Filipino bakery at 40 is a Maui, Hawaii institution

Four Sisters Bakery storefront and bakery’s banana bread.

A beloved Filipino-owned bakery in Maui, Hawaii is marking its 40th year of serving oven goodies.

Stanley and Rufina Magbual, immigrants from the Philippines, opened Four Sisters Bakery in downtown Wailuku in 1983.

Stanley, who was a baker in the Philippines, started out by selling pandesal from a bus stop and door-to-door.

The couple raised 12 children by making breads and pastries from the small business, according to a feature article by Hawaii News Now’s Annalisa Burgos.

The four sisters the bakery is named after are  Elizabeth, Mila, Melen and Bobby.

The Magbual’s son, Arnold, and his wife, Marjorie, took over the business some 20 years ago.

Arnold, a graduate of the Maui Culinary Academy, continued to make his father’s classic pandesal and ensaymada, and added local specialties like manapua, malasadas, cinnamon rolls. Spanish rolls and banana bread for a wider customer base.

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From the bakery’s success, Arnold and Marjorie been able to send two children to prestigious colleges, such as Stanford University.

Aside from Filipino staples like pandesal and ensaymada, Four Sisters Bakery also makes local treats like malasadas (in photo). FACEBOOK

The bakery is most famous for its melt-in-your-mouth butter rolls, selling as many as 200 boxes of a dozen each morning.

Magbual told HNN’s Burgos that sales really boomed during the pandemic, and they’re now selling three times more than they did pre-COVID.

Four Sisters also hosts fundraisers throughout the year for the community, including its popular Thanksgiving drive.

The bakery is located at 1968 E. Vineyard St, in downtown Wailuku and open weekdays 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturdays 6:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sundays 6:30 a.m.-9 a.m.

Call (808) 244-9333 for more information. Catering is also available. To order, call (808) 205-7981.