Love live music? Oʻahu has a slew of venues, from dive bars to upscale hotel restaurants. Here are several local favorites, some of which you may not find in guide books. Ala Moana You may know this area by its sprawling beach park and outdoor mall. Located right outside of Waikīkī, it’s easily accessible by […]
Hawaiʻi has produced beer since the mid 19th century, but it wasn’t until the early ’90s that craft breweries began popping up. By the 2010s Hawaiʻi’s craft beer movement was in full swing. Although the Kakaʻako neighborhood on Oʻahu is the local craft beer mecca, the five best local beers —voted by HAWAIʻI Magazine’s readerss—are
With a mishmash of auto body shops, breweries, tattoo parlors and other businesses, Queen Street, which runs from Kakaʻako to Downtown Honolulu, packs a lot into its just-over-a-mile stretch. While known for its large population of industrial services—automotive shops, large-scale storage and transmission repair shops are the norm—there’s a new wave of businesses rising from
It was no accident that David Campbell, veteran brewmaster, opened Aloha Beer Co. two years ago on Queen Street in Kakaako. This happens to be Honolulu’s historic brewing district, home to Hawaii’s burgeoning beer industry from 1900 to the late 1960s. Aloha Beer’s brewery is down the street from the Historic Honolulu Brewing and Malting
