Nostalgia comes to us in many forms, often through the music we listen to, the memories we mull over and, of course, the food we eat. I may not have been around to frequent the diners and burger joints that served up milkshakes to fashionable youngsters in the 1950s, but the mere image of those…
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Even on a rainy Kailua day, crowds flock to Kono’s. The beloved restaurant, known for its game-changing 12-hour slow-roasted kalua pig, opened its newest location in Kailua Jan. 1 and surely is making waves. Kono, the famous surfing pig from the North Shore, is what inspired the name behind the kalua-pork haven. The eatery’s first…
Seeing as we live in the most jaw-droppingly beautiful island paradise, surrounded by royal-blue waters filled with an abundance of fish, the emphasis in Hawaii, when it comes to dining, tends to be on seafood (and for good reason). Yet while scarfing down mountains of insanely delicious poke, sometimes we forget about other local culinary…
Drop into Kono’s and take taste buds on the wave of their life with its quirky menu. The eatery, known for its logo depicting the silhouette of a pig on a surfboard, continues to trot higher in popularity as its diners “pig-out” on award-winning, 12-hour slow roasted kalua pork, and so much more. The menu’s…
For a little bit of tropical island flair, Kono’s BBQ Pork Bomber combines the restaurant’s signature 12-hour slow-roasted kalua pig, homemade guava BBQ sauce, caramelized onions and rice in a warm tortilla.…
Diners at Kono’s can choose between a couple of pig sandwiches. The Old School comes with guava BBQ sauce, Hawaiian slaw and caramelized onions on a toasted french roll, while the Triple Crown features Kalua pork, bacon, ham and slaw with a papaya seed and guava BBQ sauce..…
