Read the original column here to see archival photos of Ward Warehouse and the area. Here are the unedited comments we've received so far. Do you have any fond memories of Ward Warehouse?
hhhnewz: Chowderhouse!
bitelogic: I’d go here every weekend as a kid! My mom would take me to lunch at Stuart Andersons and I’d drink a Shirley temple and eat the wagon wheel appetizer with her 🥹
ms._jazzmean: Ho! Bruh! MAHALOZ for da old pics! Brought back so much fun memories of da old days🤙
sportsflackzack: I washed dishes at the Old Spaghetti Factory there for two summers. I can’t stand the smell of anything resembling Spumoni ice cream 😂…
darinokea: Chowder house, Stuart Anderson and Yum Yum Tree 🥲🥹 & the bookstore downstairs by the stage, those were my childhood memories and I miss those days! ❤️
jesse_i_am: I remember cutting school to grab gear at @in4mation_ 🤣
808hungryghosts: Orson’s? Anybody? The Chowderette?
elmo.kami: I always loved the stain glass windows at spaghetti factory
justmerlet68: When ward was the best. Always had family time there.. now its just all over priced and condos...
lsilvagni55: Horatios, Andrews, Compadres….. I loved going to Ward Warehouse
joan_crawford: Kincaid’s! Loved the unique liquor store and kitchen store. Miss these local places.
kanusailah: They used to have the best chowder on the island!!
willchen79: China Buffet 100
momma_les: 😢loved shopping and meandering there
queenies_diabadass_journey: Miss it!
2_koreans_: Wonderful memories!
dilyuns: There was a phone store there but I can’t remember the name of it. We went a lot when I was a kid and I always loved playing on the fun shaped phones they had
kiheiokalani808: Sad what kakaako has become 😢. Affordable housing my ass! 😡
danigirl.hi86: 😢😢😢 so many good times
4x7things: I wish we could have sustained Kaka’ako that way it was before all the condos. Remember Borders Books & Music (then Bed Bath & Beyond) and Pier 1? Loved shopping there.
andla_bal: Miss all those places in Ward Warehouse. Kakaako used to be a Happening place for locals,even tourist! Drove thru there and now it's just dead!
granolaheadeleven: Following Sea all day long
A Matter of Taste
Ryan’s Tagliatelle Bolognese
OSF in the caboose
luv_u_4everzen: Cattle Company Stuart Andersons & The Old Spaghetti Factory was the restaurant’s I went to a lot !!! My Ohana used to luv eating at Yum Yum Tree !!!! Also, I liked eating at the Chowder House too !!! Memories !!! ❤️❤️
4wheelturbo_: Kincaids was our place to go dinner and lots of good memories there 😊
annpanshe: I worked at "Neon Leon"😢😂😍
keith998432: Harpos pizza
chasen_nocap: Made outta untreaded lumber few feet from Pacific Ocean combined with termites, mold they saw this coming
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