Restaurants

HPR talks with the owners of The Local General Store, a butcher and bakery shop in Kaimukī, about their path to a James Beard Award nomination.

Rhoda Magbitang, executive chef of CanoeHouse at Mauna Lani, will compete with 14 other professional chefs in high-pressure culinary challenges.

The Prohibition era may have been 100 years ago, but it’s inspiring a new trend in Hawaiʻi nightlife. The speakeasy is back — and it’s a concept that’s spreading across Oʻahu.

The di Baris have been together for 20 years and married for 15. They met in New York, where Michele ran 10 restaurants and Qiana managed musical talent, including A Tribe Called Quest and Q-Tip. HPR asked them about their love story.

HPR contributor Sarah Burchard spoke with Chef Jason Peel about the closure of his restaurant Nami Kaze at Pier 38.

With the new year comes a new minimum wage in Hawai’i. It’s now $16 an hour — and many local restaurant owners are concerned about what that means for their industry.

A well-known Waikīkī restaurant is heading to West Oʻahu. Itʻs going to be part of a development on the site of a longtime attraction.

Jen Akiyoshi and Bao Tran of Giovedì in Chinatown spoke to HPR contributor Sarah Buchard about being named in Bon Appétit magazine as one of the 20 best new restaurants in the country.

Monica Toguchi Ryan, the third-generation owner of Highway Inn, spoke to HPR's Bill Dorman about the challenges of running a small business in Hawaiʻi and filing a lawsuit against the state over a tax issue.

Justin Parvizimotlagh began E.A.R.L., an East Coast-style sandwich shop, in an Oʻahu parking lot. In the decade since, the sandwich eatery has expanded to three locations and, more recently, became an internet sensation with a viral video series.