Find Mooncakes for the Oct. 1 Mid-Autumn Moon Festival at These Shops in Honolulu
Newer options include strawberry, Okinawan sweet potato and pork floss—or stick with the traditional.
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The 4 Best Places To Eat Outside in Downtown Honolulu and Chinatown Right Now
When one door shuts, the outdoors open. Here are some of our favorite restaurants on O‘ahu for dining alfresco.
Buy Frozen Meat to Go at These Honolulu Restaurants
Restaurants such as Pagoda and 53 By the Sea pivot to food markets, offering not only prepared meals, but also ingredients to pick up for at-home cooking.
Honolulu Restaurants Offering Curbside and Delivery Service
Our updated list of restaurants now offering curbside and delivery services during the coronavirus shutdown.
These Honolulu Restaurants are Offering Liquor Bottles with Your Takeout
Upgrade your home bar and support a local restaurant with your own DIY cocktail kits and rare whiskeys.
Coronavirus Alert: These Honolulu Breweries Need Your Help Now
Need a good beer to get through all the bad news? Add growlers to your pantry and support local brewers facing draft brews with a shelf life.
Faria, a Portuguese Pop-Up, Makes Us Wonder: Why Aren’t There Any Portuguese Restaurants in Hawai‘i?
The new pop-up, by the chefs and partners in Hukilau restaurant, goes beyond bean soup and malassadas.
Hale ‘Aina Happenings: Here’s What’s New with Hawai‘i Restaurants in February 2020
A new late-night happy hour, the place to be for brunch in early March and your last chance to raise a toast to a favorite bar and speakeasy.
6 Chinese Bakeries in Honolulu to Celebrate the Year of the Rat During Chinese New Year
From newer spots to institutions, here’s where to pick up treats—steamed, baked and candied—for the new year and beyond.
Going Out for the Outgoing: An Extrovert’s Guide to Dining Solo in Honolulu
Dining alone doesn’t have to mean eating alone.
10 Places to Dine Out for Christmas Brunch, Lunch and Dinner on O‘ahu
Let someone else do the cooking on Dec. 25.
13 Reasons Why You Should Go to Restaurant Week Hawai‘i This Year
Our picks of this foodie event’s special menus for every kind of eater.
5 Restaurants, Bars and Breweries for Football Sunday Brunch in Honolulu
Thanks to early kickoff times, Sunday now means new breakfast and brew options.
October Food News Update: 5 Restaurant Openings and 4 That Closed on O‘ahu
A monthly update of new arrivals, including a street taco spot and a way to get those fish patty musubi in town.
6 Zero-Proof Cocktails to Try in Honolulu When You’re Living That Alcohol-Free Life
Mocktails that might make your meal.
Taste Test: I Ate Every Dish on the Menu at Rangoon Burmese Kitchen
Three weeks. Seven visits. One mission: Try all 74 dishes on the menu. Here’s your cheat sheet.
September Food News Update: 11 Restaurant Openings and 2 That Closed on O‘ahu
A monthly update of new arrivals, including a restaurant in a $5,000/night hotel and 10 other places.
We Tried the Entire Menu at The Daley in One Sitting
The new smash-burger joint downtown does one thing and does it well.
Hale ‘Aina Happenings: Here’s What’s New With Hawai‘i Restaurants in August 2019
A new half-off happy hour, a giant bento just in time for football season, plus a way to try nine Hale ‘Aina-winning restaurants in just one spot.
What We Want to Eat at the 2019 Made in Hawai‘i Festival on August 16-18
We went through the full program of food vendors to make our must-have and must-try list of 17 local delectables.
A Meat Eater’s Guide to Vegetarian Burgers in Hawai‘i
5 veggie patties from O‘ahu restaurants.
Irifune Serves Budget-Friendly Bentos in a New Location
We answer the big question, is the karaage chicken still the same?
Treat Your Mom With These 16 Special Mother’s Day Menus
Here are the special restaurant menus on O‘ahu being planned to treat the moms in your life for Mother’s Day 2019.
Small Bite: Asato Family Shop Grand Opening Sunday, Feb. 17
With no limit on pints of the new lemon peel gummy bear sherbet and other favorites, we expect a frozen free-for-all.
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Need something to read—or hand to someone who does? Here’s HONOLULU’s first-ever list of the most iconic, trenchant and irresistible Island books, as voted by a panel of literary community luminaries.
Fruits are part of our history and culture, a way for us to feel connected to our community. And, if you’ve ever had a ripe mango or sweet tangerine, you know there’s nothing else like it.
After Jayson Harper graduated from Kaiser High School, he was eager to make his mark in New York. But soon, an encounter with police taught him instead to be invisible.
The number of coronavirus cases in Hawai‘i just surpassed 4,000, with more than 2,000 of those cases recorded in the past two weeks.
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.