Dean & Deluca

Dean & Deluca's Royal Hawaiian Center location sits on the ground floor of Building B on Kalakaua, just off the Sheraton porte-cochere. The build leans plantation: louvered exterior, hand-painted fixtures, a coastal-Hawaii read on the New York original. It is grab-and-go by design, with daily soups, takeout lunches, original-blend coffee, and a wall of Hawaii-exclusive merchandise that has become the actual reason a generation of visitors stops in. The crowd is mostly Kalakaua foot traffic, Sheraton guests, and the occasional local picking up tote bags as host gifts. Mornings are espresso and pastry. Afternoons are iced coffee on the way somewhere. Order an iced latte and the Hawaii-exclusive tote if you want the version of this place that locals send tourists to. Order the original-blend drip if you want a quiet seat on Kalakaua before the heat.