It is often said that the best poke on Oahu is served at Foodland Farms supermarkets. But for Star Urquidi, her best poke was her first poke: at a little restaurant near her junior high school in Honolulu. “Me and my friends would go whenever we could com... See more
At the end of Tony Fitzpatrick’s hours-long remembrance of life ceremony at Metro, this New Orleans–style brass band warmed up in the green room, then marched upstairs and onto the stage before leading the standing-room-only crowd into the streets of Wrig... See more
A portrait of the late Trudy DeRing hangs above the jukebox at this cash-only Hermosa institution. Also known as “Radiana,” an internationally recognized burlesque star who performed at Madison Square Garden and the Copacabana, DeRing ran Gayety Village (... See more
The future looked brighter in summer 2021, relative to the year before. Mass vaccinations were beginning to push COVID to the margins. George Floyd’s murderer was in prison. And it appeared that the gibbering orange tumor that previously occupied the Whit... See more
Jennifer Moore is the fastest breader in Mount Greenwood. From flour to batter to breadcrumbs, she can dredge 30 pounds of peeled, deveined, wild-caught Gulf shrimp in a cool 15 minutes. That’s critical this time of year when the southwest-side neighborho... See more
