On Hawai‘i Island, you’ll find some of the state’s oldest eateries, places preserved in amber, where the decor and menu have changed little over the decades. Many are helmed by the third or fourth generations of the founders, now feeding the third or fourth generation of customers. Here are four favorites that feel like a […]
We’ve all heard it before. We’ve also probably said it ourselves, too: “This isn’t what it used to be.” And: “I remember when this place was less crowded.” It’s usually the first thing we say when we return to a place 10, maybe 20 years later. Except this time, I’m saying it a month—a month!—after
Just as Maui encompasses beauty in many forms, from the lush jungle along the Hana Highway to the sharp starkness of Haleakala, so too do the restaurants on the island provide excitement in various guises. Some serve food that’s almost universally comforting despite its regional origins, from American to Italian to Hawaiian, and others thrill
The sun is setting on Lahaina, and golden light pours into the oceanside restaurants on Front Street. It illuminates the 19th century wooden storefronts on Lahaina’s main drag, where streams of visitors wander in and out of the popular Kimo’s restaurant and pause for photo-ops on Forrest Gump’s bench in front of Bubba Gump Shrimp
The food arrived all at once, the table’s surface crowded like at a local family’s potluck—never exactly an exercise in restraint nor refinement. For though this was a preview dinner for Lineage, Sheldon Simeon’s new restaurant to open in October 2018 at The Shops at Wailea, the chef wants to do away with pretty-but-useless garnishes,
Charging the biggest waves you can find. Knifing the drop on a 30-foot bomb. Hacking and slashing, turning and smacking every wave that comes your way, big or small. That’s what it means to be a female surfer. And through the persistence of these determined female big-wave riders, efforts to change the course of
Bee sex is simultaneously a delicate and violent act. Drone bees mate with the queen bee in mid flight, and once the semen is deposited, the drones are eviscerated and die shortly after, their one purpose in life complete. The queen bee, after mating with up to 20 drone bees, goes back to her hive and
From diving in the Philippines to trekking up Everest, from tasting in the kitchens of northern Italian families to working aboard a sailboat as a private chef, Bella Toland’s sense of adventure and curiosity has now led her to Travaasa Hana. As its executive chef, overseeing The Preserve Kitchen + Bar and private catering, she
Looking for a vintage 1930s aloha shirt? Some unique, made-in-Hawaii gifts for your friends and family back home? That rare Hawaiian music single? These are the shops and boutiques you should search out when on Oahu, Maui, Kauai and Hawaii Island. Bailey’s Antiques and Aloha Shirts For the serious aloha shirt aficionado, Bailey’s is paradise. Off
A visit to these Islands isn’t complete without a stop at one of these hole-in-the-wall restaurants that every local swears by. OʻAHU Ethel’s Grill, a cramped 20-seat eatery on the ground floor of a walk-up apartment building, is one of Honolulu’s best hole-in-the-wall spots. It’s an ode to sumo wrestling—photos of wrestlers cover the walls—that
Browse these stores online or at the new South Shore Market in Kakaako, a collection of boutiques by local designers, and you’re likely to find something for everyone on your holiday shopping list. For mom: Custom pillows from Fishcake A cute pillow with one of Hawaii’s native birds, from Fishcake. At Fishcake, pillows with Laurie
More than 25 years ago, Johnny Gordines and his wife Theresa switched from raising farm animals to growing flowers on their two acres in Kapa‘a, Kaua‘i. They were inspired by their neighbor, Howard Yamamoto, one of the pioneers in raising tropical flowers in Hawai‘i, who said that flowers would be the next big thing. Today,
