Highway Inn

This Hawaiian food mainstay boasts two Oahu locations. The original Highway Inn opened in 1947 in in Waipahu on Oahu's Leeward side. The Toguchi family opened its second location in Kakaako in Honolulu in 2013. The family-run Highway Inn is Hawaiian and local comfort food at its finest. The restaurant makes its own laulau (pronounced like "wow-wow"), a traditional dish in which pork, chicken or butterfish are wrapped in luau leaves and steamed for several hours. The Hawaiian eatery is also known for its popular Hawaiian plate lunches, including poi, kalua pork and lomi lomi salmon served in cafeteria-style trays.