Originally aired on YPR’s Flavors Under the Big Sky
Juliano’s Restaurant will be closing at the end of this year. Executive Chef Carl Kurokawa and partners Dave McCurdy and Tim Keating are shuttering the iconic restaurant they opened in March of 1995. The establishment located in the hospital corridor in the stable building of the 1902 Austin North house, better known as “the Castle” will serve its last meal on December 23.
After Kurokawa completed his culinary training at Hawaii Community College in Hilo he worked at several places in Hawaii including the Kona Surf Hotel and the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. When a group of now friends arrived on the island to fish, Kurokawa made his first connection to Billings.