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
The book
274 public listings — mostly the U.S. Mainland, plus ʻohana abroad. Businesses owned by people from Hawaiʻi and the Pacific. Most are a name, a place, and a craft. All have Aloha.
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Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke · Food trucks
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
Nonprofits
Federation of Hawaiian Civic Clubs across Hawaiʻi and the continental U.S. The 67th Annual Convention lands in Portland fall 2026 under Mainland Council hosting.
Portland, ORKānaka ʻŌiwiaohcc.org
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
A Portland Hawaiian-style kitchen from Tryzen Patricio of ʻEwa Beach; parents publicly from the Philippines.
Portland, ORKamaʻāina(971) 865-5160grindwittryz.square.site
Lei, makeup & special-event beauty · Makers & gifts
Independence, Oregon, maker of clay lei and jewelry — Shayna-Lynn Maʻemaʻe Laurito Haole, born and raised in Hawaiʻi.
Independence, ORKamaʻāinahanamaemaecrafts.com
Hālau · Classes & workshops · Hula & Polynesian dance
Beaverton hālau under Kumu Lisa Chang, with in-person classes and online haumāna.
Beaverton, ORIsland Rootshulaaloha.org
Civic clubs · Cultural nonprofits · Kalo & leaf farms
Beaverton 501(c)(3) Hawaiian Civic Club — civic work and a community kalo planting in the Pacific Northwest.
Beaverton, ORKānaka ʻŌiwi(971) 384-1463www.kalohcc.org
Plumbing
Hillsboro plumbing company — OR CCB #254007, Hawaiian business name Kamakoa, 808 service phone on the Oregon BBB.
Hillsboro, ORIsland Roots(808) 766-4207kamakoaplumbing.com
Restaurants · Plate lunch & poke
A Portland Hawaiian kitchen from Tracee and Brandon Hirahara of Oʻahu.
Portland, ORKamaʻāina(503) 970-1577www.kaukaupdx.com
Produce
Salem roasting HQ for a Kona-estate family — Abby and Sal Muñoz / Stille ʻohana.
Salem, ORKamaʻāina(808) 339-4166www.monarchcoffee.com
Painting
Newberg painting contractor John Kealoha Telles — Honolulu CC apprenticeship, then Oregon.
Newberg, ORKamaʻāina(503) 309-7769