{"id":313790,"date":"2019-12-11T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=313790"},"modified":"2019-12-11T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T20:00:18","slug":"a-combination-of-the-old-and-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-combination-of-the-old-and-new\/","title":{"rendered":"A combination of the old and new"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-313790 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-combination-of-the-old-and-new\/kevin-pix-1\/'>Kevin-pix-1<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-313791'>\n\t\t\t\tAccessibility is key for Kevin\u2019s Cafe and Catering located at the ground floor of Gold Beach Hotel along Beach Road. (Bea Cabrera)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-combination-of-the-old-and-new\/kevin-pix-2\/'>Kevin-pix-2<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-313792'>\n\t\t\t\tFrom left, Kevin\u2019s Cafe and Catering team is composed of cook Nila, president Jennifer Etayda, cook and owner Mike Etyada, cook Cha and cook Rosemarie Santos (not in photo). (Bea Cabrera)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/a-combination-of-the-old-and-new\/kevin-pix-3\/'>Kevin-pix-3<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-313793'>\n\t\t\t\tKevin\u2019s Cafe and Catering is for the busy people who love good food. They serve Filipino, Chamorro, Chinese, and soon Thai dishes. (Bea Cabrera)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Kevin\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Catering celebrated their grand opening last Sunday joining the growing number of restaurants on island. <\/p>\n<p>What makes them stand out, however, is that they are able to bring back old favorites in its location at the ground floor of Gold Beach Hotel on Beach Road.<\/p>\n<p>According to president Jennifer Etayda, they serve a mix of Filipino and Chamorro food. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur cooks, including my husband Mike who was a chef at Pacific Islands Club Saipan years ago, have vast experience working in hotels so they manage to cook a variety of dishes\u2026 we are open for breakfast until dinner so the community can expect good food at any time of the day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter many years of  living on Saipan, we know how people love empanadas, donuts, and chicken kelaguen of the former Kevin\u2019s Supermarket in Chalan Kanoa and so we made it them available here\u2014same taste, quality, and price,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Catering is a no-frills restaurant as they consider the restaurant a fastfood joint. \u201cWe know people are busy and when it is time to eat, we know that they want the food that they are familiar with and that is also one of the reasons why we have the empanadas, donuts, and kelguens available during breakfast,\u201d Etayda said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor lunch, we offer two choices of viands with rice for only $6 and for one choice, $4. Our empanadas and donuts go for $1 each and the chicken kelaguen goes for $2.50. By dinner time, we offer ala carte menu and every Sunday, we have lunch buffet for only $9.99 where we serve Filipino, Chamorro, Chinese food, and soon Thai dishes,\u201d Etayde added.<\/p>\n<p>Etayda said that the interior d\u00e9cor of the caf\u00e9 speaks to people who love color and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur children gave us the idea that this place should make people feel that it is \u2018okay to hang out and talk with friends or for people to do some work with their laptops. The caf\u00e9 is spacious and our walls speak of an urban New York- style caf\u00e9.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have coffee, milkshakes in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and cookies and cream flavors. They can partner their drinks with our cheeseburger, nachos and our specialty\u2014chili cheese fries. Our WiFi is strong and available to our customers,\u201d Etayda added.<\/p>\n<p>As added service, Kevin\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Restaurant does food deliveries, pickups not only available to guests of Gold Beach Hotel but for the public. They also do catering that is affordable and for any occasion.<\/p>\n<p>Etayda and her husband are longtime business people on island. They also provide manpower services to various businesses on island and this caf\u00e9 is their new baby. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople ask me why put up a restaurant and I tell them of our experience handling a snack bar in our former video store business. It was small but it gave us an idea how to handle food and customers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince we are in the business of manpower, we know how people need jobs to make a living and this is an opportunity for them to have a full-time job\u2026 this our way of sharing our blessings to the community and we invite them to stop by for their destination of taste,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and reservations, call (670) 788-0812 or (670) 287-5754 or go to  their Facebook page: Kevin\u2019 s Caf\u00e9 and Catering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin\u2019s Caf\u00e9 and Catering celebrated their grand opening last Sunday joining the growing number of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":310967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}