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Andy's Sandwiches and Smoothies in Manoa Honolulu has fed UH students made-to-order sandwiches on house-baked bread and papaya smoothies since 1977.
Signature drink: Papaya smoothie
Tip: Monday to Friday 07:00-16:00, Sunday to 14:30. Closed Saturday. The papaya smoothie is the move.
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Cafe Kaila in the Market City Shopping Center in Honolulu's Kapahulu has won Hale Aina best breakfast four consecutive years; cornbread waffles.
Signature drink: Pour over and cornbread waffle
Tip: Daily 07:00-15:30. Walk-in queue from 08:30 weekends; order the cornbread waffle with strawberry butter.
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Sweet E's Cafe in Kapahulu Honolulu is the casual breakfast room named for Ethel Mathews, serving stuffed French toast and crab cake Benedict on the Kaimuki.
Signature drink: Coffee and stuffed French toast
Tip: Daily 07:00-14:00. The stuffed blueberry-cream-cheese French toast is the move; cash and card.
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Musubi Cafe Iyasume on Kuhio in Waikiki Honolulu has handmade Koshihikari-rice spam musubi in a dozen permutations, the canonical breakfast grab-and-go.
Signature drink: Iced matcha and spam musubi
Tip: Daily 06:30-21:00. The teriyaki spam musubi is the bestseller; cash and card both work.
Café$Mon-Wed 10:00-17:00, Thu 10:00-19:00, Fri-Sat 10:00-19:30, Sun 10:00-18:30Wifi
Lonohana Estate Chocolate in Kakaako Honolulu is the SALT block bean-to-bar chocolate maker that grows its own cacao on 14 North Shore acres and runs.
Signature drink: Hawaiian-grown chocolate flight
Tip: Daily tastings; 90-minute factory tour at 10:00 most days. Order the Lonohana and Onomea bar flight.
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Kona Coffee Purveyors in the International Market Place in Waikiki Honolulu is the Big Island farm-direct coffee bar paired with b. patisserie pastries baked.
Signature drink: 100% Kona single-estate espresso
Tip: Daily 07:00-16:00. Order a flat white with the kouign-amann; queue snakes by 09:30.