Hawai'i's Best Restaurants

	BAKERIES
	Take a look around any interisland airport terminal, and you'll see folks toting grease-stained bakery boxes tied with string or suspended in plastic bags. We just love our baked goods, and we love to give them as gifts. Here are some of our favorite O'ahu bakeries, with their specialties.

Leonard's Bakery

To many Hawai'i residents, Leonard's Bakery in Kapahulu offers the quintessential malassada. Leonard's began making its sugary signature item a year after Frank Leonard Rego founded the bakery in 1952.

REBECCA BREYER | The Honolulu Advertiser

For generations of Islanders, Leonard's is a sugar-coated mecca. Founded by Frank Leonard Rego in 1952, and still operated by the Rego family, the bakery began making traditional Portuguese confections the following year, at the suggestion of Margaret Rego. They were the first, the malassadas were a hit, and the rest is grease-stained history. Pick up some pao doce (rich egg bread) while you're there.

933 Kapahulu Ave. 737-5591. 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. No reservations. VS, MC, AX, DC, DS, JCB. Checks accepted. $.

Legend:

VS: Visa
MC: Mastercard
AX: American Express
DC: Diners Club
DS: Discover Card
JCB: JCB Card
Olioli: Olioli Card

$$$: Pricey; entrées mostly more than $17
$$: Moderate; entrées $10-$16
$: Budget-friendly; entrées mostly less than $10

Checks: Local checks and travelers’ checks only

Past 'Ilima Award winner

"Cheap eats" restaurant

"Local classic" eatery