If you like pork, this is as good as it gets – legendary kalua (pit-oven) pork cooked daily for over 12 hours. The triple crown sandwich ($15) features three kinds of pork, but the Hawaiian bowl ($10.75) with kalua pig, rice and guava barbecue sauce tops even that. Look for the logo of a pig on a surfboard.
Kono's has opened a big-city outpost on Kapahulu Ave in Honolulu.