With so many hotels, restaurants and retail stores in Hawaiʻi owned by overseas companies, a large portion of visitor dollars may not directly profit the residents or indigenous people of Hawaiʻi. Below, we have put together a list of more than a dozen Native Hawaiian-owned businesses—one that we will update. Choosing to spend your dollars […]
Chef Robynne Mai‘i never imagined she would be nominated for the prestigious James Beard Award, an honor she felt was unattainable for a first-time chef-owner with a small (but very popular) restaurant in faraway Honolulu. “We didn’t conceive Fête and run Fête with the aspiration of winning a James Beard Award,” says Mai‘i, who opened
Oʻahu has it all—stunning beaches, picturesque hiking trails, award-winning restaurants, museums and cultural sites, and bustling city life. It’s hard to just spend a single day on this island, the third largest of all the Hawaiian Islands and easily the most populated. (Oʻahu is home to roughly 1 million people—or two-thirds of the state’s population.)
Take a trip back to the 1960s and ‘70s, when you visit Heyday, Waikīkī’s newest hangout spot. Located in the newly renovated White Sands Hotel, the bar and open-air restaurant is the brainchild of the team behind Chinatown’s popular restaurant, Fête. Along with its retro vibe, Heyday offers a circular poolside bar with swings—yes, swings—that’ll
