Best of Honolulu 2020: The Best Services on O‘ahu
The 99 editorial and reader picks for the places and businesses in Honolulu that make our lives just a bit easier.
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August 2020: Table of Contents
Lē‘ahi. Photo: Getty Images. Photo composite: James Nakamura Features Rethinking Hawai‘i The pandemic shutdown devastated our economy but also abruptly reduced our trash consumption and energy use, reignited the fervor for local agriculture and revitalized areas suddenly uncluttered by…
Get Shave Ice for Only One Dollar This Month at Waiola on O‘ahu
Waiola Shave Ice is saying mahalo to customers with a special deal on weekdays through July.
Ready or Natto: Enjoy Dishes Starring Japan’s Fermented Soybeans on July 10
(Sponsored) Celebrate Natto Day, July 10, with special natto-themed takeout dishes from six local restaurants.
Waiola's doing $1 mahalo shave ice this month
I have a confession: I had never been to Waiola Shave Ice before this month. I know, revoke my local card now, but as someone who lives on the leeward side of Oahu, I never found a reason to make the…
We ate out at restaurants and here's what it was like
The view from 7 restaurants on the first weekend of dining in again.
June/July 2020: Table of Contents
The June/July issue of HONOLULU Magazine will be available in late June, on newsstands or at shop.honolulumagazine.com. Subscribe to the print and digital editions now. Marie Hathaway, paramedic supervisor at Metro One EMS, transported one…
What $10 Gets You: Downtown Honolulu
Downtown has tons of affordable lunch options if you know where to go.
Our Go-To: Bubbling Hot Pots in Honolulu
The Frolic team’s favorite spots for comforting vats of deliciousness.
What $10 Gets You: Ala Moana Center
It's lunchtime and you're hungry. What are your options?
Where to find crack seed on Oahu
We're lucky that in Hawaii, drug stores, convenience stores and supermarkets sell crack seed. But the best kind come from crack seed stores and hole-in-the-wall mom-and-pop shops. If they let you sample, bonus. And if they sell Icee with li…
January 2020: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features The Sour Poi Awards Looking back on the offbeat, obscure and outrageous news of 2019. by robbie dingeman 50 Ways to Volunteer From drop-in workdays that take just a few hours to opportunities…
The best things we ate in Hawaii this year
Collectively, the Frolic team eats a LOT across Hawaii. As 2019 concludes, here's a look at the dishes that stayed on our brains and kept us coming back for more. Adobo turkey tails at Lineage Salty, tangy, and just a…
Frolic team picks: Best new Hawaii restaurants of 2019
Where did this year go? It seems like yesterday we were just relishing the best meals we had in 2018 and boop! Christmas already came and went. Hello, 2020. Once again we scrolled through our camera rolls, reflected on a…
Editor’s Page: There’s Something About a Team
The holidays are a time of indulgence. So please indulge me.
December 2019: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Will Hawai‘i Make Waves at the Olympics? The countdown has begun for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics’ new surfing competition. What does this mean for Hawai‘i’s top surfers? What are their odds? Here’s what we…
Here are Honolulu's OTHER fried chicken sandwiches
So it's not like Popeyes invented the chicken sandwich. Remember? Here's where you can get good to great versions in Honolulu at local spots that aren't national or global chains. See also: Is Popeyes chicken sandwich worth all the hype? Artizen…
November 2019: Table of Contents
Image: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Saviors of the Lost Arts While hula and lei making thrive, other ancient Hawaiian traditions are disappearing. Meet four practitioners who are fighting to keep their arts alive. by jayna omaye The Doctor…
Iyasume Makes Up to 23 Kinds of Spam Musubi
Did you even know the world needed 23 kinds of Spam musubi?
Dean and DeLuca Waikiki improves luxe happy hour, adds daily brunch
I first visited Dean & DeLuca at The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki with Frolic editor Mari Taketa to check out the happy hour scene. At the time, D&D’s second-floor wine bar was a hidden gem, proof that an oasis in Waikiki does…
Our Go-To Eats: Hawai‘i Foods of Summer
Grilled kalbi, fresh lychee ice cream, mango all kine ways—these are the Frolic team's flavors of summer.
September 2019: Table of Contents
Features Fall’s Story Line Take a page from this season’s runways and cozy up to bookish blazers, romantic flourishes and lapidary jewel hues. by STAcey Makiya and Brie Thalmann The 2019 Hale ‘Aina Awards For more than three decades,…
August 2019: Table of Contents
Photo: Aaron K. Yoshino Features Hawai‘i Made We’re more than ‘ukulele, mac nuts and Kona coffee, although we love all three. Here’s a look at a few unusual industries making waves in the Islands, as well as some…
