Food & Drink
Where Oʻahu eats and drinks: plate lunch counters, bakeries, food festivals, happy hours and the dishes worth the drive. Grab a napkin and dig in with us.
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Fukuya Deli at 87: How a Mōʻiliʻili Okazuya Keeps Old Hawaiʻi on the Plate
Fukuya Deli & Catering has fed Mōʻiliʻili since 1939, from quarry workers’ bentos to today’s mochiko chicken, nori chicken and funeral spreads. Here’s the four-generation story of one of Honolulu’s…
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Honolulu Coffee: From a Downtown “Café Vienna” to USA Today’s No. 1 Coffee Subscription
Honolulu Coffee started as a single downtown coffee bar in the early 1990s. Today it grows Kona coffee on its own farm, bakes croissants in Mōʻiliʻili and was just voted…
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Yame Matcha House Opens Its First Café in Kakaʻako Today
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 pours nutty, double-roasted matcha from Yame…
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Buns Gone Wong Brings $7 Wagyu Smash Burgers to Paradise Ciders
Brian Wong’s Buns Gone Wong smash-burger pop-up serves Oklahoma-style wagyu burgers from $7 at Paradise Ciders in Mapunapuna Thursdays through Sundays, with a Sunday stop at Davy’s Evolution in Waikīkī.
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Drip Studio HNL: The Fort Street Mall Cafe That Ranked No. 2 Among U.S. Indie Coffee Shops
Drip Studio HNL, the specialty coffee house on Fort Street Mall, landed No. 2 on USA Today’s 10Best Best Independent Coffee Shops list for 2026 — a national nod for…
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Plumeria Beach House Moves Sunday Brunch Downstairs — With 20% Off for Kamaʻāina Through Nov. 25
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 discount on the whole party’s bill…
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Oʻahu Farmers Markets: Where to Shop by Day of the Week
Oʻahu farmers markets by day of the week: KCC and Kakaʻako on Saturdays, HFBF markets in Kailua, Honolulu and Mililani, plus Windward Mall, Pearlridge, Waimānalo and North Shore options with…
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Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival’s Oʻahu Finale: What’s Sold Out and What You Can Still Get Into
The Hawaiʻi Food & Wine Festival wraps up on Oʻahu Nov. 5 to 8; the two big grand tastings are sold out, but tickets were still listed for a hands-on…
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Mitsu-Ken: How a Kalihi Okazuya Turned Garlic Chicken Into a Morning Ritual
For more than three decades, Mitsu-Ken Okazu & Catering has drawn early-morning lines in Kalihi for its glazed, boneless garlic chicken and its packed Mitsu-Ken bento, first on North School…
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The Collective Cafe Pours Matcha and Vietnamese Coffee on Tap in Kalihi
The Collective Cafe, a new coffee and matcha bar that shares a space with The Collective Barbershop on North King Street, opened this week with lattes on tap, ube and…
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Thanksgiving 2026 on Oʻahu: Where to Dine Out, Order a Turkey To Go and Get Pie
From Waikīkī buffets and Kāhala brunch to Zippy’s turkey packages and kabocha pumpkin pie, here’s where to eat or pick up Thanksgiving dinner on Oʻahu on Nov. 26, 2026, with…
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Queen’s Deli Market in Kakaʻako Adds Boar’s Head Sandwiches and Ube Soft Serve
A renovated corner store on Cooke Street, Queen’s Deli Market now makes six-inch and footlong deli sandwiches on weekdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., sells Boar’s Head cold cuts…