Best Bakery

Komoda Store & Bakery

The staff at Komoda Store and Bakery prepare award-winning pastries pretty much the same way they were made when Takezo Komoda founded the landmark Makawao business in 1916. “It’s all by hand,” saidManager Calvin Shibuya. “The onlymachines we use are mixers.

“On a busy day, wemake 100-dozen creampuffs,” Calvin continued. “On an average day wemake half that.” The filling for the prized confection is a closely held “secret family recipe.” Komoda’s creampuffs and stick donuts are the twomost popular items offered, according to Calvin.

The bakery also sells a variety of donuts; turnovers; danish; butter rolls; breads; pies; cakes and cookies—all baked fresh daily. “Komoda Bakery has the best pastries ever,” wrote Glenda Bucos ofMakawao. “No other can come close to their taste.”
“Komoda’s Bakery—it’s worth getting up early and waiting in the line that goes out the door,” wrote Jerry Labb of Makawao.

Komoda Store and Bakery
3674 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Maui
ClosedWednesday and Sunday.
808-572-7261.

Second place:
Stillwell’s Bakery & Cafe
1740 Kaahumanu Ave.
Wailuku, Maui • 808-243-2243

Third place:
Home Maid Bakery
1005 Lower Main St.
Wailuku, Maui • 808-244-7150