{"id":323992,"date":"2020-06-01T06:06:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=323992"},"modified":"2020-06-01T06:06:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T20:06:14","slug":"one-of-saipans-finest-beach-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/one-of-saipans-finest-beach-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Saipan\u2019s finest beach bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_323994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323994\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oleai-pix-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oleai-pix-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill located along Beach Road in San Jose has been in business for 30 solid years. (BEA CABRERA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After waiting for two months, it is time to relax, enjoy a cold drink while watching the sun go down once again at Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill located in San Jose. They officially reopened last week after closing temporarily last March due to COVID-19 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill CEO Seiichi Kamegai said the two months they were out of business made them eager to serve customers again. \u201cWe missed everyone and our employees also missed our friendly customers who come to us whether to eat, drink, unwind, and be with family and friends\u2026Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill has been in business for 30 years and I took over in 2013\u2026it tells you how long its special relationship is with the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are back to what we are good in doing\u2014open seven days a week, serving a full menu, and we accept dine-in and take out orders\u2026 with this, we expect to see our regular customers once again,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Oleai Beach Bar and Grill is located by the Saipan lagoon and is frequented by locals and tourists during lunch time and most especially during sunset up to dinner time. \u201cOur loyal customers love the atmosphere that we have in the restaurant\u2026.It is easy going and gives out a feel that everyone is welcome every time,\u201d Kamegai said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_323993\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323993\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oleai-pix-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Oleai-pix-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-323993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paired with a cold drink or rice, Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill\u2019s chicken sisig never fails. (BEA CABRERA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill\u2019s menu includes a wide range of dishes from American, Chamorro, Japanese, Filipino, Italian, and Mexican cuisine. \u201cOur steak and hamburger dishes are the bestsellers because of their unique taste, delicious sides, and affordable prices,\u201d Kamagai added.<\/p>\n<p>Although the economy is not yet 100% running and back to normal, places like Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill that is back in operation, compliant with social distancing and health and safety protocols make us remember what used to be prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Oleai Beach Bar &amp; Grill is open Monday to Sunday with business hours 11am-2pm for lunch and 5pm-9pm for happy hour and dinner. For more information, call (670) 234-0228 or go their FaceBook page: oleaibeachbar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After waiting for two months, it is time to relax, enjoy a cold drink while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":323994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-323992","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\/323992","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=323992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}