Since August 1, you can drive Front Street from Pāpalaua Street to Shaw Street at any hour of the day. The makai side has new railings and new trees. The seawall and sidewalk have been repaired, and the road has been repaved and restriped. On the mauka side, fencing runs along the lots. Maui County listed that work in its July 17 notice, and it describes the street almost exactly as you find it this fall: a finished road running past private property that has not been rebuilt yet.
On reopening day, KITV described cars moving through the historic district for the first time in nearly three years, past a block many people could barely recognize. That gap between drive and destination is what shapes Front Street this fall. You can travel the whole corridor again. The places worth parking for are still grouped beyond it, at the high-numbered block of Front Street and at Lahaina Cannery Mall. The next real change comes in November, at the Pāpalaua end.
The Road Opened Before the Street Did
The County's notice set out which streets came back and which did not. With no regularly restricted hours, driving the corridor itself is simple. The side streets are where you still run into closures.
- Open: Front Street from Pāpalaua to Shaw, plus Dickenson Street and Prison Street
- Still closed: Market Street, Papelekane Street and Mokuhinia Place, held for work that includes harbor dredging
- Subject to change: the County warned that temporary closures could still happen while rebuilding continues
That last point has already happened at least once. On September 8, the County posted a temporary closure of Front Street from Kapunakea Street to Honoapiʻilani Highway in both directions, with the notice running until noon on September 10. The County's road alerts are the place to check before a Saturday errand run.
The County also asked people to stay off private property and out of fenced areas. Most of the street frontage inside the reopened corridor is exactly that. So the reopening gives you a route, while lunch, a drink or a show still happens elsewhere.
Where the Stops Actually Are
A travel guide from Hawaii Guide, last updated August 19, lists the restaurants open on the north end of Front Street. The table below combines that list with each business's own published details, sorted by street number where an address is available.
| Place | Address | Status this fall |
|---|---|---|
| ʻUlu o Lele marketplace | 900 Front St | Target opening November |
| Lahaina United Methodist Church Garden Sanctuary | 988 Front St | Weekly outdoor worship since March 1, 2026 |
| Honu Oceanside | 1295 Front St | Open, nightly dinner seatings |
| Coco Deck Lahaina | 1312 Front St | Open daily from 11 a.m. |
| Star Noodle | North end of Front St | Open, per Aug. 19 guide |
| Māla Ocean Tavern | North end of Front St | Open, per Aug. 19 guide |
| Aloha Mixed Plate | North end of Front St | Open, per Aug. 19 guide |
| Lahaina Cannery Mall dining lot | Lahaina Cannery Mall | Open daily, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. |
Hours in the table are the hours each business publishes. They are not independently confirmed. Coco Deck's site lists lunch daily from 11 a.m., its full menu until 9 p.m., and happy hour every day from 2 to 5 p.m. That makes it one of the easiest late-afternoon stops on this stretch of the street.
There is now a food truck on the street as well. KITV identified Front Street Fresh as the first food truck back in business in the area, operating from a new Front Street location on reopening day. On camera, its owners put it plainly:
"That day was obviously traumatic, just scary, frightening. But being here today in this spot, we're back home."
The Calendar Lives at the Cannery and the North End
Lahaina's community calendar has been running through a handful of sites that were already working before the road reopened. In July, Lahaina Homecoming ran July 17 through 19 across Lahaina Cannery Mall, Lahaina United Methodist Church and Campbell Park. The County's listing included a career fair, evening entertainment and the monthly Lahaina Third Saturdays gathering. On August 8, Kuhinia Maui filled the church lawn at 988 Front St from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with free music, food, lei-making and wellness activities.
This October follows the same pattern. Lahaina Cannery Mall's entertainment calendar lists hula lessons tomorrow, Thursday, October 8, and magic and hula shows on Saturday, October 10. The mall directory includes ABC Stores, Safeway, Longs Drugs, Lahaina Printsellers, Boss Frog's, Lahaina Sushi Ko, Lahaina Thai Ono, Sergio's Cantina and Starbucks. Some directory entries are marked "Coming Soon," so a listing does not guarantee a shop is open.
The clearest Halloween plan on the street so far is at Coco Deck. Its Halloween Tailgate Party runs Saturday, October 31, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 1312 Front Street, with a keiki costume contest from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. We did not find a dated Lahaina Halloween parade or a Cannery Halloween event in any announcement as of early October.
Lahaina United Methodist Church deserves its own mention as a gathering place. The congregation returned to worship on its Lahaina property on March 1, 2026, and meets weekly in an outdoor Garden Sanctuary while the sanctuary building is rebuilt. Its lawn has become one of the few open spaces on Front Street where community events can happen, as Kuhinia showed in August.
The Harbor Is Running, Around the Dredging
The three closed side streets, Market, Papelekane and Mokuhinia, are closed because of the harbor. The County ties those closures to work that includes dredging. Boats are still going out from the harbor. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported on July 4 that seven Lahaina Harbor operators had returned to service, including Atlantis Submarines, which restarted its undersea tours in June. That report did not name the other six, and we did not find an October roster.
For out-of-town guests this fall, a submarine dive or harbor tour is one of the few things in central Lahaina you can actually book. The landmarks people usually ask about are still closed. The County's facility page for Lahaina Banyan Court still displays a "Closed Sign Due to Fire." Civil Beat reported in February that the tree and park were fenced off at that point, with reopening dependent on an arborist's assessment. The Old Lahaina Courthouse and the Baldwin Home Museum were still closed as of the August 19 Hawaii Guide update.
November at Pāpalaua
ʻUlu o Lele would change things this fall. It is an interim marketplace on the former Outlets of Maui site, between Front and Waineʻe streets beside Pāpalaua Street, right where the reopened corridor begins. The County announced it on July 2 as the first storefront project returning to Front Street. The plan calls for 17 retail units, eight food-truck spaces, a stage, and future community programming that includes farmers markets.
The date has already moved once. Hawaiian Council first aimed for September. Aloha State Daily reported on September 22 that storms delayed construction and pushed the goal to November, "right around the start of the holiday season." The same report said the council received 93 vendor-interest responses and described a temporary marketplace of 25 to 50 vendors.
The project's own timeline puts some of the most important steps in the next two weeks:
- Vendor applications closed in late September.
- Applicant follow-up and selections are scheduled for the weeks of October 5 and October 12.
- Storefronts are expected to arrive on Maui by October 12.
- Leases and pre-opening preparation are planned for mid-to-late October.
- The target opening is November.
The site describes that timeline as dependent on construction, site readiness and permits. November is a target, not a confirmed opening day. Once the storefronts are set up on the site, people driving past Pāpalaua may see the change before any opening date is announced.
Next in Line: Kimo's at 730 Front Street
After ʻUlu o Lele, the next confirmed return is Kimo's Restaurant, and it is much further out. The Maui News reported in July that Kimo's had signed a letter of intent to return at 730 Front St, in the restored Chan Wa Building. Hawaiʻi Public Radio reported that the owners hoped to be serving again in two to three years. Design and construction timing are still open questions.
That gives the reopened corridor two dated markers this fall. A marketplace at 900 Front St is aiming for November. A restaurant at 730 Front St hopes to be serving two to three years after its July announcement. For now, an evening on Front Street still means the 1295 to 1312 block or the Cannery, reached by a road that runs straight through again.
Andy, Kristen and Mark at Mark Marchello follow these Front Street openings closely from our Lahaina office. If you want an update when ʻUlu o Lele confirms its opening date, or you have questions about owning property near the rebuilding corridor, give us a call. We're happy to share what we're seeing on the street.