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After 67 Years, Like Like Drive Inn to Close Permanently on April 30

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It’s lights out for Like Like Drive Inn, an iconic Hawaiʻi diner that has been slinging out ʻono (delicious) local comfort foods on the corner of Keʻeamoku and Kanunu streets for the past 67 years. Owner Julie Tateyama, who inherited the business from her grandparents James and Alice Nako, said that after closing its dining room in […]

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The Enduring Nostalgia of Hawaiʻi’s Historic Drive-In Restaurants

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*This story was updated in January 2026. Drive some of Hawaiʻi’s main thoroughfares and you might notice a curious thing: The presence of restaurants declaring themselves “drive-ins,” although that is clearly not the case. An idea popularized in the 1950s across America and recreated in the Islands with local-style plate lunches, loco moco and saimin,

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