Low Store

Low Store Retired business on the Hamakua Coast. Founded in 1925. Visit Onomea Country Market&Cafe now open! ()

Low Store is now closed, so we are sharing about life on the Hamakua Coast in Pepeekeo! The Low Store building is now home to the wonderful Onomea Country Market and Cafe, find them on Instagram and Facebook!

🧠 Can we ask you a question?Is there any content you’d still like to see from Low Store? Share your thoughts in the comm...
09/14/2023

🧠 Can we ask you a question?

Is there any content you’d still like to see from Low Store? Share your thoughts in the comments or send us a message!

Is there anything specially that made you follow the Low Store page?

Some thoughts we’ve had:

💭Giving insights on local family business and what works well to run and market small business from our experience

💭How we balanced local and visitor customer bases to create a stable business

💭 Hawaii history around Pepeekeo

💭 IG lives to answer small biz operating and marketing questions (just sharing the tips and tricks we’ve learned along the way

💭 Poscasting with other small Hawaii businesses

💭 General community around small business (maybe a Facebook group?

💭 Advice on cat rescue (we’ve gotten real good at it LOL)

💭 Something we haven’t thought of

We love this community, and would love to be able to continue giving to it if it’s possible in any way, shape, or form.

Send us a message or comment below, let’s get talking

Mahalo ❤️🫶

Hawaii calendars now available from ! These are the same calendars that have historically been sold at Low Store, with ...
12/06/2022

Hawaii calendars now available from ! These are the same calendars that have historically been sold at Low Store, with photos from across the Big Island! 😍
How to order:
Message to order!
$20/caldendar + $5 shipping ✨

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you feeling most thankful for today?
11/24/2022

Happy Thanksgiving! What are you feeling most thankful for today?

A walk down to Onomea Bay. Generations ago our family used to fish in this bay, perhaps yours did too? Knowing our famil...
08/13/2022

A walk down to Onomea Bay. Generations ago our family used to fish in this bay, perhaps yours did too?

Knowing our family history and where we come from connects us to our communities and our island. Feeling thankful for the deep history of this coastline, and our connection to it all.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend friends!
•
•
•

Lazy sundays 😴
07/18/2022

Lazy sundays 😴

The realities of owning a restaurant / food business: sometimes you get a pallet of butter delivered to you when you ord...
07/13/2022

The realities of owning a restaurant / food business: sometimes you get a pallet of butter delivered to you when you order 1 box 😅

Things like this didn’t happen often, but they made for a good laugh when they did.

We got weekly Costco shipments which usually included 2 pallets of the usual restaurant and store supplies.

So imagine our shock when a third pallet, all butter boxes, rolled out one day 🧈

While the Instagram poll we posted at the time showed a strong lean towards keeping the butter tower, we decided to return it 😂

Friends who have worked in the food industry, has this happened to you?? What did you do?
•
•
•

Throwback photo of the Low Store building as Mento's gas station. Pepeekeo School sat right across in what is now Pepeek...
07/10/2022

Throwback photo of the Low Store building as Mento's gas station.

Pepeekeo School sat right across in what is now Pepeekeo Park. Do you have family or friends who went to Pepeekeo School?

Agnes Low, the first generation owner of the Low Store property was also a school teacher there!

The Hawaii Farm Trails headquarters, Onomea Country Market & Cafe, is now open in this historic building!

A favorite piece of the 4 Mile Scenic Route. When was the last time you drove it?
06/26/2022

A favorite piece of the 4 Mile Scenic Route. When was the last time you drove it?

The 4 Mile Scenic Route, there’s just a special feeling that comes with driving this back road. So much history along th...
06/15/2022

The 4 Mile Scenic Route, there’s just a special feeling that comes with driving this back road. So much history along the way 🌴🌴🌴

Raise your hand if you remember ice cakes!Gerry, the 2nd generation of the Low family (known as Aunty Gerry) used to mak...
06/03/2022

Raise your hand if you remember ice cakes!

Gerry, the 2nd generation of the Low family (known as Aunty Gerry) used to make these for the store. The recipe is simple and we wanted to share it!

You need some kind of shave ice syrup or fruit syrup flavoring (maybe Italian ice syrup) for this one 😊

Ingredients:
-Shave ice syrup or equivalent
-Water
-Lihing mui seed
-Little paper cups to freeze mixture

•Mix water and shave ice syrup to your liking (more syrup = stronger flavor) in a mixing glass

•Set out empty paper cups on a cookie sheet with wax paper or plastic wrap underneath (so cups don’t stick as they freeze)

•Drop in a lihing mui seed to bottom of paper cup

•Fill cups half way or 3/4 way up with the syrup mixture

Set on a flat surface in the freezer and freeze several hours or overnight.

Enjoy!

Remembering the family members, friends, and neighbors who gave their lives.
05/30/2022

Remembering the family members, friends, and neighbors who gave their lives.

Tell me your cat is mad at you for not sharing your lunch, without telling me. I’ll go first 😂This is an older photo, Pi...
05/29/2022

Tell me your cat is mad at you for not sharing your lunch, without telling me. I’ll go first 😂

This is an older photo, Pickles has lost weight since being diagnosed with feline diabetes. That definitely hasn’t stopped him for begging family and neighbors for food 😂

Address

28-1099 Old Mamalahoa Highway
Pepeekeo, HI
96783

Telephone

+18089641390

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Low Store posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category