Best of HONOLULU Family 2020: EAT
Our readers’ and editors’ 2020 picks for the best places and ways to eat with your family in Honolulu.
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Family Restaurant Review: Keiki & the Pineapple
A unique play café entertains keiki and gives adults a (coffee) break.
Family Restaurant Review: DB Grill
Photo: Christi YoungWith multiple big-screen TVs suspended on the high walls of DB Grill, kids eyes are rarely on their food. Editor's Note: We’ve launched a new series, "Family Restaurant Review," featuring local eateries that welcome kids. We hope these will enhance…
Ethel’s Grill expands … to Hawaii Kai
This location has since closed. Anyone who has been to the original Ethel’s Grill in Kalihi Kai knows it has been there forever. As in decades. And only there. So when I saw that Ethel’s second generation – daughter Minaka…
Korea comes to Chinatown: Topped restaurant
An astute downtownie might have noticed that the latest restaurant openings in Chinatown have been on and around Bethel Street, on the outer fringe of the 36-acre district. Korean newcomer Topped is different. It will have you venturing into the…
Something new: KatsuMidori Sushi Tokyo
By Thomas Obungen and Dale Yasunaga You may have heard about the deal that can be had at KatsuMidori Sushi Tokyo, the latest uber-popular Japanese chain to open on Oahu. Foodies are abuzz about the $5 otoro (fatty tuna) nigiri,…
Enter to win tickets to MW Restaurant and Friends Reunited 2016
(click to enlarge) This Sunday, Nov. 27, chefs Michelle and Wade Ueoka will welcome yet another spectacular roster of chefs they’ve worked with over the years to their restaurant for the second annual MW and Friends Reunited grazing event. With…
A chef’s view: Soft openings
Disclaimer: The following represents my views only and should in no way reflect upon or be interpreted as the opinion of any past, present or future employers. As unbelievable as it is to me, I have gone through two restaurant…
fresh BYTES: Lee Anne Wong’s Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
Recently, we got our hands on some fried chicken and bribed chef Lee Anne Wong to sit down with us to talk about all things whiskey and chicken, her love for them both and just about everything else under the sun…
Something new: Surrender Bar and Grill
The first thing you notice when you walk into Surrender, Honolulu’s newest pau hana/sports bar, is the red. It’s everywhere — on the walls, the menus and even the staff is decked out in the signature crimson. It definitely sets…
5 questions with Masaharu Morimoto
As an official media partner of this year’s Hawai‘i Food and Wine Festival, we’ll be interviewing several of the noteworthy chefs who be attending this year’s event, which runs Aug. 29 through Sept. 7. Chef Masaharu Morimoto is a returning…
Hard Rock Cafe: Fresh Made Menu
We were invited to taste Hard Rock Cafe’s new Fresh Made Menu rolling out across the globe. After a year of research and customer feedback, the restaurant taste tested dozens of recipes and created new menu items.The improved menu includes…
Did this: A Pig’s Head Feast
The Pig and the Lady is rolling out a new group dining experience called Primal Cuts Series. Leveraging its relationship with Shinsato Farms, the restaurant processes whole hogs for use on a weekly basis. The cuts available are shank, belly,…
Quick bite: Highway Inn Kaka’ako
Growing up in Waipahu, certain places remind us of our childhood and the joys of spending time with ohana. Landmarks like the sugar mill, Arakawa General Store, Waipahu Bicycle and Highway Inn transports us back to the simpler times. Many…
Eat this: New lineup at Taste
Every three months, Taste in Kaka’ako keeps it fresh by bringing us a new pop-up lineup. I sampled the new offerings this week and overall, I’m impressed with the talent in this rotation. Onda Pasta opens each week for Tuesday…
Lee Anne Wong’s Mother’s Day Brunch
For as long as I can remember, Mother’s Day in the Shindo household always meant going out to dinner with the entire family. It’s mom’s special day where she doesn’t cook or clean and can relax with a wine cooler…
New eats: Rinka
Jiro dreams of sushi; I dream of succulent slices of sashimi, ribbons of pork in shabu shabu, and the satisfying pop of ikura over sushi rice. On March 1, a new Japanese restaurant opened in the Ala Moana neighborhood behind…
Did this: Hula Grill Waikiki farm-to-table dinner
On Wednesday night, Hula Grill at the Outrigger Waikiki held its first farm-to-table dinner as part of its Legacy Aloha Program to support local products. Featured local producers included Koloa Rum Company, Aloha Beer Company, Kaiulani Spices, Pacifikool Ginger, HoloHolo…
Party (and food) Pics: Monkeypod Kitchen grand opening
As you know, Mari Taketa and I recently did a video review of the newly-opened Monkeypod Kitchen in Ko Olina. Last night was their official grand opening, with about 250 people filling their second floor. Chef/owner Peter Merriman was on…
FUUD: Papa’s Burgers in Market City
You can’t have too many burger joints.Especially of these eateries feature 100 percent grass-fed Big Island beef, local produce and milkshakes so thick you’ll hyperventilate trying to drink them.That’s on the menu at Papa’s Burgers, a new family-owned burger spot…
Just opened: Corner Kitchen in Kapahulu
There’s always been a restaurant on the corner of Kapahulu Avenue and Kanaina Street, right across the street from Rainbow Drive-In.For a long time, it was Harpo’s. Then it was ZenShu. And for months, it stood empty, waiting for the…
FUUD: Mama Pho in Aina Haina
Finally. We have pho. A few of us living in East Honolulu have been waiting waiting waiting for Mama Pho to open in the Aina Haina Shopping Center. To the point where we’d pass by the shopping center just to…
FUUD: Revisiting Hy’s Steak House
Hy’s Steak House for dinner, I got the same reaction:“Man, I haven’t eaten there in years!”Yeah, me, neither.The steakhouse off Kuhio Avenue in Waikiki isn’t the hopping joint it may have been before. But it’s still one of the best-known…