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Our Top 5: Fish and chips

By Kelli Shiroma When it comes to fish and chips, my go-to was Brew Moon. The fish was always fresh and flaky, the batter perfectly crispy and the fries nice and salty. Imagine my dismay when the Ward Centre restaurant…

Our Top 5: Places to grab a beer

Mike Watanabe lives, breathes and, well, drinks beer. He reads about craft brews, participates in the chats at beerinhawaii.com and often plans his travels around beer — bringing home souvenirs of beer, of course. Given his years of daily experience…

Our Top 5: Burgers

Who has the best burger in Honolulu? It’s a debate that recently flared up, after The Whole Ox Deli, with new chef Justin Yu, revamped its burger and some foodies named it the island’s best. For many, the matter simply…

A week of Jim Beam Bourbon tastings

Jim Beam’s master distiller, Frederick “Fred” Booker Noe III has had a busy week in Hawaii meeting with Bourbon fans and conducting tastings at various locations around Honolulu.We were able to catch up with Noe this week at tasting events…

Cocktail Week: Sous vide seminar

To paraphrase Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” to sous vide or not to sous vide? That’s the question posed by mixologist Dave Newman during his Hawaii Cocktail Week seminar held at Pint + Jigger.A recent trend in mixology has been barrel-aged cocktails. This…

Cocktail week: Pint + Jigger cocktail dinner

Hawaii Cocktail Week festivities continued Tuesday evening with a cocktail pairing dinner at Pint + Jigger.The sold-out dinner consisted of a sextet of diverse cocktails paired with some of the Makiki pub’s popular menu items. Here’s a look at the…

New(ish) eats: Pint & Jigger

Over the course of several outings, the Nonstop crew tried out the food and drinks at Pint & Jigger, the latest in a series of gastropubs to hit the scene in recent months. New eats: Pint & Jigger ◄ Back…

Learning about Bombay Sapphire

One of the cool things about knowing Christa Wittmier (@SuperCW), who works for wine and spirit distributor Young’s Market Company, is that she always tries to educate me on products that I don’t drink — usually due to overindulgence and/or…