Jo McGarry has been writing about food and wine for more than a decade in Hawaii. Former editor of Gusto Magazine she began working as restaurant specialist for the Honolulu Star Bulletin in 2001 and writing a food column for MidWeek the same year. She is the host of a long running lifestyle radio program, Table Talk, that airs Saturday mornings on KHVH 830 AM from 10 – 11AM. She is the author of The Hawaii Tailgate Cookbook and the 'voice' of tailgating on radio. Visit her website: WineAndDineHawaii.com
Below are the last few Neighborhood Spots columns
Breakfast with a view in Waikiki
Friday - May 18, 2007
By Kerry Miller
Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day? A nutritionist, or your doctor, might tell you that it’s important to eat something like cereal or fruit when you wake up to give you energy for your day.
Read Column>>The big-hit dishes from all Fred’s restaurants
Friday - April 20, 2007
By Jo McGarry
What’s the main benefit of having owned some of Honolulu’s best-known restaurants? Ask restaurateur Fred Livingston and he’ll tell you that it makes menu planning in a new venture a whole lot easier.
Read Column>>A restaurant designed with everyone in mind
Friday - April 13, 2007
By Jo McGarry
If live music, long happy hours and tasty bites are all an important part of your weekend, Lily Koi Restaurant and Lounge should more than deliver.
Read Column>>d.k’s in Waikiki: a steak unlike any other
Friday - April 06, 2007
By Jo McGarry
“We traveled all over, eating at the great steak houses in America,” says Kodama. What they came home with was the desire to create the first dry-aging room in the Islands, and to build a restaurant serving some of the most tender, flavorful steaks in Honolulu.
Read Column>>The Patisserie goes to market
Friday - March 30, 2007
By Midweek Staff
If you’re a fan of some of Hawaii’s most popular breads and pastries, then you’ll be pleased to know they’ll soon be available in select stores in Honolulu. The Patisserie at Kahala Mall will be distributing some of its most popular breads and pastries under the “Harvest Hawaii” label.
Read Column>>The many signature flavors of Cinnamon’s
Friday - March 23, 2007
By Jo McGarry
Most restaurants are happy if one or two of their dishes become signature items. At Cinnamon’s in Kailua, almost the entire menu is “signature.”
Read Column>>A weekend full of St. Patrick’s Day fun, food
Friday - March 16, 2007
By Jo McGarry
Ready to get your Irish up? It’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend, which means you celebrate on Saturday and have Sunday to recover. The annual St.Patrick’s Day parade takes place in Waikiki at noon beginning on Saratoga Avenue and ending at Kapiolani Park.
Read Column>>A tropical steak house on Lewers Street
Friday - March 09, 2007
By Jo McGarry
Well, depending on what you order at one of the newest restaurants on Lewers Street, your view may be of one of the best steaks in town. Scorching platters of succulent steaks are set to sizzle in Waikiki next week as the newest Ruth’s Chris Steak House opens for business.
Read Column>>Mixing it up with the E&O alchemist
Friday - March 02, 2007
By Jo McGarry
Joey Gottesman is making a mojito. A simple task, you might assume. Ernest Hemingway’s famously favorite drink requires but a few humble ingredients: mint, lime, club soda, rum, sugar and a good old muddle over ice.
Read Column>>A taste of the Sistine Chapel on S. King Street
Friday - February 23, 2007
By Don Chapman
If a trip to Italy is on your dream vacation list, but the immediate prospects of actually getting to see the Sistine Chapel paintings by Michelangelo are dim,may we suggest a pleasant alternative.And one that does not involve airport security, passports or jet lag.
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