Helena’s Hawaiian Food

Local food is back

Maybe it was when Waipahu's 72-year-old Highway Inn opened up in Kakaako in 2013. Or when Liliha Bakery expanded to Nimitz Highway the following year. After that, especially in the last few months, things have snowballed: Longtime eateries we grew…

HFWF16: Urban Luau

The sixth Hawaii Food and Wine Festival arrived on Oahu on Wednesday night with a round of themed galas, day events, wine seminars and battles for supremacy in haute ramen and brunch stretching through the weekend. The Oahu events follow…

Eating Kalihi, old-style

Eating Kalihi, old-style ◄ Back Next ► Picture 1 of 22 Down on the makai side of Nimitz, surrounded by industrial shops and cinder-block walkups, Alicia's Market is as old-school as they come. The neighborhood store opened in 1949, a…