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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Wednesday Deal: Don Don Donki Kapolei’s $9.99 Chicken Tenders Plate Starts Today
Starting Wednesday, Nov. 4, Don Don Donki in Kapolei sells a $9.99 chicken tenders plate, with about a pound of tenders, every Wednesday from 3 p.m. until it sells out,…
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Kimchi Day Festival Hawaiʻi Returns to Makiki Nov. 14 With Won Bok Tossing, Eating Contests and K-Pop
The free, all-day 4th annual Kimchi Day Festival Hawaiʻi takes over Makiki District Park on Saturday, Nov. 14, with a kimchi-making demo, a homemade kimchi contest, a kimchi jeon eating…
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Big City Diner After Windward Mall: How a Kaimukī Comfort-Food Diner Grew Up, and How to Bid on a Piece of It
Big City Diner closed its Windward Mall restaurant on Oct. 31 after 11 years; here’s the 28-year story of the locally owned diner, where you can still eat, and how…
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Two New Honolulu Menus to Try: Katsu Zen’s Solo Japanese Breakfast (and $5 Bentos) and The Dotted Line’s Holiday Girl Dinner
Katsu Zen now serves a Japanese breakfast at its solo-dining counter plus a $5 afternoon bento, and The Dotted Line has brought back Girl Dinner as a shareable holiday platter…
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A Mom-and-Daughters Sourdough Stand in Hauʻula Opens Once a Month, and the Next One Is Sunday, Nov. 8
Hula Girls Sourdough Stand, a homeschool project turned monthly bread stand on Hula Hula Place in Hauʻula, moves its November sale to Sunday, Nov. 8, at 10 a.m., open until…
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Serg’s Mexican Kitchen Opens in Kalihi, Bringing Its Mexico City-Style Flautas Closer to Town
The Mānoa favorite opened its third Oʻahu location on North King Street in Kalihi on Nov. 1, with the same family-recipe menu, weekend Mexican breakfast and housemade salsas.
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Leeward Drive-Inn: Six Decades of Fried Saimin, Turnovers and Orange Picnic Tables in Waipahu
Leeward Drive-Inn has been feeding Waipahu since 1964, from its Yamaki family beginnings to a Korean-food expansion and nine flavors of soft-serve. Here’s how it got there, and what’s known…
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New Sips in Central Oʻahu: The Matcha Social Opens at Pearlridge Saturday, and Wahiawā Gets a Drive-Thru Coffee Stop
A food-truck family is opening a matcha café at Pearlridge on Saturday, Nov. 7, and Wahiawā has a new hometown coffee shop with a drive-thru window, pre-order pickup and drinks…
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Honolulu Restaurant Week 2026: The Best Prix Fixe Deals at $50 or Less (Nov. 7–15)
HONOLULU Restaurant Week runs Saturday, Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 15. We went through every posted menu to find the best deals, from a $22 Kaimukī lunch set to a…
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Kapahulu’s Rainbow Drive-In Turns 65, Still Family-Owned
Rainbow Drive-In turned 65 on Oct. 2. Founded by Seiju and Ayako Ifuku in 1961 and now led by their grandson Chris Iwamura, it is still family-owned, still serves mostly…
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Taste of Waipahu 2026: Nov. 7 on Depot Street
The 20th annual Taste of Waipahu brings more than 30 food and craft vendors, student performers and a kendama tournament to Waipahu Depot and Hikimoe streets from 4 to 9…
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New Oahu Restaurants: October Openings, Kailua to Waikiki
October brought a family-run gourmet hot dog shop to Kailua, a second location for an ʻEwa Beach Mexican spot, a public cafeteria inside a downtown federal building, a new oceanfront…