E ver since Chris Cook first opened Kalihi Beer, formerly known as Broken Boundary Brewery, he’s always seen the business as a reflection of its neighborhood — a place of pride for the community.

“When I was talking to people in Kalihi and … asked them, what does Kalihi need? We were all thinking donations to churches, donations to schools, fundraising, and the answer that I got, universally, was pride. The people who grew up here and come out of here are proud of what they accomplished with their life.

“When you look at the businesses in Kalihi, you see these people who built it up with their own hands and had stuck with it. And that’s a work ethic I really identified with, and when I think of Kalihi, that’s what I think of.

“Not the challenges, not the problems, but the people who w

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