Indigo

Preview: Fresh Cafe Downtown

The new Fresh Cafe, located in the old Indigo space in Chinatown, opened Wednesday for a media preview. The restaurant and the menu have been undergoing renovations since owner Tiffany Tanaka took it over last fall, and she hopes to…

Hawaii: In Real Life ~ Indigo

If you haven’t heard the buzz in the last week, Indigo — the Eurasian restaurant in Chinatown that had been closed due to a fire — has not just reopened, but has a new menu. When a locker room fire…

Beertending Battle

Mixologists from The Royal Hawaiian, Rivals Sports Grill, Indigo, The Republik and Duke’s Waikiki gathered at Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii Kai for a “Beertending” contest to find out who can make the best beer cocktail.I had originally planned to…

Night Lights Weekend Wrapup Aug. 26-28

Some people say smartphones are overrated, but every weekend, I realize exactly how much of my memory and organizational skills I put onto my phone, just to leave space for everything else that’s going on. Ask me what’s going on…

Did this: The Empty Bowl Project

Photo by Burt LumLast night, as part of Slow Art Friday, thousands of people flocked to Chinatown to support The Empty Bowl Project, a fundraiser for Hawaii Meals on Wheels and the River of Life Mission.Twenty A-list restaurants were asked…