Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best for Families on O‘ahu
The 5 editorial and reader picks for the best for you and your ʻohana.
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These 3 Family-Owned Eateries Are Bringing Local Favorites to Wider Audiences
While keeping the “small island feel.”
Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best Services on O‘ahu
The 47 editorial and reader picks for the places in Honolulu that make our lives just a bit easier.
Flights of Fancy: The Best Way To Find Out What Kind of Alcohol You Prefer Is To Try Everything
At these Hale ‘Aina winning restaurants and bars, you can choose your own drinking adventure or go with the pros.
Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best of Fitness and Outdoor on O‘ahu
The 9 editorial and reader picks for the best ways to get out and active.
Back Story: Upheaval at the Hawaiian Humane Society
It’s been a tumultuous few years for the 135-year-old organization, stunned by the departure of 62 employees and the CEO’s resignation. With a new CEO in place, we look back at the issues that rocked leadership.
Best of Honolulu 2019: The Best Food and Drink on O‘ahu
45 editorial and reader picks for the tastiest food and beverage in town.
Raising the Steaks: Kunoa Cattle Delivers Local, Grass-Fed Beef to the O‘ahu Market
How the Hawai‘i cattle ranch began supplying O‘ahu’s supermarkets, restaurants and schools—something Hawai‘i ranchers have been trying to do for two decades.
10 Things You May Not Know About the Endangered Nēnē
Get to know our state bird with these fun facts and a timeline that tracks the endangered goose’s road to recovery.
Remembering Rap: A New Book Tells the Story of Hawai‘i Humorist Rap Reiplinger
The book shines a light on the man behind the laughs through untold stories of his success and struggles, as well as news that state officials reopened an investigation into his mysterious death.
Expanding Tastes: Roy Yamaguchi is Cooking for the Kailua Community at Goen Dining + Bar
It would be perfectly poetic to say that the local chef’s newest restaurant, Goen, which opened last fall, conjures the past just as Kailua’s developers are erasing it.
Expanding Tastes: Chinese Food in Hawai‘i Wasn’t the Same Without Chengdu Taste
This Sichuan mini-chain restaurant is back, bigger and bolder.
Expanding Tastes: What You Should Order at Rangoon Burmese Kitchen in Chinatown
Explore tribe dishes and other traditional tastes from Myanmar.
Blades of Glory: 6 Hawai‘i Chefs Tell the Stories Behind Their Favorite Knife
The knife is the most important, and often the most personal, tool for chefs.
How Hawai‘i’s Endangered ‘Alalā is Slowly Making a Comeback
Ongoing efforts to save Hawai‘i’s last remaining crow seem promising, but officials warn that it’s still a long road ahead.
Bad News for O‘ahu’s Nēnē Population: We’re Down to Zero
O‘ahu is the only major Hawaiian island with no wild nēnē.
Peaks and Valleys: The 20 Most and Least Expensive Houses and Condos on O‘ahu
We take a look at five of the most expensive homes and condominiums, as well as five of the least expensive, to see what makes a steal or a splurge.
First Look: TBD… Pop-Up Restaurant at the Diamond Head Edge of Waikīkī
Vikram Garg, formerly of the Halekūlani, returns to the public with a restaurant whose name is TBD… literally.
A Tiny Home Offered This Hawai‘i Family a Fresh Start After Kīlauea Erupted
After lava from Kīlauea last year destroyed their Kapoho home of 18 years, John and Nancy Theismann decided to downsize.
Amina Chau Runs the Only Restaurant in Honolulu Serving Halal Italian Food
Exploring restaurants by the Islamic community on O‘ahu means tasting flavors from Uzbekistan, Iran, Morocco and ... Italy.
Moroccan Spot, Casablanca, is One of the Longest-Running Restaurants in Kailua
And it has hardly changed in the 25 years it’s been open.
Bar Koko and Persian Restaurant on Pi‘ikoi Street is All About the Meat
As one of the oldest cuisines in existence, which spread as the Islamic Empire grew, Persian food can taste familiar even if you’ve never had it before.
Silk Road Café in Honolulu Is One of the Closest Places to Eat by ‘Iolani Palace
Uzbek food feels primal.
Small-Kine Homes: How 4 Local Families Make the Most of Little Spaces in Hawai‘i
Locally, making do with fewer square feet has long been a fact of life for Hawai‘i families.
