Inferno's Wood-Fire Pizza, from a tent in a Kalihi parking lot
Two young guys turned their passion for pizza into the most casual eatery you've encountered. Excellent pizza at good prices under a tent in a parking lot.
Author: John Heckathorn
Q+A with Food Feuds' Michael Symon, Cooking on the Big Island, Jan. 21-22
Iron Chef winner Michael Symon talked to us from his home base in Cleveland about his upcoming James Beard Celebrity Chef dinner, Mauna Lani Hotel & Bungalows, Jan. 22.
Waialua Hot Chocolate, Blue Hawaii Lifestyle, Ala Moana Center and downtown Honolulu
Here's an antidote to chill in the air: local hot chocolate with a kick of spice at Blue Hawaii Lifestyle.
Morimoto Waikiki: Good, but hardly "the ultimate culinary experience"
Iron Chef Masaharu Matsumoto's new restaurant in Waikiki Edition hotel promises "the ultimate culinary experience." It doesn't deliver on that exalted promise.
First Taste: La Tour Café, Honolulu
From the folks who brought you Ba-Le in Hawaii, comes a new French-accented café where the food's casual, fun, yet seriously good. Opening 1/11/11 in Honolulu, in the renovated Weyerhaeuser warehouse on Nimitz.
Disney Hawaii Aulani Resort Makes a Big Food Move, Hires Top-End Chef
The new Disney Aulani Resort in Hawaii has hired Patrick Callarec, a Ritz-Carlton star chef with two decades of Maui experience, to head up its food and beverage.
Cooking Class: Russell Siu at 3660 On the Rise, Jan. 20
At 3660 On the Rise, Russell Siu resumes his every other month cooking class on Jan. 20. Here's the menu, and it looks like a party to us.
Martin Wyss Returns to the Kahala! For anniversary dinner Jan. 22
Chef Martin Wyss, best known for his Swiss Inn, opened the Kahala Hilton in 1964. To celebrate its 47th anniversary, the Kahala Hotel and Resort, as it's now known, is bringing him back for a special dinner.
Afterthoughts: Weighty Reflections on the Digital Future
Books are wonderful. Until you have to move a whole lot of them.
What Does It Take to Win a Hale Aina?
There are more than 5,000 eateries in the state. What does it take to stand out from the crowd and win a Hale Aina Award? Here are a few inside stories.
Thursday Steak Night at Vino Tapas and Wine Bar, Restaurant Row, $12
Vino in Restaurant Row is so happy with its new steak supplier--Vintage Natural Beef--that it's offering an 8-ounce NY Steak for $12. Thursdays, Jan. 6, 13 and 27.
Looking for Great Cocktails, Waikiki Edition
Looking for some great cocktails? Here's some of Waikiki's greatest concoctions. At Nobu Waikiki, Trump International and the Halekulani's Lewers Lounge.
Cooking for the President: Obama Dines at Alan Wong's
What's it like to cook for the President? Chef Alan Wong talks about last night's dinner for the Obamas.
First Taste: Il Lupino, Royal Hawaiian Center
Honolulu has a new Italian eatery, Il Lupino in the Royal Hawaiian Center. That's good news.
TV chefs headline Big Island gala Jan. 21-22
Food Network star Michael Symon and Bravo Top Chef Master Jonathan Waxman bring a benefit dinner to the Mauna Lani Resort on the Big Island, Jan. 21-22, 2011.
Ethel's: Kalihi's Greatest Hole-in-the-Wall
Ethel's Grill on Kalihi Street is hard to find, hard to park at, but the food is both unexpected and unexpectedly good.
Five new restaurants for Royal Hawaiian Center, Waikiki
Look for five new restaurants at the Royal Hawaiian Center. Two are in negotiation, two open in 2011 and one opens this month.
What It’s Really Like Cooking Behind the Counter at BLT Steak
If you can’t stand the heat … It’s cool and casual in the dining room of BLT Steak. In front of the kitchen’s 1,500-degree broiler? That’s another story.
Korean Restaurants in Hawaii
This was my month to get beyond the Korean plate lunch. Spicy chicken gizzards, anyone?
Side Street Inn’s Colin Nishida: All I Ever Wanted Was a Bar
How Colin Nishida, owner of Side Street Inn, became the hottest restaurateur in Honolulu.
Dining: Coasting Through Kohala's New Restaurants
Three new reasons to check out the Big Island’s dining scene: Beach Tree, Monettes and Village Burger.
Dining: In Search of Sake
Or, the curse of the Sake Column. (INSIDE: The Sake Shop, Natsunoya Tea House, Genius Lounge Sake Bar & Grill)
Dining: Eat, Memory
Sometimes the newer the restaurants are, the more familiar they seem.
Dining: Nobu Doesn't Panic, Goes Organic
A visit with Nobu Matsuhisa, and a considerable entourage, at Waianae’s Mao Farm.
Two Legends: Frank Fasi and Bob Dye
The city lost two influential figures in February with the passing of former Mayor Frank Fasi and his city managing director—and also author and historian—Bob Dye.
Act 51: Can It Save The Public Schools?
The legislature passed a bill “reinventing” the public schools. Now some of the town’s most powerful business executives are trying to make it work.
Dining: Upscale Asian
Dining review of E&O Trading Co., Shokudo and Shanghai Bistro
Editor's Page: A Real Education
A look at the executive heads running the schools, and the headlines surrounding the situation.
Editor's Page: Missing Vince
Remembering Vince Goto, a great handyman and a kind man.
Dining: Trumped
We try three—oops, make that two-and-a-half—new hotspots at the Trump International.
Dining: Two You’d Never Find
Thorough review of two very small restaurants in Honolulu, Green Door Cafe and Mitch's Sushi.
Editor's Page: Best, Best and More Best
John Heckathorn says to use Best of Honolulu as a sophisticated user’s guide to the city.
Our Town: Kamehameha V Post Office
The Kamehameha V Post Office, now in eggshell. Photo: Mae Ariola In 1979, the state renovated the Kamehameha V Post Office on the corner of Merchant and Bethel. In April of that year, this magazine complained that after two…
Japan. No problem.
Sunday on Takeshita Street in Harajuku, where thousands of Japanese teens come to buy their outfits. Photo: John Heckathorn It’s for the rest of us for whom Japan seems very far away, the language difficult, the culture, customs,…
Q + A, Wesley Park
Questions and Answers with Wesley Park, Honolulu March 2005
Back from the Grave
Walter Kupau's lawyer, Lori Aquino, writes a new novel, The Ghost of Walter Kupau.
Recommended
BOOK Having lived in Afghanistan, James E.T. Moncur, director of the University of Hawaii Water Resources Research Center & Environmental Center, recommends The Bookseller of Kabul, by Asne Seierstad. “After the Taliban fell, Seierstat lived for a year with…
Dining: East Side Story
Nori-Wrapped Striped Marlin, from BluWater Grill. Photo: kent s. hwang There I was at the bar in Brew Moon, sipping a glass of Locomocha Stout and talking to a townie about how the new Blu-Water Grill had gotten off…
Editor's Page: Making the Grade
Honolulu Magazine public school ranking inspires schools to improve. Aliamanu Middle, Aliiolani Elementary, Kalani High
Mob Invades Honolulu Docks
HBO throws a Sopranos bash in Honolulu in celebration of the premiere.
Dining: Two at the Top: Then and Now
Revisiting the classics.
Dining: Best Local Food
The tasty portion of our Best of Honolulu 2004 issue.
Editor's Page: Missing Donnelly
With Dave Donnelly gone, Honolulu seems like a less interesting town.
Recommended
Recommended media, March 2004
April Would Know
April Masini's dating love life
Dining: Feeding the Craze
Low-Carb Diets Are Changing How Restaurants Cook. A Review of Restaurants following the trend.
Editor's Page: Time Flies, Baby
Jayson Harper and Bella Grace, age 1 day and at least 15 1/2 years from getting her learner’s permit. As I write this column, we’re close to the print deadline for this issue. Usually, around deadline time, our art…
Dining: Gathering Places
Three new additions to Honolulu's dining scene focus on cozy, neighborhood-friendly experiences.
Dining: Taking Suggestions
This month, our restaurant critic let other people decide where he should eat.
Dining: Something to Eat on Kauai
At last, I have had a trio of good meals on the Garden Isle.
