza at the Portland Farmers Market, Oregon wine country events, weddings and private parties.
Simultaneously running Secret Slice and EK's Creme Brulee, a wholesale creme brulee venture that Keller created in 2014, Keller began to miss and crave the restaurant scene, putting forth an effort to fulfill the desire to cook and work in a restaurant environment again.
Now we are fortunate to have Keller's talents here on Kauai for the local community and tourists alike.
