Frolic’s Top 10 Most Popular Posts of 2025
Readers loved new grocery stores, foodie news and a good burger—and came out with a surprise No. 1.
Photo: Courtesy of ABC Stores
No. 10: Thanksgiving Menus at Restaurants Around O‘ahu
Published Oct. 28, 2025
Six years after we launched our first pandemic-era roundups to help beleaguered restaurants, they’re still a popular go-to for thousands of readers.
Photo: Andrea Lee
No. 9: Korean Convenience Store CU Hawai‘i Opens Downtown Next Week—Here’s What You’ll Find
Published Nov. 7, 2025
Proof that South Korea’s K-wave is still surging into Hawai‘i, and hungry Downtowners are all about it.
Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino
No. 8: After 12 Years in Chinatown, The Pig & the Lady Is Closing to Move to Kaimukī
Published July 2, 2025
One of Hawai‘i’s most popular restaurants redefined its stretch of Chinatown. So what would Pig 2.0 do in Kaimukī?
Photo: Christi Young
No. 7: Hawai‘i Comfort Food: Portuguese Bean Soup Recipe
Republished April 12, 2024
If you’re surprised that this recipe post, originally published in 2021, consistently popped up in the Top 10 all year, so are we.
Photo: Thomas Obungen
No. 6: All Our Favorite Fried Chicken in Honolulu
Published July 24, 2025
Apparently, readers love fried chicken more than pizza, sandwiches and other comfort foods we spotlighted this year. Biggest surprise: Favorite Fried Chicken drew more readers than Favorite Poke.
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Photo: Melissa Chang
No. 5: All Our Favorite Burgers in Honolulu
Published May 28, 2025
And Favorite Burgers topped even fried chicken.
Photo: Martha Cheng
No. 4: My 6 Favorite Bakeries on O‘ahu
Published April 22, 2025
No wondering here. Nothing feels more like a hug than a warm, sweet roll.
Photo: Andrea Lee
No. 3: 8 Things You’ll Only Find at Don Don Donki in Kapolei
Published June 10, 2025
Was it because it’s fun to say Don Don Donki? (It really is.) Andrea Lee scoured the latest from the Japanese mega-chain for this first look.
Photo: Thomas Obungen
No. 2: New & Coming Restaurants on O‘ahu
Last updated Aug. 6, 2025
This snapshot of our evolving dining scene ranks up there every year. Stay tuned for a new installment next week—it’s our tradition to open the year with a look ahead.
Photo: Thomas Obungen
No. 1: My 15 Favorite Restaurants Off the Strip in Las Vegas
Last updated May 16, 2025
Wrapped in all the feels of meals with a mom and dad who moved to the Ninth Island, Thomas Obungen’s roundup, originally published in 2023, hints not only at locals’ love for LV, but that more and more of us are heading there to visit or to live.
