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Honolulu's restaurant corner

Honolulu's restaurant corner

With its high traffic and visibility, the corner of Kapi‘olani Boulevard and Kalākaua Avenue has attracted a series of legendary eateries over the decades. ASD history columnist DeSoto Brown revisits them all — Kau Kau Korner, Coco's, Hard Rock Café (much of the latter's building now serving as the home of Chi-fil-A's only sit-down restaurant).

DeSoto BrownJuly 30, 2026

Letter to the Editor: Reader thanks ASD opinion columnist Sterling Higa for ʻike

Letter to the Editor: Reader thanks ASD opinion columnist Sterling Higa for ʻike

A reader from Lāʻie writes in to Aloha State Daily to thank Higa, who has opined on the stateʻs "increasingly steep slide into societal suicide."

Letters to the EditorJuly 30, 2026

Kamitoku Ramen moves from Ward Centre to South Shore Market

Kamitoku Ramen moves from Ward Centre to South Shore Market

The business — known for its beef bone broth ramen — just soft opened in the former space of Scratch Kitchen & Meatery. In addition to its popular ramen bowls, the biz also added new dishes — like wild oxtail soup and wagyu rib-eye katsu bowls — to its menu.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaJuly 29, 2026

Sponsored: Primary election coming Aug. 8

Sponsored: Primary election coming Aug. 8

Voting in Hawaiʻi is no longer a single-day event; registered voters now have an extended window of time to vote.

July 29, 2026

Hamada: Hot takes on bribery, Tommy Waters, Hāna Highway confrontation

Hamada: Hot takes on bribery, Tommy Waters, Hāna Highway confrontation

With so much in the news, ASD opinion columnist weighs in on the state's bribery scandal, Tommy Waters' attempt at a third term and a recent ugly confrontation between locals and tourists in the Hāna Highway.

Rick HamadaJuly 29, 2026

Secrets of the Scottish Rite Cathedral

Secrets of the Scottish Rite Cathedral

ASD's ghost and history columnists themselves had a very strange experience giving a tour of Makiki's Scottish Rite Cathedral. The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry was welcomed into the Islands in 1874 by King David Kalākaua and John Owen Dominis, husband of Queen Lili‘uokalani. Its members have a long history of service to community, with an air of Masonic mystery.

Lopaka Kapanui and Tanya KapanuiJuly 29, 2026

Pipikaula Corner: Fauci revealed as fear-mongering, fame-loving fraud

Pipikaula Corner: Fauci revealed as fear-mongering, fame-loving fraud

It's not getting much media attention, but the private diaries of Dr. Anthony Fauci have been published online by Sen. Rand Paul in advance of his hearings this week into Fauci and Covid-19. What they reveal across thousands of pages is man in love with the adulation he received, who privately knew that many of things he said publicly about the pandemic were wild exaggerations.

A. Kam NapierJuly 29, 2026

Preseason practices underway for Hawai‘i soccer team ahead of 2026 season

Preseason practices underway for Hawai‘i soccer team ahead of 2026 season

The 2026 season, which officially begins on Aug. 13 against Texas Tech, will be Michele Nagamine's 15th at the helm of the Rainbow Wahine.

Christian ShimabukuJuly 29, 2026

State airports administrator on paid leave following bribery indictment

State airports administrator on paid leave following bribery indictment

Ford Fuchigami will appear in court Thursday along with Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke.

Michael BrestovanskyJuly 29, 2026

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