Mari Taketa

Most days, if you hit the timing right, aromas of fresh baking fill the parking lot at Hō'ili'ili Market. It might be Lā'ie vanilla bean pound cake, or Maui strawberry shortcake or chocolate chai spice ginger cookies. Other days, there's coconut cake with... See more

Jon Matsubara is sitting in the dining room at Feast Mānoa, its polished tabletops shimmering in the afternoon shadows, and he's alone. It's like the first time I met him there, in the fall of 2019, when the chef who rose from dishwasher at Roy's and Alan... See more

HIFF's two foodie films this year take place in locales relatively near each other—one in Okinawa, the other in Hong Kong and Taiwan—but in almost every aspect, they're worlds apart. Which is part of the allure of the annual festival, isn't it? That watch... See more

Photo: Courtesy of Maze Honolulu M aze Honolulu, whose omakase menus intertwine inventive cocktails and playful modern courses, made history last week when it became the first Hawai‘i eatery named to The New York Times Restaurant List of the paper’s 50 fa... See more

Photo: Thomas Obungen S ide Street Inn, which closed in Kapahulu in April with a promise to reopen in Waikīkī, made good on that promise Wednesday. The locally owned micro-chain opened its third restaurant in the second-floor Beach Walk space that formerl... See more