Stillwell's Bakery & Cafe

Stillwell's Bakery sits at 1740 Ka'ahumanu Ave in Wailuku, in the heart of the old county seat, where it has been baking since 1994. The case runs cream horns, breads, fruit pastries, and a lunch line that locals use as a daily counter. Cream horns are the headline, flaky shells with a chocolate dip and powdered sugar, and the boxes regularly leave Maui as gifts on the plane. Breakfast opens at 6:30, sandwiches and the Chinese chicken salad come out at lunch, and the cafe stays open until 8. You will see county workers, retirees on a long morning, families on a Saturday loop, and the occasional visitor who heard about the cream horns and made the detour from Kahului. The room is unpretentious and steady, the way thirty-year bakeries are. Order a cream horn and a coffee if you came for the canon. Order the Chinese chicken salad if you are staying through lunch.