Hawaiianology

Companies started to bring in Pizza as a must have on their menus for the growing demand from kids to adults wanting it. In 1955, the Woolworth's at Hotel and Fort streets ran an advertisement. Italian pizza pie sold for Seventy-nine cents for cheap-convenience, not a restaurant price, so it was affordable. This is when popularization happened with the mainland chains coming up and the local pizzerias stepping up their game to fight against them. Sacramento-based chain Shakey's (1964) by Sherwood Johnson and Ed Plummer was one such operation that opened in Hawaiʻi (Waimalu, Kaneohe, Waipahu, Keeaumoku, Pearlridge).  Around this time people Disco was Dead (1979) disenfranchised people from trying Hawaii's pizza and for a more fast-food recognizable option. It added to the fuel of people not liking Pineapple Pizza with ham, spam, and toppings that forgot about the crust. A particular topping that took away people's attention for a bit was Ontario-style "Hawaiian pizz...

In July 1943, roughly a hundred and fifty thousand American and British troops landed in Sicily. For two years they fought north through Southern Italy where oregano grows wild, pizza was an ordinary food on neighborhood streets. For most of them it was a first encounter with both, but they would take those tastes back home. Hawaiʻi was the staging ground for the entire Pacific war during those times with millions of Americans passing through Oʻahu between 1941-1945. The peoples taste in pizza was unlike other places, because Hawaiʻi had spent seventy years building something that exists nowhere else. Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Filipino, Korean and Puerto Rican workers had lived side by side in plantation camps for decades, trading food out of lunch pails across languages, and what came out of that exchange was genuinely new. The competition, even back then for convenient food was fierce. 

Landing in Hawaii that is known for its pristine views of nature, sometimes people want a slice to take with them, for a smell to add to the view. The pizza in Hawaii starts as always by watching the dough, keeping an eye on the fire, and making sure that the sauce to ingredient ratio works together. As the movement of steel meets the brick and a crust that has a nice glaze slides out of the heat a colonial pineapple pizza comes out for a few tourists who hadn't even thought of a strategy of ordering their dish. Grass huts and pineapple fields with a touch of sweet and smoky. The flavor they thought they wanted, until they tasted things that are less familiar. The pizzas that are made often depend on the oven and there are several, but when wood is involved, another layer is added to the mix, but with the mass amount of orders coming in it is hard to justify a wood burning oven, so many of these wood burning ones are in the backyard of local homes. It might make a person think if a...

Some people may call it a breakfast, or some might call it the breakfast served at lunch, and some may even call it the hamburger volcano of gravy and eggs, but it's the Hawaii comfort food called the Loco Moco. A Loco Moco consists of: the rice, the gravy, the patty, the eggs, and the toppings. The patty had been a burger, however as time went on many sorts of ingredients were used and shaped like a patty, such as: formed patties, meatloafs, and seasoned seafood pokes. Originating from the Big Island it has become a staple at many plate lunch restaurants and has no association as a breakfast plate, which makes it a great choice at any time of day. There are several categories for Loco Moco and that is: Sauteed Patties (1), Grill Patties (2), Fried Patties (3), Seafood Patties (4) types. When heading out to either a restaurant or a loco moco shop there maybe some confusion with the words “Loco” as a shortened way to say loco moco or “Moco” that sometimes refers to non-patty dishes ...

Description: Karai Crab (2012-2025) was a Hawaii casual dining restaurant that was located in Moiliili area near Hausten Street on Oahu. The company would operate out of the historic Willows Restaurant. The Willows would inspire Karai Crab with its own mission: “To share aloha in a special gathering place creating lasting memories for all”. The founders were Jon Shimotsukasa, Garret Kamei and chef Miles Miyamoto who were all alumna of the Legendary "The Willows Restaurant". The designs were made by Wall to Wall Studios Inc for the brands visual identity with wall art known as "Laws of the Claw". Etymology:  Karai Crab – meaning “Spicy Crab” – was what was used for the logo direction of the original drawing of a excited cute crab with fire in its mouth that looked like a fiery furnace. Later on the logo would evolve with this description to a fire like color themed good luck daruma crab sort of logo when they changed there design once again. Customer favorites were t...

“Our motto was ‘first, best and only.” It was considered a place to get the fancy clothes and was middle-end store and some things there were high-end. The smell in the air conditioning seem to have this sort of crisp linen smell to it almost like smelling new clothes. People knew the Liberty House label on the clothes and had a feeling that it would last longer than other brands and that it would soon hold some nice memories to it.  Liberty House had buyers so that they would go and check to see if there were any quality products and they would evaluate them, but a lot of that changed when Macy’s would tend to sell leftovers from other stores or cheaper brands. Liberty House would support all sorts of local artisans where there were sculptures, paintings, wood works, painted glass, and it would have locals and visitors alike stopping by to see and buy those beautiful works of art… after Macy's took over..they slowly pushed each of them out until there was none of those artisans le...

Island Holidays For generations, the name "Hawaii" has evoked images of white sand beaches, lush mountains, and a spirit of unparalleled warmth and hospitality. Behind this idyllic façade, countless individuals and companies have worked tirelessly to craft the visitor experience, transforming dreams into cherished memories that last a lifetime. Among them, a company named Island Holidays played a vital, yet often unsung, role, serving as the heart of Hawaii's Travel Industry in the tourism industry from the East and the West.    The Dawn of Hawaii Tourism: A Landscape Awaiting Connection To understand Island Holidays, we must first journey back to the early and mid-20th century, a transformative period for Hawaii. Before the advent of mass air travel, visitors arrived primarily by steamship, a journey that was itself an adventure. The "Golden Age" of Hawaii tourism is often cited as the 1920s and 30s, when elegant Matson Line passenger ships brought eager travel...