According to lore, the now-defunct Lincoln Grill's most frequent customers were a gaggle of teenage football players from the Lincoln Wreckers Athletic Club located across the street in Hilo on the Big Island. The Lincoln Grill's menu contained typical Hawaiian diner fare — a mixture of American classics like burgers along with Asian and Polynesian-inspired dishes like fish and noodle soup and chicken or pork over rice.
Looking for something both cheap and filling, the teenagers requested a dish that blended American and Hawaiian culinary traditions. Instead of a bun, they wanted a bowl of white rice as a more substantial base for a burger patty covered with brown gravy. The Lincoln Grill owners decided to name the dish after the football player who originally ordered the dish, known to his teammates as "crazy," or "loco" in Portuguese, a language and culture that has also influenced Hawaii. The second part of the name, "Moco," is the Portuguese word for "boy."
So, the loco moco came from a fusion of European, Asian, and American cultures, with the help of a group of crazy local boys hankering for a filling meal to fuel football games and practices. It's now one of Hawaii's most beloved culinary traditions.
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