Da Plate Lunch Index — Hawaiʻi’s Local Plate Lunch & Mom-and-Pop Food Directory
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From the Editor
From Haleʻiwa to Hilo — every mom-and-pop plate lunch, poke joint, malasada bakery, shrimp truck, and musubi cart in Hawaiʻi.
No chains. No Yelp tourists. Photos required.
Built with kuleana on Oʻahu — for da whole paeʻāina.
Editorial standards — not filters
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- Food, eats. "Where da grindz at?"
- Ono
- Delicious. "Dis kalua so ono."
- Broke da mout
- So good it broke your mouth open.
- Pau hana
- After work. "Pau hana grindz pleez."
- Mix plate
- Plate lunch combo. Two scoops rice obligatory.
- Mauka / Makai
- Toward the mountain / toward the sea.
- Kau kau
- Food, generic. "Time for kau kau."
- ‘Ohana
- Family. Family-run joint.
- Kuleana
- Responsibility. The joint takes care.
- Mahalo
- Thanks. Add nui loa for thanks-very-much.
E ‘Ai Mai — Plate Lunch Proprietors
ai mai = come and eat
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