He said the oven was built in 1990 after a Portuguese oven that had been at the Kahului Fairgrounds collapsed ... who had helped build the stone oven at the old fairgrounds, had the blueprint ...

After being used to bake Portuguese bread for nearly 60 years, previously at the old Kahului Fairgrounds, the oven is being put out of commission by a federal mandate at its Hale Mahaolu Akahi ...