He’eia Kea Pier General Store and Deli on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe sits at the edge of He’eia fishpond on the windward side of Oahu, combining a working pier general store with a scratch-made Hawaiian comfort food deli that serves the local community and the visitors who find their way to one of the most
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Jawaiian Irie Jerk Restaurant appeared in Season 14, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Dynamic Dishes,” which aired July 2, 2012, as a Honolulu Caribbean and Jamaican restaurant bringing the jerk chicken, oxtail, and island comfort food traditions of Jamaica to a Hawaiian island that shares its own deep Polynesian food culture — a
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Carribean, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 14Seiju Ifuku was born in Okinawa, joined the US Army, learned to cook while serving with the 100th Battalion through campaigns in Italy and France during World War II, and eventually settled in Hawaii. In 1961 he and his wife Ayako opened Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu, a small neighborhood at the edge of Waikiki, serving
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture
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Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Hank’s Haute Dogs appeared in Season 8, Episode 11 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Triple D Goes Hawaiian,” which aired April 5, 2010, as a Honolulu hot dog operation run by Henry “Hank” Adaniya building specialty sausages with premium and unusual ingredients — foie gras, Kobe beef, alligator — into hot dogs that belonged nowhere
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 8Nicolas “Nico” Chaize is a classically trained French chef who opened Nico’s at Pier 38 next door to the Honolulu Fish Auction — the largest fresh tuna auction in the United States — which means his fish goes from the boat to the auction block to his kitchen in a matter of hours. It appeared
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