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Helena's Hawaiian Foods

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1240 N School St

Honolulu, HI 96817

Tel. (808) 845-8044

If you're looking for aloha spirit, Helena's is the place. This funky hole in the wall is a Honolulu icon. Locals come here for real Hawaiian food; visitors in the know skip the hotel luau and drop by to taste kalua pig ($2.90), poi ($2.25), squid luau ($3.15) and fried butterfish collar ($3.95). The James Beard Foundation called Helena's "a regional classic." We loved ... the friendly staff. We didn't love ... the run-down neighborhood, which includes a radiator shop and a feed store.


- Rosemary McClure, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer (October 18, 2007)

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