UYE @ Tango Market

This place is horrendous! Over priced coffee & 9.50 for a bagel. Okay it started with weak Americano… Then I had to ask for half & half @ 9:45 it took the girl @ least 8 minutes to get it ready! The bagel was very basic. Then the manager entered the room with some type of table cleaner that was the «power of pinesol» she was spraying that stuff over everybody including my bagel! Don’t waste your money! These peeps need a clue…

Well this is new. In the old Satura Cakes location Tango Market has set up shop. Largely using the same set up Satura used– the interior looks eerily similar. I am not really the café-​type, I am more of the real-​men-​eat-​at-​restaurants-​type and not the nibble-​on-​finger-​sandwiches-​drinking-​tea-​with-​my-​pinky-​extended-​type.
Luckily for me Tango Market caters to my type with BBQ Fridays where an official looking chef and assistant prepare a variety of barbequed foods in the open air (where it should be imo) and providing awesome outdoor seating. To further entice potential sit-​down-​types they proudly display a hefty steak knife on their place settings on the outdoor tables. Nothing screams red meat like a big ol’ steak knife. I’ll bite.
Met up with fellow Unilocalers for the UYE (unofficial Unilocal event, since its a recurring question) and had some good conversation. So the menu is posted outside and you choose between fall off the bone hoisin ribs, ny strip steak with herb butter, marinated shrimp skewers, or bbq chicken. Each entrée comes with corn bread, beans, dirty rice, and coleslaw, you can also add on corn on the cob and shrimp skewers for a price.
I got the NY Strip Steak which they cooked medium. It was a generous cut of about 8oz and was well cooked and seasoned. The coleslaw was especially good, it wasn’t soggy and the crunch really brought a nice texture to the meal. The cornbread was meh, nothing to rave about but being there provided balance to the wetness of the beans. Overall quite good. I would order this again, but those ribs were fantastic.
I got to try part of someone hoisin ribs and I must say, they were fall off the bone tender and very flavorful. You get a very helfy half rack (looks like the thick costco cut, not the starving pig cuts) for under $ 15. I think I will definitely try that next time.
I must say I am a fan of the laid back, kick your shoes off on a Friday vibe this place has. I much rather be relaxing after a long week of blahblahblahblah than sitting in a cramped restaurant with lots of noisy people. #appreciatethelittlethings.
Overall, good service, good food, good atmosphere.

Whoo hoo, BBQ! We had lots of fun hanging out. Thanks Russ M, for setting up this event! I would have never made it out to Tango without your recommendation, especially not on BBQ night. The food was so awesome that I’m already down for your next UYE. Unilocalers are some of the nicest people around and make it easy to make new friends. Who’s ready for tapas?
PS-​Thanks for the Unilocal swag, Emi! Now Unilocal will be the last thing on my mind before throwing back those tequila shots!

We loved it! Never having attended a BBQ @ the new TANGO Mkt we didn’t know what to expect?
OMGoodness, the bbq was really good and the price for high quality was fair and justified. If you can spend $ 7.00 for a Cheese Sandwich you can spend $ 6– more for a nice Steak, Rib or Shrimp dinner with nice sides.
We are returning soon. Fri nights @ 5p this one of our new hangouts. Yum! BYOB!

If Unilocal Honolulu were «The Godfather,» Russ M would certainly be Marlon Brando. When I first became a CM, Russ was one of the first Elites I met and had I known how much he would change my life I certainly would have paid better attention to him. But isn’t that the way life is? One minute you’re wearing reindeer antlers at a Unilocal Christmas party, out of the blue you meet Russ M and the next minute your boyfriend has gone crazy on Russ’ legendary homemade Mai Tais. Trust me, if you’re not a drinker, don’t even take a sip. They’ll ruin you and your girlfriend/​wife will want to strangle you. I call them «Relationship Killers.»
From an outsider’s viewpoint you might think he’s just a Mainlander with a hot wife. But in real life he’s the Unilocal Godfather because he dines out more than anyone I’ve ever met in my entire life. And he’s not eating on the cheap, he’s dining baller style at the best spots around town. I still don’t understand how he is not obese and being wheeled around on a rascal. So when Russ M tells you to eat something around town it is going to be pretty freakin’ good and usually a deal! That’s my favorite category of food!
For this UYE that Russ organized, we ate BBQ on a Friday night at the new Tango Market. It’s located where Satura Cakes used to be. For $ 10-​$ 13 you get to choose chicken, steak or shrimp with an assortment of yummy sides. I highly recommend the hoisin ribs and you can add a lemongrass shrimp skewer for $ 4.25. Very yummy and we’ll definitely be back again because it’s casual gourmet and my kids can run around outside on the lanai. Woot!
Thanks Godfather! I’ll remember next time to leave the gun and take the cannoli.