Captain Cook (town)

The town's name is contested. For some it commemorates the moment of sustained Western contact; for many Native Hawaiians the naming after the Western explorer killed at the bay below — instead of a Hawaiian place name — reads as colonial. The bay's actual Hawaiian name is Kealakekua, "the pathway of the god," and predates Cook by centuries. Use whichever name fits your context, and recognize that residents range across the spectrum on it. The Manago Hotel pork chops are the famous menu item but Manago is a working four-generation family business, not a tourist set piece — treat it accordingly.