Features Carmageddon On the cover: Honolulu’s traffic is second-worst in the nation. Is it ever going to get any better? Photo: Aaron Yoshino Honolulu traffic is the second-worst in the nation. How did it get this bad? And is there…
Features State of the Arts ON THE COVER: You know what they say about building on sand. Graphic artist Matthew Tapia created our “Best of Honolulu” logo, and photographer Aaron Yoshino captured the impact of waves on words. Further styling by…
Features ON THE COVER: The lunch grilled catch at livestock tavern, one of the best new dishes in town. photo: Steve czerniak Summer Reads Summertime seems the right time to plunge into a stack of books, whether we’re lying on…
HONOLULU Magazine scored big at this year’s Pa‘i Awards, given by the Hawaii Publishers Association.
Features ON THE COVER: Honolulu's a crowded place—and an expensive place. who owns all this? photo: cameron brooks 808 ON WHEELS These days, it seems like just about any service you can think of is mobile. Meet a few people…
Features On the Cover: “Grading the Public Schools” illustration: Boyoun Kim Homeless in Honolulu The Aloha State now has the highest number of homeless per capita in the nation. What are we doing to help the individuals and families living…
On the cover: You want it? A general store probably has it. Check out the full feature on page 54 in the magazine. Photos: Steve Czerniak Features Spring Fashion: Hello Dolly Get dolled up in spring’s hottest trends: bold stripes,…
On the Cover: Primal offering porchetta dinner served family-style at Hale ‘Aina Award-winning The Pig and the Lady restaurant. Photo: Steve Czerniak Features The Sour Poi Awards Celebrating the best of the worst of 2014—the strange, the stupid and…
What’s inside the December 2014 issue of HONOLULU Magazine.
On the Cover Promotional image courtesy of the Dole Pineapple Archives at the Hawaiian Collection at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Library. Custom lettering by Matthew Tapia. Features Cannery Tales For years, working at the pineapple cannery was…
Features On The Cover: Koko Head Café chef Lee Anne Wong gets a nuzzle from a Shinsato Farm piglet. Read more about her in the Restaurant Guide. Photo by Mark Arbeit. Styling by Cathy Chun. Photo retouching by Michael Brittain.…
Table of contents from HONOLULU Magazine's August 2014 issue.
Reader feedback for Honolulu Magazine.
Changes in our behind-the-scenes team.
Best of Honolulu Once again, we asked for your help finding the tastiest food, the chic-est shopping, the hottest entertainment, the most helpful services, and everything from the yummiest pancakes to the best jewelry repair. Here are the top reader…
SPJ Award-winning stories covered everything from UH football to same-sex marriage.
HONOLULU took home honors for stories on topics ranging from the International Marketplace to the Special Session on Same-Sex Marriage.
Off The Charts We asked some of Hawaii’s top doctors for their most amazing tales. We got stories that include surgery sans anesthesia, a mysterious malady that only affects malihini surfers and a doctor who raised the alarm on a…
On the cover: We graded Hawaii’s public schools using official Department of Education data. Photo by David Croxford. Lettering by Elizabeth Baddeley. Features Reinventing Round Top The management of Puu Ualakaa State Wayside is changing hands. Here’s what it…
On the cover: There’s a bunch of new developments coming to Honolulu. Photo: Courtesy Howard Hughes Corp. Features Play Ball! An insider looks back to the early days of pro baseball and the Hawaii Islanders. by jim loomis Boomtown…
Sticking with what you believe in.
Stewed beef wonton noodles from Rainbow Tea Stop—only $5.75! Find more super cheap eats in this month's cover story. Photo: Steve Czerniak Features The Painful Path to Same-Sex Marriage in Hawaii A first-person account of the saga. by curt sanburn…
On the cover: Solar power is hot. Find out what that means for HECO on page 36. Photo: David Croxford Features Why I Left Hawaii Another promising Honolulu artist moved to Portland, Ore. What gives? dana paresa, as told to…
Alan Wong and Roy Yamaguchi, the winningest chefs of the Hale Aina Awards. PHoto: Adam Jung Features The Worst Neighbor on the Block Eccentric billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto ends his dramatic reign over Kahala Avenue. by david thompson The…
