Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Sept. 18–24, 2025
Celebrate all things banana, picnic in style, watch a rubber duckie race, see a deliciously fun opera and more.
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New: Queen's Surf Cafe and Lanai
This newly reopened beach concession stand offers lovely, casual, oceanfront dining, with plates around $10.
New: Dash Gastropub
Billed as "upscale drinks and food at bar prices," Dash serves twists on comfort food.
Afterthoughts: Quonset Cool
Curved, corrugated, casual—Hawaii’s kamaboko houses are prefab-ulous.
No Ka Oi IPA: Rogue's private label beer for Hawaii Whole Foods
Troy Terorotua, beer specialist at Whole Foods Kahala, approached Rogue to create a beer for the Hawaii market.
Cafe Julia opening in downtown YWCA
Partners in the new venture include Lance Kosaka, former executive chef of Alan Wong's Pineapple Room.
Na Puka Kula: Hawaiian Immersion Graduates
Some of the first graduates of the Hawaiian immersion schools have been out on their own in the adult world for a few years now. We caught up with four of them for their reflections on the schools, the language and their futures.
Duck soup and oxtail soup at Ken Fong restaurant
Satisfying, warming bowls at this downtown Chinese restaurant.
Unsolicited Radio Advice for KPOI
KPOI, would it kill you to hire some DJs?
March food and dining events: cheese, chocolate, wine, food and feng shui
A chocolate pau hana, farmers series dinner, pop-up cheese shop.
Ethiopian pop-up restaurant in Honolulu
Addis Ababa Hawaii returns, now serving Ethiopian food at Lemongrass Cafe.
Honolulu Academy of Arts Reborn with New Name
Born Again: A merged Honolulu Academy of Arts sheds its maiden name.
