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Hawaiʻi Scene on Social

ʻi Festival was an athletic event for sure.

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Today’s social media find comes from @KarleeOyama, who actually made it to the Made in Hawaiʻi Festival.

Hawai‘i Scene on Social: Preparation is key

This year’s Made in Hawaiʻi Festival was an athletic event for sure.  Make sure you follow @KarleeOyama on Instagram!

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Food & Dining

Business & Tourism

, according to business owner Talia Bongolan-Schwartz. While the business's Kailua store has remained open, the bagel biz is soft opening another Honolulu location in a spot that's close to Ward Village.

Tali’s Bagels & Schmear is opening on Friday, Aug. 21, on Waimanu Street, at the new artist co-working/gallery venue called OurSpace. While the new space is conducive to takeout, customer seating is also available. 

“A bunch of the folks who started OurSpace came from BoxJelly,” Bongolan-Schwartz explains. “They asked us if we would be interested (in coming here) when we were still open at Ward.

“OurSpace is quite new; they’ve got an artist co-working space and they do a bunch of events, too,” Bongolan-Schwartz adds.

During the business’s soft opening, only in-person ordering will be available. The biz still features its most popular menu items, including the b.e.c. ($13.99) — crispy bacon, scrambled eggs, cheddar and muenster — and the OG NYC ($17.99), which features premium lox, classic schmear, local dill, capers, tomato and red onion.

Newer menu items feature turkey, ham and pastrami bagel sandwiches, according to Bongolan-Schwartz.

“We decided to step up the lunch game,” she says. “The biggest difference you’re going to see on the menu is a whole line of Boar’s Head meats and a bunch of homemade sauces — we’re making a horseradish Russian dressing, lemon caper remoulade and spicy brown mustard. We’re slicing the meat fresh, too; none of it’s pre-sliced.”

New options include the deli ($15.99) — Mesquite-smoked turkey, black forest ham, housemade lemon-caper remoulade, cheddar, Swiss, local lettuce, tomato and sprouts — and the Jewish deli ($16.99), which comprises fresh-sliced pastrami, Swiss, housemade spicy brown mustard and house pickles.

Bongolan-Schwartz expects the business’s hot pastrami ($18.99) — fresh-sliced pastrami, housemade Russian dressing, Swiss, sauerkraut and a side of house pickles — to become a customer favorite.

“That is a New York classic, kind of going for the Katz’s Deli (vibe),” she says. “We’re basically going from a bagel shop to slowly expanding into a delicatessen.”

All sandwiches are served on the customers’ bagel of choice; the Everything bagel is the most popular flavor, according to Bongolan-Schwartz.

“We’ll normally have our full assortment of bagels,” she says. “I really like the onion (bagel); it’s a good complementary flavor. I would add onion onto any sandwich anyway, so it kind of cuts out the need for that.”

The biz also features an expanded drink selection at this location. Besides sparkling water and soft drinks, customers can opt for Israeli iced coffee ($7.99) — a cold brew slushie with oat milk, local mac nut syrup and a honey-tahini drizzle — and Shaloha slush ($6.50), which is made with local liliko

Tali’s Bagels & Schmear will be open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays to Mondays (closed Tuesdays). The biz has extended its hours compared to its previous location, which was closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

“We’re definitely excited to see our old customers,” Bongolan-Schwartz says. “That was important to us — to stay close enough by that people who have been loyal to us for three years at Ward Centre would be able to hopefully just walk over here. We’re excited to see how the new menu does.

“We were nervous about the new menu because we made a lot of cuts,” she adds. “We cut a lot of things off the old menu that are pretty traditional, like our white fish salad, which is a New York deli staple. But I think this menu is going to suit the needs and desires of the people here.”

The biz will eventually do a grand opening. For updates, follow Tali’s Bagels & Schmear on 

Open 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays to Mondays (closed Tuesdays)

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<title>Tali’s Bagels & Schmear is reopening in Honolulu</title>

The bagel shop, which used to be located in Ward Centre, is soft opening in its new location on Waimanu Street on Friday, Aug. 21. The business features bestselling dishes like the OG NYC bagel, along with new deli-style creations like the hot pastrami.

Tali’s Bagels & Schmear is reopening in Honolulu

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Arts & Entertainment

Aloha Spirit

 and Dave Bautista star in a new movie, “The Wrecking Crew,” which was filmed in 

, and releases next week. It will start streaming globally on Prime Video at 10 p.m. on Jan. 27.

The fast-paced action comedy features the estranged brothers, Jonny Hale (Momoa) and James Hale (Bautista), who reunite when their father dies mysteriously. In trying to figure out what happened, the brothers discover a conspiracy with the power to tear their family apart.

The story is set in Hawaiʻi, but filmed in the United States and New Zealand. Filming included 12 days in Hawaiʻi and 43 days in New Zealand, Angela Laprete, the Hawaiʻi producer for “The Wrecking Crew," told Aloha State Daily. Scenes captured in Hawaiʻi include a murder in Chinatown (which doubles as Kalihi in the movie), a chase scene on the H3, and motorcycle rides along the coast of east Oʻahu.

The idea for the buddy film started when Bautista and Momoa were working together on 

 that follows the human race when it has lost its sense of sight and has to find new ways to survive.

“I got to spend some time with Jason offset and realized he's just such a fun guy, and our energies are so different,” said Bautista, in a global virtual press conference. “We just don't clash. He's super high energy. I'm super low energy, which it just works. It works in real life. It works on film.”

The virtual press conference included Momoa, Bautista, the movie’s director Ángel Manuel Soto

 and moderator Alex Zane. It was streamed from London, England, for the United Kingdom’s premiere of “The Wrecking Crew.”

If character introductions in the movie give a glimpse of each actor’s role, we first see James (Bautista) effortlessly floating under water in a pool where he is training cadets to hold their breaths. The cadets are holding weights to stay submerged and keep dropping those weights to float to the surface for air until only Bautista remains, serene and underwater.

The introduction scene for Jonny (Momoa) is a bit different. He is on a motorcycle flying down a rural road and gets home to see his girlfriend packing the car because she is breaking up with him.

After working together in “See,” Bautista had wanted to do another production with Momoa that was more of a buddy cop film.

“So anyway, I tweeted one night: I want to do a buddy cop film with Jason Momoa, something like ʻLethal Weapon.’ I want David Lee to direct it. This is before I knew you,” he said of Ángel Manuel Soto, the movie’s director seated to his right. “But anyway, that was my tweet. And it exploded! It got more response than anything I've ever tweeted, which has been mostly garbage, just random thoughts. But anyway, people responded. So I called Jason. I was like: ʻHey, man, I want you to know about this because it is getting such a response, I probably should let you know and make sure you even want to do this. And he said, ʻYeah, actually, I already got an idea.’ And so basically his idea was pretty much the foundation of what the film is.”

“The Wrecking Crew” stars several actors who appear in “Chief of War,” including Momoa, who was Kaʻiana, 

It also features actors from Disney’s live action version of “Lilo & Stitch” (2025), including 

, who makes an appearance with shave ice, and died just after the movie's release. "The Wrecking Crew" also features 

, who stars in Disney’s live action movie “Moana,” set to release this year, as Moana’s mother.

“The Wrecking Crew” has multiple fight scenes, of course, including a notable one between Baustista and Momoa that involves rain, mud, a parked car and some blood.

“This was the most fun I've ever had on a film, throughout my career,” Bautista said. “Moments like that, they sound awful, but we were having a great time beating the hell out of each other, but also we were jumping in a hot tub between takes.”

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“And we got to shoot in New Zealand and Hawaiʻi,” 

. “It was awesome. We had to ride motorcycles in Hawaiʻi. It was great.”

What does Momoa hope audiences take away from the film?

“It's definitely up there as one of the funnest films I've ever made in my life,” he said. “I had the time of my life. I don't [usually] watch the premieres over and over. I've seen this movie five times now. I'm still laughing. I'm excited to watch it tonight. ... And I'm actually having a little private viewing for my kids, because we're very mad that it's not playing in theaters because they just love it.”

The movie leaves room for a possible sequel, as their father’s murder is solved, but another remains open.

“The Wrecking Crew"

<title>Jason Momoa, Dave Bautista reflect on ʻThe Wrecking Crew’</title>

The action comedy launches on Prime Video on Jan. 27. It features two estranged brothers as they try to figure out who killed their father. Actors Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista share how the idea of the film got started and the role X played in its creation.

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