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Is Hukilau Cafe Still Open? Man v. Food Update (Laie, HI)

Man v. Food, Season 2 Laie, Hawaii

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Hukilau Cafe is open — confirmed via Yelp, September 2026.

What the source shows: Yelp's listing for Hukilau Cafe, updated September 2026, showed an active review count with no closure notice, and Google Places lists the Laie address as operational. How we decide a status →

What happened after Man v. Food?

Man v. Food (Travel Channel) featured Hukilau Cafe's plate-style menu in its Honolulu, Hawaii-area segment that aired 2009-09-09. Hukilau Cafe operates as a small takeout cafe in Laie, on Oahu's North Shore near Brigham Young University-Hawaii, roughly 35 miles from downtown Honolulu; the original listing for this episode listed the city simply as Honolulu, but the located address places the cafe in Laie. Yelp's listing for Hukilau Cafe, updated September 2026, showed an active page with 646 reviews and no closed-business notice, according to Yelp.

Google Places, checked 2026-09-07, lists the Wahinepee Street address as operational. No dated news coverage of a closure or ownership change was found in the evidence gathered for this record. No current hours were independently confirmed from an official business website, since none was located for this record.

The episode Man v. Food, Season 2

Episode 6
Aired
What was featured: the cafe's Hawaiian-style plate lunch menu
How Man v. Food restaurants have fared: 24% closed →

Also in Season 2 Man v. Food

Season 2: 41 of 64 still open · 3 renamed, moved or under new owners

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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Yelp https://www.yelp.com/biz/hukilau-cafe-laie
  2. Google https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hukilau%20Cafe%2C%2055-662%20Wahinepee%20St%2C%20Laie%2C%20HI%2096762
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Record mvf-078 · checked by Cal Marchetti.