Beverly Gannon

[2][3][4] Her restaurants on Maui include Hali'imaile General Store, Joe's Bar & Grill, and Gannon's.

Beginning in 1973 she worked in the entertainment business as a road manager for Liza Minnelli and a personal assistant for Joey Heatherton.

[6] In 1980 she moved to Maui with her then-boyfriend Joe Gannon, a concert tour producer; they married a year later.

Bev Gannon resumed her catering business out of her home kitchen in Makawao, in Maui's Upcountry district.

In 1987 the Gannons acquired a lease on the Hali'imaile General Store in nearby Haliimaile and moved her business into the large, rundown 1925 building.