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Your Ultimate Guide to the Made in Hawai‘i Festival with 400 Local Vendors

Maria Kanai, Brie Thalmann,

Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping at the annual Honolulu event, now at Ala Moana Center, featuring a wonderland of clothes, jewelry, accessories and food.

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Best of HONOLULU 2022: The Best Shopping on O‘ahu

Stacey Makiya, Brie Thalmann, Photos by Aaron K. Yoshino,

These 21 winners deserve a spot on your must-buy list.

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Best of HONOLULU Family 2022

Catherine Toth Fox, Laura Dornbush,

The 94 family-friendly picks our editors and readers love.

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Best of HONOLULU 2022: The Best Food and Drinks on O‘ahu

Martha Cheng, Mari Taketa, Robbie Dingeman, Thomas Obungen, Maria Burke, James Nakamura, Photos by Aaron K. Yoshino,

Find 13 of our editors’ favorites, plus 36 winners and finalists voted on by readers.

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Best of HONOLULU 2022: The Best Fitness and Outdoor Fun on O‘ahu

Don Wallace, Robbie Dingeman, Diane Seo,

Grab your skates, clubs and rackets for these 20 ways to get out and play.

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Best of HONOLULU 2022: The Best Celebrations and Getaways on O‘ahu

HONOLULU Magazine Team,

Readers chose their top six places to treat themselves and loved ones.

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Best of HONOLULU 2022: The Best Services on O‘ahu

Diane Seo, Maria Burke, Don Wallace, Robbie Dingeman, Brie Thalmann,

Take a class, sing your heart out onstage or get your hair done at our 84 top picks chosen by readers and editors.

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Maria Burke, Martha Cheng, Robbie Dingeman, Laura Dornbush, Stacey Makiya, James Nakamura, Thomas Obungen, Diane Seo, Mari Taketa, Brie Thalmann, Catherine Toth Fox, Don Wallace, Photos by Aaron K. Yoshino,

From best Korean fried chicken to banh mi, the best way to get into pickleball to best beach blanket, we pulled together the top food, fitness, shopping, services and family-friendly picks.

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The History of Hawai‘i From Our Files: The Best of Honolulu in 1997

Christi Young,

Here’s a look back at March 1997.

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14 We Tried: The Most Pet-Friendly Bars and Restaurants on O‘ahu to Grab a Drink With Your Dog

Katie Kenny,

National Love Your Pet Day (Feb. 20) is the perfect excuse to drink outside with all the good boys and girls.

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Best of Honolulu 2021: The Best Food and Drinks on O‘ahu

Martha Cheng, Robbie Dingeman, Mari Taketa, Katrina Valcourt, Christi Young,

We asked our readers and searched the island for the best of everything—locally-made light beer to locally-grown açaí, sushi cake to soufflé pancakes, sherbet to taro doughnuts—all so you can live better in Honolulu.

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Best of Honolulu 2021: The Best Shopping on O‘ahu

Stacey Makiya, Mari Taketa, Don Wallace, Katrina Valcourt, Christi Young,

We asked our readers and searched the island for the best of everything—from locally designed house dresses and locally made hand sanitizers, gifts to art, jewelry to native plants—all so you can live better in Honolulu.

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Best of HONOLULU Family 2021

Christi Young,

From butterfly kits to a fun place for little speedsters, here are more than 70 winners selected by our editors and readers.

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Best of Honolulu 2021: The Best Fitness and Outdoor on O‘ahu

Robbie Dingeman, Katie Kenny, Katrina Valcourt, Don Wallace,

We asked our readers and searched the island for the best of everything—beach cleanups to land restoration, fishing equipment to surf shop, free gym to yoga studio—all so you can live better in Honolulu.

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Best of Honolulu 2021: The Best Services on O‘ahu

Katie Kenny, Katrina Valcourt, Don Wallace,

We asked our readers and searched the island for the best of everything—book club to cat café, day spa to barbershop, hardware store to car rental—all so you can live better in Honolulu.

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Best of Honolulu 2020

James Charisma, Martha Cheng, Cathy Cruz-George, Robbie Dingeman, Katie Kenny, Stacey Makiya, Jayna Omaye, Mari Taketa, Brie Thalmann, Katrina Valcourt, Christi Young,

We sought out the best of everything—from local sake to seafood boil, bank to barbershop—and expanded our list with a finalist in every category chosen by our readers.