Liliha Bakery Nimitz is a bakery in Honolulu.
Liliha Bakery Nimitz in Honolulu is the larger, sit-down branch of the local institution with full plate lunches, dim sum trolleys and the canonical coco puff with macadamia chantilly.
Tip: Bigger room than the Kuakini original; come for breakfast plates plus a box of coco puffs to go.
Address: 580 North Nimitz Highway, Honolulu, HI 96817
Breadshop in Kaimuki Honolulu is the craft bakery on Waialae that bakes small batches of naturally leavened breads daily, donating unsold loaves to a local food pantry at close.
Tip: Country sourdough sells out by 14:00. Closed Monday and Tuesday; cash-friendly.
Worth the queue: Country sourdough
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, guava and passionfruit.
Tip: Walk-in for cupcakes and macarons; custom cake consultations require a deposit. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Worth the queue: Lilikoi cream tart
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 for surfers off Pipeline.
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
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 blueberry cream cheese scone.
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
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 the Kamehameha Highway shop in 1951.
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
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 lease ran out in 2013.
Tip: Strawberry condensed milk over vanilla ice cream is the canonical order; cash and card.
Worth the queue: Strawberry condensed milk shave ice
