Pizza, Perseverance, and the Aloha Spirit: Sale Pepe's Maui Journey
Resy sat down with Qiana and Michele Di Bari for a deep dive into the story behind Sale Pepe — from Michele's roots in Milan and the lessons learned at Brooklyn's legendary Franny's, to the 2023 Lahaina wildfire that destroyed everything they'd built, and the remarkable community-fueled comeback that made Sale Pepe the first restaurant on the island to rebuild and reopen. Writer Lizzie Takimoto traces a decade of dough craft, aloha spirit, and the kind of neighborhood hospitality that keeps people coming back — and that had the community raising $100,000 to make sure they did.
