Street food$Daily 07:00-20:00
Ted's Bakery at Sunset Beach on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, runs a plate lunch counter alongside the pie case with garlic shrimp.
Try: Chocolate haupia cream pie and garlic shrimp plate
Tip: The chocolate haupia pie is the canonical North Shore order; pies sell by the slice or whole.
Street food$Daily 10:30-18:00
Waiola Shave Ice in Kapahulu Honolulu has shaved the city's finest-grain shave ice since 1940, with house syrups and the canonical strawberry condensed milk.
Try: Strawberry condensed milk shave ice
Tip: Strawberry condensed milk is the move; cash and card. Mokihana Street relocation in 2013.
Street food$Daily 10:30-18:30
Giovanni's Shrimp Truck in Kahuku on Oahu's North Shore, an hour from Honolulu, has slung butter-garlic shrimp scampi since 1993 and parked.
Try: Garlic butter shrimp scampi over rice
Tip: Twelve shrimp over two scoops rice with caramelized garlic; queue 30 to 45 minutes. Bring cash for shorter lines.
Street food$Daily 10:30-17:30
Romy's Kahuku Prawns on the North Shore an hour from Honolulu farms its own shrimp and prawns on the property and serves them butterfly-cut from the lunch.
Try: Sweet shrimp and prawns from the farm next door
Tip: Order the spicy prawn plate over rice; the sweet shrimp size up larger than the truck competitors down the road.
Street food$Daily 10:00-18:15
Jenny's Shrimp on Kamehameha Highway in Haleiwa, an hour from Honolulu, is the lunch wagon the former Macky's head chef opened after Macky's closed in 2018.
Try: Garlic butter shrimp plate
Tip: Order the spicy garlic if you want heat; the coconut shrimp is a sleeper.
Street food$Daily 06:30-21:00
Musubi Cafe Iyasume on Kuhio in Waikiki Honolulu has fed handheld spam musubi to Waikiki visitors since 2000, with handmade Koshihikari rice and a dozen.
Try: Spam musubi in a dozen styles
Tip: The teriyaki spam musubi is the bestseller; the avocado bacon egg pairs well with morning coffee.