Mānoa Chocolate began in 2010 with homemade tools and a UH lab habit. Sixteen years later it runs a Kailua factory, a North Shore cacao orchard, a wine bar, a coffee café and two Waikīkī shops. Here’s how it grew,…
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Hy’s Steak House opened on Kūhiō Avenue in 1976 as an offshoot of a Canadian steakhouse chain, outlasted the original’s old look, and is…
Holiday shopping season starts in earnest this weekend, with a Friday night market at Windward Mall, two free Kapolei fairs, the JCCH Aki Matsuri,…
From a bowling-and-arcade hangout in Waikīkī and electric dirt bikes in Kapolei to a Kailua art studio with no time limits, a sunrise waterfall…
Waimea Valley celebrates the Makahiki season on Veterans Day, Wed., Nov. 11, with the Te Moana Nui Games: coconut tree climbing, fruit-carrying races and…
The National Park Service started free guided tours of Honouliuli, Hawaiʻi's largest WWII incarceration and prisoner-of-war camp, this year. Every remaining 2026 date is…
November's new Oʻahu food spots so far include a late-night soup dumpling house in Kakaʻako, dinner hours at a Chinatown look funn favorite, two…
Sijie Special Noodle, a handmade dumpling and noodle restaurant with locations in Las Vegas, San Jose and Austin, has soft opened at 401 Kamakeʻe…
Yame Matcha House, the matcha trailer UH Mānoa students know, opens its first brick-and-mortar café on Kawaiahaʻo Street in Kakaʻako today, Nov. 7. It…
The 50th Mayor’s Craft & Country Fair fills the Blaisdell Exhibition Hall from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, with crafts, jams,…
Nānākuli’s own Konishiki is bringing 19 professional sumo wrestlers from Japan to the Neal S. Blaisdell Arena on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2027, for SUPERSUMO,…
On Saturday, Nov. 14, The Surfjack throws a free 6th birthday party for Jack the Hotel Dog from 2 to 6 p.m., with a…
Kaimukī's Small Business Saturday party marks its 10th year on Sat., Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., with discounts at more than…
Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11. Here's where to watch the Wahiawā Lions' 80th annual parade, how to attend the free Punchbowl and Battleship…
The Kāhala Hotel & Resort’s Sunday brunch buffet now runs at Plumeria Beach House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with a 20% kamaʻāina…
Lahaina Tacos, a weekday lunch counter in downtown Honolulu's Pioneer Plaza, was born after the 2023 Lahaina fire destroyed the Haro family's homes and…
Kahuku Farms grew out of two Japanese plantation families, the Matsudas and the Fukuyamas, who farmed side by side in Kahuku for generations; today…
Kaya's Store has stood on Kamehameha Highway in Punaluʻu since 1946, selling lumber, cement and lawnmowers before butter mochi and plate lunches. Here's how…
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Before it was Oʻahu's favorite fall pumpkin patch, Waimānalo Country Farms spent decades as a family truck farm, a melon farm and a corn…
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