Honolulu Night Market guide: Summertime Blues

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Photo by Tracy Chan

Honolulu-Night-Market-Collateral-Design_August_Facebook-Wall-Photo_504x504 Summer lives on in Our Kakaako with Honolulu Night Market’s August 15 event, Summertime Blues. Save the date, because with all the music, fashion, bites and sips, this most languid of seasons doesn’t get any better.

And wait, there’s a pop-up. If you’re craving something special, six local beverage companies and Night Market food vendors are putting on a Summertime Sips pop-up. Grab your tickets here.

When: Saturday, August 15 from 6 to 11 p.m.
Where: 449 Cooke St.
Admission: Free
Parking: On-site and street parking; paid parking at Restaurant Row

The entertainment

7 p.m. Blues entertainment by Melodie Soul
8 p.m. Fashion show by Kira Hawaii

Photo by Lyle Amine

Photo by Lyle Amine

The shopping

Alive Movement
Alohilani Boutique (women’s swimwear)
Blithe Bikinis (women’s swimwear)
Culture Club (women’s apparel)
Ecolicious (eco-friendly apparel and accessories)
Florencia Arias (women’s apparel)

Photo by Lyle Amine

Photo by Lyle Amine

HVN Apparel (apparel)
Iratik Design (jewelry)
Izzy and Luke (children’s apparel)
Kinda Fancy (swimwear)
Moon Collective (apparel)
My Aloha Post (subscription boxes)
Oopsy Daze (children’s apparel)
Pure Joy Adornments (jewelry)
The Dandy Lion Boutique (apparel)
Waiala Designs

The food

Aloha Pops

alohapopsOn the menu: Signature ice and dessert popsicles with a local twist

Aunty Nees

Featured items: Pastele, metuda, roast chicken, and roast pork plates with gandule rice and bacalao salad

 

Beyond Burgers

beyond burgers
On the menu: Huge burgers, bacon-wrapped hot dogs and local favorites

 

 

Big and Beast

Big and BeastOn the menu: Philly cheesesteak sandwiches and Philly fries

 

Firehouse

Photo Courtesy Firehouse Food TruckOn the menu: Chamorro favorites, smoked rib plate

 

Flavors of the World

flavors of the worldOn the menu: Local favorites
 

Infernos Pizza

Infernos PizzaOn the menu: Wood-fired brick oven pizzas

 

Kuuipo’s

On the menu: Shrimp and crab pasta with malunggay pesto, fried furikake ahi, coconut mochi crunch shrimp, guava pineapple BBQ pork ribs

 

Lucy’s Lab Creamery

IMG_1063On the menu: Creative ice creams and desserts

 

Milk Tea

milkteaOn the menu: Milk teas and coffee drinks

 

 

Nalo Juice

Day-1Featured item: Locally sourced and made cold-pressed juices

 

 

Primo Popcorn

Primo PopcornFeatured Item: Frozen peach cobbler made with pie crust, flash-frozen peaches and cream ice cream, topped with flash-frozen white chocolate peach popcorn

 

Spin Grill

On the menu: Middle Eastern chicken and rice plate, hamburgers, cheeseburgers and Cuban sandwiches

 

Taste of Indonesia

Taste of IndonesiaOn the menu: Sate ayam, martabak manis, sausages, pork spring rolls, and potato snack crunch

 

Tea Girls

Photo Courtesy Tea Girls On the menu: Iced teas, lemonades and signature blends like vaifala (a coconut/pineapple blend) and vaikalo (a poi and condensed milk blend)