Bummer on the restaurant - tough times for high(er) scale restaurants. My son ate there a couple years ago and had a good experience.
I was keeping away from this thread because I couldn’t watch the finale as we were traveling, but I got an unexpected spoiler 
! We recently were on the Big Island and celebrated my husband’s birthday at our favorite restaurant, CanoeHouse. We’ve eaten there a few times and always enjoyed the food. We noticed that the menu was a bit different than about a year ago. So instead of our regular corn ribs appetizer (which I tried to replicate at home and failed), which was not on the menu, we decided to try the radish salad. It was delicious! We then ordered our regular choices: grilled kanpachi and a side of mushrooms. The preparations were quite different than what we had before and absolutely outstanding! I asked the waiter if the restaurant had a new chef. Yes, he replied, she was hired a bit ago, but she only now started revamping the menu because she had a prior commitment to some cooking show. We asked if he could tell us the name of the show.. you guessed it, Top Chef! 
I can tell you folks that Rhoda creates amazing food. Yum. 
And the big plus now… my husband wants to watch the show!!! 
ETA: fish and mushrooms!
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