Best road-trip restaurants in Hawaii

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Sunset Beach bakery and plate-lunch counter on the North Shore, home of the original chocolate haupia cream pie and hearty local plates.

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Legendary Kapahulu Portuguese bakery famous since 1952 for hot, sugar-dusted malasadas fried fresh throughout the day.

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Old-school Honolulu bakery and coffee shop famed as the home of the Coco Puff, plus Chantilly cake and diner classics at the griddle counter.

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Bustling Chinatown Chinese bakery famous for oversized pork hash, baked manapua, half moons and crack seed with lines out the door.

$ · Hana Highway

The Keanae Peninsula banana-bread stop that turns a quick overlook into a proper Hana Highway ritual.

$ · Hana Highway

A classic Road to Hana pause for banana bread, shave ice, and a reset before the curves keep coming.

$$ · Haleakala Summit Road

A French-leaning Kula breakfast stop for Haleakala summit mornings when pastries and coffee beat another granola bar.

$ · Haleakalā National Park

Century-old Makawao bakery whose cream puffs and stick donuts sell out by mid-morning — the mandatory stop coming down from a Haleakalā sunrise. Closed Sundays and Wednesdays; bring cash and get there early.