IslandNews – March 17, 2024 – Hawaii Hotel & Restaurant Show This Week in Honolulu

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Food and Drug Administration said dogs in outdoor dining areas do not pose a threat to public health, but Hawaii law still bans pups that are not service animals from lanai-style dining areas....

HONOLULU (Island News) -- Big City Diner owner Lane Muraoka set the price of the restaurant's Thanksgiving meals six months ago. "We base the price on the turkey—on the protein—that's the majority of the plate," he said. And now a spike in the cost of dairy products...

WAIKIKI (KHON2) — State officials told KHON2 in April that their online database to search a restaurant’s inspection history would be back up and running by July, but the system is still down and thousands of reissued permits are backlogged....