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Plate lunch, poke, bakeries, and kitchens that taste like home.

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke · Food trucks

808 Grinds

Beaverton, Hillsboro, and NE Portland plate-lunch rooms and a Gigantic cart — both founders born in Hawaiʻi, raised upcountry Maui.

Portland, ORKamaʻāina(503) 477-9976808grinds.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

808 Ohana Shack

Fresno Hawaiian restaurant from owner Cijay Phakeovilay cooking food he misses from home in Hawaiʻi.

Fresno, CAKamaʻāinawww.808ohanashack.com

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Bakeries & sweets · Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Aloha Delights

Denver–Boulder metro pastry/markets business founded Spring 2025 by Logan Nahale (Kapiʻolani CC Culinary; Oahu Country Club pastry).

Denver–Boulder, COKamaʻāinawww.alohadelightscolorado.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Aloha Direct & Maikaʻi Foods

Aloha Direct distributes Hawaiian foods and goods from Hawaiʻi. Maikaʻi Foods is a catering service for Hawaiian cuisine. Patricia White’s kitchen continues the spirit of her former Roanoke shop, Kona Koffeehouse — island plates and aloha for SW Virginia ʻohana. Pop-up and catering kitchen, not a walk-in storefront.

Roanoke, VAKamaʻāinawww.facebook.com/bambam.penipinscher

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Aloha Kitchen

Family-owned Hawaiian plate-lunch restaurant at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market in Florence, serving katsu, kalua pig, teriyaki, and island comfort food.

Florence, SCKamaʻāinawww.alohakitchensc.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Aloha To Go BBQ

Multi-location Hawaiian BBQ restaurants in Seminole and Palm Harbor serving family recipes from Hawaiʻi, known locally for Maui wildfire fundraisers.

Seminole, FLKamaʻāinaalohatogo.com

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Restaurants

Apelu Island Cafe

A family cafe on Little Creek Road serving coffee, baked goods, and Samoan / Polynesian hospitality.

Norfolk, VAPacific Islander(757) 338-6125

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Aunty Maile’s

Torrance/Gardena Hawaiian restaurants (Aunty Maile’s, Island Rootz Cafe, Aloha Platez) under current owners Kai & Junko Tsukiyama with Oʻahu / Hawaiʻi Island / Kauaʻi family ties.

Torrance, CAKamaʻāinaislandrootzcafe.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Capital Musubi

An AAPI-owned Hawaiian kitchen in Chantilly and Tysons Corner (McLean), serving supersize musubi, poke bowls, and rice bowls.

Chantilly, VAIsland Rootscapitalmusubi.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Faka's Island Grill

A Santa Ana island / Hawaiian BBQ kitchen founded by David Pese, grown from a taco cart into 4th Street Market, with later rooms in Torrance and Long Beach.

Santa Ana, CAPacific Islanderwww.fakasislandgrill.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Fresh Off Da Boat

A Sacramento Polynesian kitchen by Chef T (Muagututia Tuala-Tamaalelagi) and Jacinta Seiuli of American Samoa — fusion plates that reclaim “fresh off the boat.”

Sacramento, CAPacific Islandercheft-freshoffdaboat.com

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Bakeries & sweets · Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Hapa Bakes

Arizona custom bakery of Polynesian/Asian-inspired desserts by Abigail Andrade.

Phoenix, AZKamaʻāinawww.hapabakes.com/about

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Hawaiian Hoosier

Ellettsville Hawaiian snack shack and restaurant bringing island flavor to Monroe County.

Ellettsville, INKamaʻāinahawaiian-hoosier.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Hawaiian Style BBQ

Family-owned Hawaiian BBQ restaurant (and truck) in Augusta serving poke, plate lunch, and island comfort food from recipes the Kamaes grew up with in Hawaiʻi.

Augusta, GAKamaʻāinawww.hawaiianbbqaugusta.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Hukilau

San Jose Hawaiian restaurant founded by Kurt (Kapaʻa), Al (ʻEwa Beach), Eric (Hilo), later Rodney (Honolulu).

San Jose, CAKamaʻāinadahukilau.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Hula Hands

Anchorage Hawaiian restaurants (Mountain View + Fireweed) founded by Native Hawaiian siblings Bill Hoʻopai & Charlene Goeas with Kaneohe family recipes; listed Native Hawaiian Organization–owned.

Anchorage, AKKānaka ʻŌiwihulahands.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Island Style Cafe

Santee (San Diego area) Hawaiian cafe from a Big Island family (Mom Terri born & raised Hawaiian; Dad Juan from Kona / Four Seasons Hualālai).

Santee, CAKamaʻāinaislandstylecafe.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Kanin

Ravenswood Filipino-Hawaiian bodega eatery by Julius Tacadena, selling out island plates.

Chicago, ILKamaʻāinaeatkanin.com/about

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Catering · Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Kealoha’s BBQ

Denver BBQ kiosk/catering from Robert “Kealoha” & Krystie Campbell, family business from Hilo with Merrie Monarch origins.

Denver, COKamaʻāinawww.kealohasbbq.com/about

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke · Catering

Le Umu Las Vegas

Samoan-owned restaurant and catering in Las Vegas — family church kitchen revived, plate lunch and umu food.

Las Vegas, NVPacific Islander(702) 412-6593leumulv.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Manoa

Somerville kitchen/poke shop founded with Samoan chef-owner Devynne Fuga Ah-Mai and HI-tied founding team.

Somerville, MAPacific Islandermanoa.fish

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Catering · Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Mila's Kitchen Hawaiʻi

A Hawaiian-owned culinary shop in Brea led by Chef Charles Akau IV of Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi — catering, island plates, and community tables.

Brea, CAKānaka ʻŌiwiwww.milaskitchenhawaii.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Mo' Bettahs

A mainland Hawaiian BBQ company founded in Bountiful by brothers Kimo and Kalani Mack of Oʻahu, with kitchens across several states.

Bountiful, UTKānaka ʻŌiwimobettahs.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Noble House Hawaiian

Wichita Hawaiian food (Plentibloom / truck history) from Chef Akamu Noble and partner Natalie Burris.

Wichita, KSPacific Islandernoblehousefood.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Noreetuh

East Village restaurant serving modern Hawaiian cuisine from chef/co-owner Chung Chow and partner Jin Ahn.

New York, NYKamaʻāinawww.noreetuh.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Ohana & Co Eatery

A quick-service Hawaiian eatery in Red Mill Commons: loco moco, Spam musubi, plate lunches, and Aloha VB shaved ice.

Virginia Beach, VAKamaʻāinaohanaandcompany.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Palani’s Hawaiʻi Noodles

Wesley Chapel Hawaiian restaurant serving saimin-style noodles, teriyaki, and plate-lunch favorites from Franco “Palani” Visoria’s family recipes.

Wesley Chapel, FLKamaʻāinapalanishawaiinoodles.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Pasifika Foods

A Northgate Sacramento kitchen for Fijian, Tongan, and Samoan food rarely found elsewhere in the city — curries, coconut, and Pacific comfort.

Sacramento, CAPacific Islander(916) 246-9244pasifikafoodsusa.com

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

Side of Aloha

A South Jordan Hawaiian / Pacific Rim kitchen run by Nina Alu and Kiel Dela Pena of the Big Island — poke, furikake chicken, Aloha Fridays.

South Jordan, UTKamaʻāina(385) 253-4800sideofaloha.com

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Shave ice · Bakeries & sweets · Restaurants

Sweet Aloha Ice Cream

Davie shop known for authentic Hawaiian shave ice and ice cream, grown from Haole Boys roots into Sweet Aloha under Jimmy & Lynne Anderson.

Davie, FLIsland Rootssweetalohaicecream.com/about

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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke

The Duchess

A neighborhood pub in Hampden blending an English tavern room with a menu rooted in Chef Kiko Fejarang’s CHamoru heritage from Guam.

Baltimore, MDPacific Islanderwww.theduchessbaltimore.com