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Feast by Jon Matsubara has a new local-style breakfast

Feast by Jon Matsubara has a new local-style breakfast

The Mānoa eatery — known for its lobster rolls — is offering breakfast from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursdays to Sundays. Customers can look forward to dishes like lobster omelets, salmon chazuke, "churro” French toast, kalua pig loco moco and more.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaJuly 02, 2026

On the Fourth, read the Declaration

On the Fourth, read the Declaration

If you really want to understand why we're celebrating Independence Day, go back to the source and read the Declaration of Independence, says ASD political historian Perry Arrasmith. It's only one of the most important documents in history!

Perry ArrasmithJuly 02, 2026

Masala Māya is a new concept featuring Indian dishes to-go

Masala Māya is a new concept featuring Indian dishes to-go

Chef Vikram Garg’s new to-go concept features authentic Indian flavors, including dishes like chicken curry, pork vindaloo, Goan shrimp curry and lamb rogan josh. Masala Māya is open for online ordering from Wednesdays to Sundays; customers can pick up their orders at Umi by Vikram Garg in Waikīkī or opt for delivery.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaJuly 02, 2026

Zippy's Kāhala location to reopen

Zippy's Kāhala location to reopen

The restaurant will reopen next week, following four months of renovations.

Stephanie SalmonsJuly 01, 2026

The Pig & The Lady launches its summer menu

The Pig & The Lady launches its summer menu

Customers can enjoy dishes featuring a variety of seasonal ingredients. Highlights include Kona kanpachi crudo, local Oʻahu farm vegetables with hummus, swordfish filet with curried corn rice, squid ink linguine and the return of the eatery’s popular mango sorbet.

Kelli Shiroma BraiottaJuly 01, 2026

Community Voices: Commercial fishing is not a cultural practice

Community Voices: Commercial fishing is not a cultural practice

Rather than framing ocean protection as a burden, we should instead ask why Pacific Island peoples, and our protected and sacred oceans, are forced to bear the unfair burden of industrial fishing, write two members of the Papahānaumokuākea Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group.

Hau‘oli Lorenzo-Elarco and Kenika Lorenzo-ElarcoJuly 01, 2026

Hamada: Why I'm happily celebrating the Fourth of July

Hamada: Why I'm happily celebrating the Fourth of July

ASD opinion columnist Rick Hamada remembers firsthand the tumultuous year of 1968 — and how Americans nevertheless united to celebrate the Fourth of July. He's keeping that spirit alive this year, even if some people seem determined to sit the party out.

Rick HamadaJuly 01, 2026

Moanalua’s Haunting History

Moanalua’s Haunting History

If an old Hawaiian woman asks you to cut a cord for her in Moanalua Valley, be very, very careful what you do next. That's just once of the eerie tales of this part of O‘ahu where many battles have raged, from the invasion of Kahekili from Maui to the dispute over the route of H3.

Lopaka Kapanui and Tanya KapanuiJuly 01, 2026

25 things to do on Oʻahu to celebrate the semiquincentennial

25 things to do on Oʻahu to celebrate the semiquincentennial

Looking for ways to celebrate 250 years of the U.S. being a nation? Aloha State Daily has compiled a list of events — including firework shows — happening for the semiquincentennial. From ʻEwa Beach to Waimānalo, here are some of the events happening across the Island this weekend.

Katie HellandJuly 01, 2026

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