If you’re a regular reader of Nonstop, I’m sure you’ve noticed that several of our writers/photographers/bloggers have ventured far beyond Honolulu this month.Tracy Chan was the first to go, flying to California to visit family. Catherine Toth then took off…
Kokoro-Tei ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 19 By Mari TaketaNonstopDriving down Beretania one day, I spy a new sign. Kokoro-Tei, it says. Fresh bento, coming soon.Hello! Since the demise of Iga Bento on Keeaumoku, and before that Imari…
Deep down, do you really, truly love it?
New eats: Makittii ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 25 By Mari TaketaNonstop5:30 last night, corner of Kuhio Ave. and Kanekapolei. The site of the former Perry's Smorgy is packed. Crowds throng the entrance on day one of the…
Foodie films @ HIFF ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 7 By Mari TaketaNonstopWe're scarred, we are, by this recurring vision of funk: It's October, it's HIFF season, and we're in a theater enthralled by scenes that have just…
Matsutake feast @ Zenshu ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 15 By Mari TaketaNonstopDays grow short, winds blow chill, and under special pine trees in climes cooler than ours, matsutake mushrooms begin to appear.So what, you say? Why all…
People who don’t know me very well are always surprised to see me in the drive-through line at Taco Bell.They expect me to only dine at five-star restaurants or those hole-in-the-wall eateries that just knowing where to find them puts…
I got a message from Mari Taketa that she had a friend blowing through town for a very short time but wanted to make time to have coffee with us to talk about South Africa, since she’d be traveling there…
Fook Yuen ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 17 By Melissa ChangNonstopLast night, I went to Fook Yuen with some Chinese friends. I hadn't been there in years, but after my recent Lobster King review, they planned this outing…
Morimoto Waikiki ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 27 By Mari TaketaNonstopOpening night for Morimoto Waikiki, and it's Masaharu Morimoto's latest moment to shine. A Michelin star for his Tokyo restaurant, another restaurant newly opened in Napa in July,…
Yesterday, Nonstop Honolulu celebrated its 1-month-old birthday. We launched at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 23, letting loose the site we had been conceptualizing and building for months. I don’t think any of us can believe we’ve been around for only…
You can’t have too many pizza shops. Bella Mia Pizzeria, which opened the third week of September, offers pizza and more, including oven-baked pastas, hot sub sandwiches and these pizza fries ($5.95). And like all good pizza shops, this one…
Fave okazuya finds ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 25 By Mari TaketaNonstopA childhood memory: It's early morning, air is cool and cars fill the streets. Field trip today, so there's a frozen can of juice in my backpack…
Taste at Kapolei ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 33 By Mari TaketaNonstopEleven years already, Taste at Kapolei? Where have we been? Your grassy knolls overlooking dreamy lagoons, white tents beckoning as far as the eye can see, and…
We’re having a launch party tonight, and we want you there to celebrate with us!Help kickoff Honolulu’s newest entertainment website and come meet and mingle with our Nonstop team — Melissa Chang, Tracy Chan, Catherine Toth, John Garcia, Diane Seo,…
One of the visions John Garcia and I originally had for Nonstop was to create an all-star blogger roster. Wouldn’t it be awesome if Nonstop could become the umbrella site for some of Hawaii’s best blogs in our key subject…
1balut ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 9 By Mari TaketaNonstopChee hoo! Awesome turnout at this growing street festival last Saturday. This year's Taste of Kalihi has expanded out of the Savers parking lot to take over the entire…
My first job out of college was as a reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After working as a general assignment reporter for a year, one of the top editors at the paper tapped me to be part of a…
Pizza: a quest ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 16 By Mari TaketaNonstopAll pizza, all the time. Twenty-seven pizzas in two weeks I tried, and that doesn't count the ones already committed to memory. In all, the total was…
Hot on the heels of Mari Taketa’s review of Honolulu Burger Co. and hearing it’s a BYOB establishment (bonus!), my neighbors wanted to get together and try it. We’d been trying to get together for a while now, and this…
Since launching our site, several people have asked why it’s called “Nonstop Honolulu,” and how that name came about.Coming up with a name — and most importantly, a domain name — was one of the first things John Garcia and…
I tagged along with Nonstop Honolulu foodie Mari Taketa last night to the Moana Surfrider’s “Tree to Table Mango Throwdown,” a food and wine event that doubled as a fundraiser for the Culinary Institute of the Pacific. There were 17…
First, thank you for visiting Nonstop Honolulu. We’re only a week old, and so far, things are rolling along really well. Traffic to the site has been solid. We’ve gotten nice buzz and media exposure. And most importantly, you —…
Fellow foodie (and Twitter friend) Jared Kuroiwa and I had talked about doing a tweetup at one of our favorite restaurants, Chef Mavro. But we thought it was just a pipe dream. After all, who else in the Twitterverse would…
