A polystyrene clamshell plate lunch container rests in weeds along Kahului Beach Road on Thursday morning, a short distance from the ocean. A ban on the use of polystyrene foam food containers ...

The feast she’s finishing preparing with her fiance, Keith, as her grilling sous chef, is based on Hawai‘i-style plate lunch eating—a tradition from her childhood. "For our family ...

Last May, the Maui County Council voted unanimously to ban the sale and use of polystyrene food containers, a familiar sight in local plate lunch eateries around the island. The ban goes into ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Look closely, and you may notice L&L Hawaiian Barbecue plate lunches are more colorful! Instead of two scoops rice or mac salad, now you can get a side of steamed or ...

First founded in 1997 in Pacific Beach and today highly respected for its authentic Hawaiian cuisine, Da Kine’s Plate Lunches prides itself on being a come-as-you-are eatery akin to island culture.

But treated with respect, mac salad becomes an essential element of any Hawaiian plate lunch, a cool, creamy contrast to the mounds of sweet charred meat and two-scoop rice in your takeout clamshell.