Christmas Pop-Up Bars to Get You in the Holiday Spirit
Six places around town to get your holiday cheer on.
Tracy Chan
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Everything to Do on Halloween Night on O‘ahu
No plans for tonight? Here’s everything from trick-or-treating for kids to costume parties, haunted houses and more for adults.
Here’s to 4 Pop-Up Holiday Bars and a Christmas Bar Crawl
Seriously jolly places with custom cocktails, themed mugs, tinsel galore and Butterbeer, of course.
Your Guide to Honolulu’s Halloween Parties, Pop-Up Bars and Bar Crawls
Food, drinks, creepy costumes: Find them all at these spooky events for the 21-plus crowd.
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Obake Honolulu Brings Dry-Aged Sushi Hand Rolls to Chinatown
The former Ethiopian Love space is also a cocktail bar by night, matcha bar by day.
3 New and Coming Eateries in Chinatown and Downtown Honolulu
Keep an eye out for sushi hand rolls and cocktails, pour-over coffee and French toast and pancakes.
Mahalo, Little Village Noodle House, for 22 Years
The Chinatown icon that made Chinese dining chic has closed suddenly.
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Find tamales, birria tacos, tortas and other bueno specialties inside ‘Aiea’s Palama Market.
There’s a New Natural Wine Bar Inside Mānoa Chocolate
Natural wines pair up with flights of Mānoa Chocolates every Wednesday to Saturday in Kailua.
Visit These Christmas Bar Pop-Ups in Honolulu for Holiday Cheer
Check out The Christmas Bar Hawai‘i at Tiki’s, Winter Wonderland at Ala Moana Center, Sippin’ Santa at Prince Waikīkī, Secret Santa at The Other Side Lounge, Candy Cane Lane Speakeasy at ‘Alohilani Resort and the Infinity Bar at Show Aloha Land.
Where to Celebrate Oktoberfest on O‘ahu
Two of the biggest parties at SALT at Kaka‘ako and Aloha Stadium, and where to find seasonal local brews for Oktoberfest 2022.
Order These Chinese New Year Foods Online for Drive-Thru Pickup
Chinatown 808 is offering combo packages of jai, gau, jin dui and more from local restaurants—but you’ll need to order by Jan. 22.
Sippin’ Santa’s Festive Tiki Drinks Will Put You in the Holiday Spirit
Tiki-aficionado Beachbum Berry’s pop-up bar at Prince Waikīkī is open daily to spread holiday cheer through New Year’s Eve.
Downtown Honolulu’s Best New Sunday Brunch Is a Hidden Surprise
Proof Social Club's Sunday brunch delivers rustic twists on French, Spanish and modern American favorites.
“Beyond Van Gogh” Just Upped the Game with Charcuterie and Starry Night Cocktails
In the Hawai‘i Convention Center lobby: three Van Gogh-themed cocktails plus fruits, cheese, charcuterie and live music on weekends.
Loco Mocos and Meatball Subs: Vegan City on Kapahulu Is All About Flavor Bomb Comfort Food
David Gorman makes vegan dishes even meat eaters can like.
6 O‘ahu Cafés to Get Your Art and Coffee On
Fuel up and support local artists at these artsy coffee joints.
Forget the Buffet: Shor’s New AYCE Breakfast Is Brought to Your Table
The Hyatt Regency Waikīkī’s signature buffet has a reimagined format for 2021.
Ranking Our Favorite Flavors at Vons Chicken
Snow wings, honey butter, crispy fried shoyu: The Korean fried chicken wing chain has been taking O‘ahu by storm recently, for good reason.
Roll With It: This New Roaming Food Truck Is All About Smoked Meat
Smoke meat burgers, loco mocos and plates: Dem Mata’s menu has all the ways to eat the Mata family’s smoky specialty.
8 Chinese New Year Foods and Where to Get Them in Honolulu’s Chinatown
So many tasty ways to ring in the Year of the Tiger.
Two New Pop-Ups Turned This Concert Venue Into a Vegan Hotspot
Get your plant-based fast-food fix and top it off with a pint of dairy-free ice cream at HB Social Club.
Muki Dogs redefines street meat with tasty vegan sausages
There's a tiny hot dog stand at the corner of Wai‘alae and Koko Head avenues in Kaimukī that serves one thing: flame-grilled hot dogs. But not just any hot dogs, vegan hot dogs. And they are flavor bombs with a following. An alternative…
Find Vegan Hot Dogs at a Tiny Cart in Kaimukī
Because even plant-based dogs deserve the flame-grilled treatment.
Your best guide to a Kakaako craft beer crawl
Kakaako is the center of Honolulu’s craft beer universe. With four establishments now offering solid selections and different drinking environments within a two-block radius, we put together this craft beer bar crawl – a pau hana plan that hits each…
Let’s go: Super CW’s Official Retirement / Birthday Party
There’s so much to say about this woman, I don’t even know where to start. Pow! Wow!, the Bacardi pool parties, her tireless support of Honolulu’s nightlife, arts and culture scene – these are all things that we know her…
Guide to Restaurant Week at International Market Place’s Grand Lanai
Sponsored Restaurant Week in Hawaii has become known as an opportunity to try fabulous eats at bargain prices, with off-menu items, specials and extras available for only one week, it’s a frenzy to secure some reservations. This year at International…
The parade of costumes at Hallowbaloo 2016
Thousands of revelers came out to eat, drink and show off their costumes at downtown’s spookiest street party on the Saturday before Halloween. Intermittent rain did nothing to scare off these souls. Live entertainment on the main stage featured DJ…
HFWF16: Hungry Monkey
Savory morsels, decadent desserts, potent but delicious libations – Hawaii Food and Wine Festival’s Hungry Monkey event at The Modern poolside decks Thursday evening had it all. In celebration of the Year of the Fire Monkey, and the adventurous and…
Insider’s guide to Hallowbaloo
(Sponsored) Photo by Tracy Chan Why do we like Hallowbaloo so much? Why is Saturday’s street fest THE place to celebrate Halloween? Take it from one who’s covered it for years: Here’s what to look for at this year’s Hallowbaloo.…
Parties, eats, movies, music: 10 picks for Halloween
What are you doing this Halloween season? Whether it’s ghoulish eats, scary flicks or all kinds of Halloween parties, there’s plenty of happenings to keep your blood curdling. Here are 10 picks to get your ghoul on. HALLOWBALOO Saturday, Oct.…
New and upcoming eats in Chinatown
Chinatown has always been a kind of microcosm. A bustling ethnic marketplace during the day, it has long been known as THE place to go for nightlife in Honolulu. But the flavor of Chinatown has been changing, literally, thanks to…
Hawaii Zombie Crawl 6: Never Say Die
Each year before Halloween, the shambling hordes of the undead stumble the streets of Chinatown, looking for music, booze and braaaaaiiinnnnsss! One wristband gave the zombies access to exclusive drink specials, live music and festivities at all 13 participating venues:…
Hawaii Food & Wine Festival 2016: The wine
This year’s Hawaii Food & Wine Festival has some spectacular once-in-a-lifetime events for wine connoisseurs. Thanks to the generous donation from a private wine collector’s widow and the talents of master sommelier Roberto Viernes of Southern Wine and Spirits, there…
10 shots: Eat the Street Oktoberfest
One of the best-attended Eat the Street events of the year, Oktoberfest pulled out all the stops (pun intended) at Makers & Tasters Friday night. An expanded beer garden served up Goose Island Oktoberfest, Gordon Biersch Marzen and the usual…
Awesome scenes and eats from Rice Fest 2016
Sunday’s Rice Fest was the seventh annual celebration of the staple grain that is essential to our island cultures. Thousands showed up on Auahi Street in front of TJ Maxx and Pier 1 Imports throughout the sunny afternoon for SPAM…
HawaiiCon 2016
About 1,200 fans turned out for the Big Island’s third annual HawaiiCon celebrated the 50th anniversary of “Star Trek” last weekend. Special guest celebs included actors Walter Koenig (Chekov) and Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) from the original series and Jonathan Frakes…
Something to see: 2016 Improvaganza Festival of Improv
If you’re not familiar with improv comedy, it is exactly what it sounds like: unscripted. The actors get up onstage without lines or places, often without knowing where their skit is going to go. Acting on input from the audience…
The return of House of Brews beer tasting
House of Brews, Bar 35’s weekly Wednesday beer tasting, is back! Just in time for Octoberfest, Beer 808’s brewmaster Andy Baker hosts the just-relaunched series with weekly themes like German Beers (Sept. 14), Fall Beers (Sept. 21) and Oh My…
