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Author: Tracy Chan
Order These Chinese New Year Foods Online for Drive-Thru Pickup
Chinatown 808 is offering combo packages of jai, gau, jin dui and more from local restaurants—but you’ll need to order by Jan. 22.
Sippin’ Santa’s Festive Tiki Drinks Will Put You in the Holiday Spirit
Tiki-aficionado Beachbum Berry’s pop-up bar at Prince Waikīkī is open daily to spread holiday cheer through New Year’s Eve.
Downtown Honolulu’s Best New Sunday Brunch Is a Hidden Surprise
Proof Social Club's Sunday brunch delivers rustic twists on French, Spanish and modern American favorites.
“Beyond Van Gogh” Just Upped the Game with Charcuterie and Starry Night Cocktails
In the Hawai‘i Convention Center lobby: three Van Gogh-themed cocktails plus fruits, cheese, charcuterie and live music on weekends.
Loco Mocos and Meatball Subs: Vegan City on Kapahulu Is All About Flavor Bomb Comfort Food
David Gorman makes vegan dishes even meat eaters can like.
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Fuel up and support local artists at these artsy coffee joints.
Forget the Buffet: Shor’s New AYCE Breakfast Is Brought to Your Table
The Hyatt Regency Waikīkī’s signature buffet has a reimagined format for 2021.
Ranking Our Favorite Flavors at Vons Chicken
Snow wings, honey butter, crispy fried shoyu: The Korean fried chicken wing chain has been taking O‘ahu by storm recently, for good reason.
Roll With It: This New Roaming Food Truck Is All About Smoked Meat
Smoke meat burgers, loco mocos and plates: Dem Mata’s menu has all the ways to eat the Mata family’s smoky specialty.
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So many tasty ways to ring in the Year of the Tiger.
Two New Pop-Ups Turned This Concert Venue Into a Vegan Hotspot
Get your plant-based fast-food fix and top it off with a pint of dairy-free ice cream at HB Social Club.
Muki Dogs redefines street meat with tasty vegan sausages
There's a tiny hot dog stand at the corner of Wai‘alae and Koko Head avenues in Kaimukī that serves one thing: flame-grilled hot dogs. But not just any hot dogs, vegan hot dogs. And they are flavor bombs with a following. An alternative…
Find Vegan Hot Dogs at a Tiny Cart in Kaimukī
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Your best guide to a Kakaako craft beer crawl
Kakaako is the center of Honolulu’s craft beer universe. With four establishments now offering solid selections and different drinking environments within a two-block radius, we put together this craft beer bar crawl – a pau hana plan that hits each…
Let’s go: Super CW’s Official Retirement / Birthday Party
There’s so much to say about this woman, I don’t even know where to start. Pow! Wow!, the Bacardi pool parties, her tireless support of Honolulu’s nightlife, arts and culture scene – these are all things that we know her…
Guide to Restaurant Week at International Market Place’s Grand Lanai
Sponsored Restaurant Week in Hawaii has become known as an opportunity to try fabulous eats at bargain prices, with off-menu items, specials and extras available for only one week, it’s a frenzy to secure some reservations. This year at International…
The parade of costumes at Hallowbaloo 2016
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Insider’s guide to Hallowbaloo
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Parties, eats, movies, music: 10 picks for Halloween
What are you doing this Halloween season? Whether it’s ghoulish eats, scary flicks or all kinds of Halloween parties, there’s plenty of happenings to keep your blood curdling. Here are 10 picks to get your ghoul on. HALLOWBALOO Saturday, Oct.…
New and upcoming eats in Chinatown
Chinatown has always been a kind of microcosm. A bustling ethnic marketplace during the day, it has long been known as THE place to go for nightlife in Honolulu. But the flavor of Chinatown has been changing, literally, thanks to…
Hawaii Zombie Crawl 6: Never Say Die
Each year before Halloween, the shambling hordes of the undead stumble the streets of Chinatown, looking for music, booze and braaaaaiiinnnnsss! One wristband gave the zombies access to exclusive drink specials, live music and festivities at all 13 participating venues:…
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival 2016: The wine
This year’s Hawaii Food & Wine Festival has some spectacular once-in-a-lifetime events for wine connoisseurs. Thanks to the generous donation from a private wine collector’s widow and the talents of master sommelier Roberto Viernes of Southern Wine and Spirits, there…
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