2020 Hale ‘Aina Award Winners: Pai Honolulu Wins Bronze for Hawai‘i’s Best Tasting Menu
Pai Honolulu’s takeout menu has a few meals that are not so hot. And that’s a very cool thing.
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World of Beer Brewed Here in Hawai‘i: Porters
Next up in our series on beer styles: Hearty, warming porters.
We Tried This: Horseback Riding at Kaua‘i’s Silver Falls Ranch
Inside a caldera, this 300-acre ranch offers tours of its dozen or so trails.
This Year Marks New Beginnings for MW Restaurant
Michelle Karr-Ueoka and Wade Ueoka prepare to reopen their restaurant in February 2021 across from the Blaisdell Center.
The History of Hawai‘i From Our Files: The Best of the Worst of 1991
A snippet of Hawai‘i in the 1990s, from our files.
2020 Hale ‘Aina Award Winners: Pai Honolulu Wins Bronze for Hawai‘i’s Best Tasting Menu
Pai Honolulu’s takeout menu has a few meals that are not so hot. And that’s a very cool thing.
Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: January 20–26, 2021
One hidden Italian restaurant and two popular attractions reopen, a special evening with an award-winning chef, a couple of charity events and an exclusive short story round out the end of a rainy week in Honolulu.
Happy Veganuary: Revisiting Tane Vegan Izakaya in Honolulu
A new risotto promoting a meatless January is excuse enough to reacquaint ourselves with Mō‘ili‘ili's plant-based izakaya.
What’s In Your Bowl? We Asked 3 Local Chefs for Their Secrets to a Perfect Poke Bowl
It was probably inevitable that poke bowls would branch off from poke’s evolving trajectory and become their own thing.
The 2021 Ola Pono Award Winners
Volunteers are a vital part of Hawai‘i’s nonprofits—every year, hundreds of thousands of them donate their time and talents to keep our communities moving forward.
We Pick Our Top 5 Lobster Rolls on O‘ahu
It was a difficult job, but we had to do it.
From the Magazine
We Tried This: Horseback Riding at Kaua‘i’s Silver Falls Ranch
Inside a caldera, this 300-acre ranch offers tours of its dozen or so trails.
Things to Do
2020 Hale ‘Aina Award Winners: Pai Honolulu Wins Bronze for Hawai‘i’s Best Tasting Menu
Pai Honolulu’s takeout menu has a few meals that are not so hot. And that’s a very cool thing.
Carnivores Have a Smashing Good Reason to Find this ‘Aiea Food Truck
Shay’s Smashburgers sells premium beef burgers and tacos in the back of a used car lot.
Find Fresh, Spicy, Hand-Pulled Noodle Bowls at These O‘ahu Farmers Markets
Youpo Noodles specializes in stretchy, bouncy biangbiang noodles from northwest China.
Long Reads
10 Places You Can’t Go in Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.
Hawai‘i is full of amazing places. Most of them you’re free to visit, but there are a few where you’re just not allowed. Here’s a peek into Hawai‘i’s coolest off-limits corners.
Hawai‘i Then and Now: Portraits of O‘ahu’s Past
Disappearing Diamond Head, a historic fire in Chinatown and mule-drawn trolleys. We look back ... and forward at Honolulu.
Disappearing Diamond Head, a historic fire in Chinatown and mule-drawn trolleys. We look back ... and forward at Honolulu.
Sour Poi Awards
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2007—from the strange to the stupid to the scandalous.
Celebrating the best of the worst of 2007—from the strange to the stupid to the scandalous.
Divided Over TMT: We Take a Look at Where Things Stand and How We Got Here
With tensions running high and a weeks-long standoff now stretching into its third month, no one seems to be able to predict what will happen next on Maunakea. Will the state or the protectors back down? Or will the Thirty Meter Telescope bow out? We take a look at where things stand and how we got here.
With tensions running high and a weeks-long standoff now stretching into its third month, no one seems to be able to predict what will happen next on Maunakea. Will the state or the protectors back down? Or will the Thirty Meter Telescope bow out? We take a look at where things stand and how we got here.
Virtual Wellness Series “Life Interrupted”
Life Interrupted: A Free Virtual Series on Mental Wellness
Each week HONOLULU and a panel of experts will tackle a new topic and share ways to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honolulu Experts Offer Tips and Tales From Their Own Lives for Dealing with Togetherness and Tough Issues in “Life Interrupted: Home”
The final session in our free talk-story webinar explores ways we can improve our home well-being while helping to shape a healthier community for all.
HONOLULU’s “Life Interrupted” Webinar Series Concludes This Week Talking About Maintaining a Healthy Home Environment During This Anxious and Surreal Time
Join us this Thursday, June 25, at 1 p.m. for a free virtual talk-story session on getting by and moving forward and ask the experts your questions.
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2021 Private School Guide
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Congratulations to this year’s Hale ‘Aina Award winners announced on Sept. 14, 2020.
We delve deep into underground passages, secret societies and mysteries to bring you the best secrets the city has to offer.
For all those thrifty rich locals living their best lives in Hawai‘i.
In honor of Shark Week, here are 16 facts you may not know about sharks in Hawaii.
Waikīkī is much more than a tourist destination and faces the same challenges of other urban neighborhoods on O‘ahu. It has public schools, family-run restaurants, places people call home. Here are their stories.
