Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend in Honolulu: Oct. 9–15, 2025
Sip and shop in Waikīkī, level up your photography skills, taste sake, snack on new eats, geek out at a sneaker fest and more.
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La Birria Opens Its First Brick-and-Mortar Downtown Today
The food truck at Pearlridge brings birria tacos and ramen to its first storefront.
CEO Chat: Jenai Sullivan Wall Talks Give Aloha
As its fundraising campaign turns 25 this year, the Foodland chairman and CEO looks back on a legacy that all started with Foodland’s founder.
You Voted: Here’s Your Top 5 Saimin Spots on O‘ahu
Revisiting a classic reader poll in which only 5 votes separated your two favorite shops (you know who they are).
On View: 9 Crazy-Good New Art Exhibits to See in September
The O‘ahu art scene is popping off with a ton of great shows this month. Here’s where we’ll be heading.
Honolulu Pride: LGBTQIA+ Events in September 2024
Check out the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, see a local queer-centered play and marvel at The Aphrodisiacs’ cabaret show.
How Barrio Café Created Savory, Plant-Based Chorifu Tacos in Wahiawā
Inspired by vegan neighbors, Miriam Olivas spent a year creating plant-based tacos that taste like chorizo.
Sweet Treats: Where to Find Hawai‘i’s Only Snowthies
Milky Way Hawai‘i Ice’s mashups of Taiwanese-style snow ice and smoothies are worth hunting down on a hot day.
Read Your Way Through Hawaiian History Month
These enlightening books present Hawaiian history and culture from Kānaka Maoli perspectives.
The Hospitalitarian: Dusty Grable Is the 2024 Restaurateur of the Year
A Chinatown pioneer resurfaces with a new vision for Mānoa.
Empanadas, Grilled Octopus, Tender Iberico: Why El Cielo Is the Hale ‘Aina Best New Restaurant
HONOLULU editors’ pick for the top restaurant award of 2024 goes to a Spanish nook on Lewers Street.
Hale ‘Aina Voters Declare Cino the Best New Restaurant of 2024
Readers say Cino is molto bene. We agree.
