The picture desk
Photographs.
With their paper trail.
These archive photographs are credited to their creators and used under the licenses linked below. Dates describe the photograph, not a recent visit or a current menu. No photographer or restaurant endorsement is implied.
Unknown-source images are withheld. General dish illustrations are used in editorial explanations only, never as another restaurant’s food.
Honolulu viewed from Diamond Head

- Original title
- 2022 Views from Diamond Head 02.jpg
- Photographer
- Farragutful
- Photograph date
- Taken on 14 January 2022 16:45:00
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
- License
- CC BY-SA 4.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Crab sign at Tamashiro Market, Honolulu

- Original title
- Crab Sign, Tamashiro Market, King Street, Palama, Honolulu, HI (52129237667).jpg
- Photographer
- Warren LeMay
- Photograph date
- 2022-05-11 16:24
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
- License
- CC BY-SA 2.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Hamura Saimin, Līhuʻe

- Original title
- Hamura Saimin (4170317435).jpg
- Photographer
- Bryce Edwards
- Photograph date
- 2009-12-08 18:00
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
- License
- CC BY 2.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Interior at Matsumoto Shave Ice, Haleʻiwa · archive photograph

- Original title
- Shaved Ice (6434907333).jpg
- Photographer
- Phil Whitehouse
- Photograph date
- Taken on 30 November 2011, 18:03
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
- License
- CC BY 2.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Leonard’s Bakery, Honolulu

- Original title
- Leonard's Bakery (4290322777).jpg
- Photographer
- Arnold Gatilao
- Photograph date
- 2010-01-19 15:07
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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- CC BY 2.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Mix plate at Rainbow Drive-In, Honolulu

- Original title
- Rainbow Drive-In mix plate lunch (2194653288).jpg
- Photographer
- Arnold Gatilao
- Photograph date
- 2008-01-14 04:00
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Homemade kalua pig · dish illustration

- Original title
- Homemade Kalua Pig.jpg
- Photographer
- Pacamah
- Photograph date
- 2025-01-14 23:49:19
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
- License
- CC BY 4.0. The adapted image retains this license.
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Homemade Spam musubi · dish illustration

- Original title
- Homemade Spam Musubi.jpg
- Photographer
- Chris Hackmann
- Photograph date
- 2015-09-18
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Lau lau · dish illustration

- Original title
- Lau lau.jpg
- Photographer
- arnold | inuyaki
- Photograph date
- 2010-01-20
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Malasadas at Leonard’s Bakery, Honolulu

- Original title
- Leonard's malasadas.jpg
- Photographer
- _e.t
- Photograph date
- 2007-10-26 08:31
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Loco moco at Ethel’s Grill, Honolulu

- Original title
- Loco Moco at Ethel's Grill, Honolulu, Hawaii.jpg
- Photographer
- Zheng Zhou
- Photograph date
- 2024-06-19 13:47:05
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Shoyu and onion poke · dish illustration

- Original title
- Shoyu and onion poke.jpg
- Photographer
- Aquateamhungerforce
- Photograph date
- 2015-11-05
- Source
- Original file and source record ↗
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Waikīkī Beach looking toward Diamond Head

- Original title
- Waikiki Beach (2024)-L1004709.jpg
- Photographer
- Frank Schulenburg
- Photograph date
- 2024-03-01 17:39:34
- Source
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