Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Sept. 25–Oct. 1, 2025
Bike around the island, dance at a Hindu celebration, spend a fun-filled day at camp, watch a floral parade and more.
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New restaurant: Kimukatsu
Specializing in katsu with 25 layers of thinly sliced pork.
Italian charsiu at Mix Cafe
A beet, sausage, gorgonzola and apple sandwich that tastes like Italian charsiu
Scotch: The Grand Scotch tour, a quick and dirty guide, Scotch cocktails
Get ready for the Grand Scotch tour at the Willows with a primer. Not ready to go all in? Ease into Scotch with some cocktails.
Restaurants just opened / opening soon
Kimukatsu, Adega Portuguesa, The Whole Ox Deli, Real A Gastropub
Where to eat for St. Patrick's Day
Murphy's celebrates it's 25th St. Patrick's day party this year. Less boisterous options include SALT and Side Street.
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.
