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Restaurant Insider with Anne Lee
ANNE LEE
speaks with
owner/chef of DK Restaurants DK KODAMA
Photos by
LAWRENCE TABUDLO
DK Kodama of DK Restau- rants shares with Dining Out readers the numer- ous fabulous menu items at his eateries, including some fresh seafood dishes and pasta plates at Vino Italian Tapas & Wine Bar at Watefront Plaza.
AL: How
long have you been
in the restaurant industry?
DK: I have been in this business since 1976. My first job was as a busboy at Horatio’s Restaurant at Ward Warehouse. From busboy, to server, to barback, then bar-
tender, which was the best job ever. Audy Kimura and Lloyd Kawakami were some of the musi- cians that played there at the time. I got the bug; I really liked being around people that were enjoying
themselves.
Growing up, my father was an
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Nicole Monton
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engineer, and we came from aits family of engineers. In fact, two ofdis my siblings are engineers, one is
an architect and one majored in business. I felt that wasn’t for me. Working at the restaurant really made me want to open a bar/ restaurant.
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