Former Elks Club: Hawaiian Take-Out -- Williston, The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link to the Williston Herald here.

“We opened this past Monday,” said Leo Wong, co-owner with his brother-in-law, Mike Kim, of Hawaii Fire Grill, 408 1st Ave. East.

“I’ve always wanted to start a Hawaiian restaurant and just never had the opportunity. Then I saw the oil boom on the news, and I said, ‘You know what, now is as good a time as any.’ I called my brother-in-law because I knew he would probably want to do it, and he said, ‘I’m in.’ And here we are,” Wong said.

The restaurant is located in the old Elks Club building where the maroon-colored awning covers the stairs across the street from the Old Armory, and orders can be placed by phone or text to 701-203-1008 or on the website, www.HawaiiFireGrill.com.

The brothers-in-law are from the same small town, Maunawili, Hawaii. Wong has been living in Sacramento, Calif. for the past ten years. Kim flew to California from Hawaii, and they drove to North Dakota a couple weeks ago.

Incredible.