Loco Moco appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Loco moco · Honolulu
Two scoops of rice topped with a hamburger patty, a sunny-side egg and brown gravy. Hilo invented it in 1949 at Lincoln Grill but Honolulu eats it everywhere now from Rainbow Drive-In to Zippy's at 03:00.
The loco moco came out of Hilo's Lincoln Grill in 1949 when a gang of teenagers called the Lincoln Wreckers asked owner Nancy Inouye for a cheap, fast lunch. She dropped rice in a saimin bowl, topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg and brown gravy. The first boy nicknamed Loco gave the dish its name. Cafe 100 in Hilo, opened in 1946 by 442nd Infantry veteran Richard Miyashiro, now sells 29 variations. Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu Honolulu has slung the canonical version since 1961.
Where to eat in Honolulu:
- Rainbow Drive-In
- Zippy's Kapahulu