The Alley at Aiea Bowl on Aiea Heights Drive in Aiea has been one of Oahu’s most celebrated bowling alley restaurants since it opened, serving the kind of scratch-made comfort food that earns a bowling center restaurant its destination reputation in a state where bowling alley food is taken seriously enough to earn a DDD
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Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Mike’s Huli Huli Chicken on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe has been serving the wood-fired rotisserie Hawaiian chicken that defines the huli huli tradition since Mike Chargin’s family operation started turning birds over kiawe wood coals, earning a windward Oahu roadside reputation for the sweet soy-ginger-basted chicken that smells like a Hawaiian weekend from a quarter
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Uahi Island Grill on Hekili Street in Kailua has been a windward Oahu Hawaiian grill destination since it opened, building a menu around the wood-fired and grilled Hawaiian comfort food that earns a Kailua restaurant its loyal following in a community that knows the difference between resort Hawaiian food and the real thing. It appeared
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Elena’s Home of Finest Filipino Foods in Waipahu has been a Hawaii Filipino food institution since it opened, serving the adobo, kare kare, and the slow-cooked Filipino comfort food traditions that earn a West Oahu restaurant its devoted following among Hawaii’s large Filipino community and the broader Oahu food world that discovered it. It appeared
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Dean’s Drive-In appeared in Season 19, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Island Flavor,” which aired May 23, 2014, as a Kaneohe Hawaiian plate lunch and drive-in operation serving the comfort food traditions of the islands — plate lunches, loco moco, and the Hawaiian diner food that earns a windward Oahu community its go-to
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Boots and Kimo’s Homestyle Kitchen on Hekili Street in Kailua has been a windward Oahu breakfast institution since it opened, serving the macadamia nut pancakes and Hawaiian breakfast plates that have made it one of the most celebrated morning restaurants in a state where the morning food culture is taken seriously. It appeared in Season
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Breakfast, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 19Opal Thai Food appeared in Season 15, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Family, All the Time,” which aired October 22, 2012, as a Haleiwa, Hawaii Thai restaurant serving the authentic curry, pad thai, and the fragrant Thai dishes that earned it a devoted North Shore following in a community that appreciated having
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15, ThaiBig Wave Shrimp Truck on Kamehameha Highway in Haleiwa sits on the North Shore of Oahu along the famous shrimp truck corridor that has become one of Hawaii’s most iconic food experiences, serving the garlic butter shrimp and coconut shrimp plates that the North Shore shrimp truck tradition is built around. It appeared in Season
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Fresh Catch on Kapahulu Avenue in Honolulu has been serving the fresh Hawaiian seafood and poke bowls that the islands do better than anywhere else in the world since it opened, building a menu around whatever the boats brought in combined with the Hawaiian poke traditions that have been part of the islands’ food culture
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Sweet Home Waimanalo appeared in Season 15, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Goin’ the Extra Mile,” which aired August 13, 2012, as a Waimanalo, Hawaii BBQ and comfort food operation serving the local windward Oahu community with scratch-made burgers, grilled meats, and the kind of from-scratch Hawaiian comfort food that earns a small-town
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