Is Helena's Hawaiian Food Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Honolulu, HI)
Man v. Food, Season 2 Honolulu, Hawaii
Current status
As of October 2026, Helena's Hawaiian Food is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed September 8, 2026.
What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, carried a 2026 copyright, current holiday-hours notice, and working online ordering, and Google Places lists it as operational. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 2, Episode 6
- Aired
- Address 1240 N School St, Honolulu, HI 96817
- Website helenashawaiianfood.com
- Show map
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What happened after Man v. Food?
Man v. Food (Travel Channel) featured Helena's Hawaiian Food's plate-lunch specialties in its Honolulu, Hawaii-area segment that aired 2009-09-09. Helena's Hawaiian Food is a sit-down restaurant on North School Street in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu; the restaurant's own site says it has been "serving great Hawaiian food since 1946." The James Beard Foundation gave Helena's Hawaiian Food an America's Classics award in 2000, according to the foundation. A site check of helenashawaiianfood.com on 2026-09-08 carried a 2026 copyright notice, a current holiday-closure announcement for Thanksgiving and the year-end holidays, and a working online-ordering system. Google Places, checked 2026-09-07, lists the North School Street address as operational. The same site listed weekday hours of 10am-7:30pm and a direct phone number, both current as of the 2026-09-08 check.
The episode
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Sources we checked
- helenashawaiianfood.com https://helenashawaiianfood.com/
- Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Helena%27s%20Hawaiian%20Food%2C%201240%20N%20School%20St%2C%20Honolulu%2C%20HI%2096817
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Record mvf-079 · checked by Cal Marchetti.