Bakery$Tuesday to Saturday 10:00-17:00Custom cakes, French macarons
Cake Works in Honolulu is pastry chef Abigail Langlas's South King Street bakery for custom cakes, French macarons and tropical-fruit tarts in lilikoi.
Tip: Walk-in for cupcakes and macarons; custom cake consultations require a deposit. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Worth the queue: Lilikoi cream tart
Bakery$Daily 07:00-20:00Walk-in onlyCream pies, plate lunches
Ted's Bakery at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, is the original home of the chocolate haupia cream pie and a plate lunch counter.
Tip: Pies sell by the slice or whole; the chocolate haupia is the move. Combo plate lunches run until close.
Worth the queue: Chocolate haupia cream pie
Bakery$Daily 07:30-19:30Walk-in onlyCream cheese scones, market tortes
Diamond Head Market and Grill in Honolulu is the Monsarrat counter where Kelvin Ro fries plate lunches and the bakery side sells the city's most-asked-about.
Tip: Pair the scone with the takeout grilled ahi plate; the bakery sells out by 13:00 weekends.
Worth the queue: Blueberry cream cheese scone
Bakery$Daily 10:00-18:00Walk-in onlyShave ice, syrups
Matsumoto Shave Ice in Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has scraped fine-grain shave ice since the Matsumoto family opened.
Tip: Queue runs 20 to 60 minutes; order the rainbow with azuki beans and condensed milk. Free parking behind the lot.
Worth the queue: Rainbow shave ice
Bakery$Daily 10:30-18:00Walk-in onlyShave ice, syrups
Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu Honolulu has scraped the finest shave ice in the city since 1940, now on Mokihana Street after the original Kapahulu Avenue.
Tip: Strawberry condensed milk over vanilla ice cream is the canonical order; cash and card.
Worth the queue: Strawberry condensed milk shave ice
Bakery$Wednesday to Sunday 08:00-14:00Walk-in onlyCroissants, kouign-amann
Honu Bakery on North School Street in Honolulu is the laminated-pastry bakery and cafe at Kam Shopping Center with croissants, kouign-amann and rotating.
Tip: Croissants sell out by 11:00. The kouign-amann is the move; second location on South King also runs daily.
Worth the queue: Croissant