PAY THE MAN!
There are fewer eating places on the windward side of North Shore than the sunset side. This led us one day to The Crouching Lion. I had read some warnings in a few books and websites like "...keep driving!" We stopped for lunch and so I have decided to list a few of their strengths.
1. Regular customers were heard calling staff members "auntie," which I love.
2. There is a full bar.
3. If you sit outside you have an ocean view across the street.
4. There is a delicious local fruit salad.
5. Rose' by the glass.
6. Locals hang here. Not the neo-locals, but multi generation locals. Maybe even some actual Hawaiians.
7. The Birdguy works here! See below...
At the top of the stairway from the parking lot, between the lounge and the game room, there is a little yard set up with a flock of clip-winged tropical birds. They are trained by "THE BIRDGUY" to assemble with the tourists into the best group photo I've seen.
They are also trained to close. As in sales. The sign is worded to encourage "donations" to help "THE BIRDGUY" buy seed for the little darlings. As I reached the yard he placed a pink headed exotic creature on my finger. He distributed a charming feathered representative to each of us and asked if we would like him to take a picture of us with the birds for a small donation.
Being in my usually afternoon grumpy mood, I said no thanks and continued to baby talk the pink topped parrot on my finger. The bird lunged at me but I flinched before he could bite. "THE BIRDGUY" grabbed little pink stuff and placed him back on a perch. The parrot began shrieking at me as he stomped his feet and swayed from side to side.
I'm not completely sure but it sounded like he was saying, "PAY THE MAN! I HATE YOU! YOU SUCK!
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