Nashville Waikiki was one of the more unique places in Hawaii: a country-western bar in the midst of tiki-land. Forced to relocate from its original venue in the Ohana West Waikiki Hotel, it’s found a new home at the Aloha Tower Marketplace. Read more
Yakiniku Yoshi hits the spot in so many ways: It’s an attractively designed restaurant with a mellow vibe, good service and excellent food. Read more
For years, on our morning commute down South Beretania Street, we’ve been intrigued by the bright red-and-white signs of 8 Fat Fat 8 Bar & Grille. Read more
The family-run Highway Inn, offering “a taste of Old Hawaii,” hardly needs an introduction. But as a happy-hour destination it just might. Read more
Makers & Tasters is a small but now permanent incarnation of Eat the Street, the monthly food-truck festival that used to take place off South Street and now moves around the island, including this Ala Moana Boulevard site. Read more
We all know why you won’t go to Waikiki. Too glitzy, too noisy, too touristy. Doesn’t feel like the real Hawaii anymore. Read more
Pau Hana Patrol is on a roll, with great discoveries to kick off the new year. Read more
Tsukiji, in Ala Moana Center’s Ho‘okipa Terrace, can quickly be identified by the fish paintings on its blue exterior . Happy-hour specials are served from 4 to 8 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Read more
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The Study offers an elegant atmosphere with solid happy hour and cocktail menus Read more
Sometimes you want to joke around with a bunch of buddies and stuff your face while a game blares in the background; sometimes you and your significant other want to down a shot or two of shochu without a lot of wasted words. Read more