Defunct Movie Theaters

[Kalihiboy]

Here are a bunch of them from mostly 1974 time frame:

Jerry Lewis Twin Theaters: Windward City Shopping Center

American Theaters: 130 N. Hotel Street

Holiday Kailua Theaters

Holiday Kam Shopping Center Theater (now KB Toys)

Nippon Theaters: Beretania & Keeaumoku, in 1962 was known as the Palace Theaters

Empress Theaters: 1190 Nunanu Avene

Toho Theaters: Kapiolani Blvd. (now Blockbuster Video?)

King Theaters: 59 S. King Street

Toyo Theater: Beretania & College Walk (I think the property turned into eventually the Honolulu Weekly offices, since demolished and Hawaii USA FCU)

Kapahulu Theaters: Kapahulu and Date Street

King & Royal Sunset Drive Inn: Farrington & Kunia Roads

Royal Theaters: 2380 Kuhio

Rex Theaters: 1164 Maunakea

Theater at Kings Alley: 131 Kalulani Avenue

Would be sort of interesting to do a what is there now or even what was there in between then and now!

Aj

[MatildaRose]

I didn't see it on your list, but in my neck of the woods (Kaimuki/St. Louis Heights), there's the old, old, old Queen Theater on Waialae Ave. I think the owners use it as a warehouse now.

[mel]

Besides the Cinerama, Waikiki Twins and Waikiki #3, my next favorite was the old Royal Theater at Kuhio. Movies I remember seeing there were "True Grit", "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Star Trek The Motion Picture". "The Black Hole," and "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." Sadly torn down and now what, a fancy high rise hotel sits there.... can't remember the name of it now. Royal Outrigger???

[helen]

I think Perry Boy Somgies is at the old Royal Theater site, at least it was a few years ago.

There was also a Kaimuki Theater that was located a block or two east from Queen's Theater.

[GeckoGeek]

Empress Theaters: 1190 Nunanu Avene

Is that the one that's now a New Hope chapel?

You're also missing the Cinerama (now a Checkers Auto parts)

There another one that's on the corner of Queen and Cook. Don't know what the name was, but the building is still there. One of the business in it is a dive shop.

Can't forget the Varsity.

[helen]

Kapiolani Theater. The lobby area is now Papa Johns, the main section is now Blockbuster.

[oceanpacific]

Kuhio Theater, a block Diamondhead on Kuhio Ave. from Nick's Fishmarket.

Ilikai Marina theater, where Outback Steakhouse is located.

Waialae Drive-In.

Kailua Drive-In.

Palama Theater, later known as Zamboanga, on North King near Kaiulani School.

Palace ===> Nippon ===> Golden Harvest (Beretania-Keaaumoku).

What happened to the adult theaters in Chinatown like Roosevelt and Busy-Bee?

[Kalihiboy]

I didn't list a few theaters like Waikiki or Cinerama, figured they were talked about enough and sort of closed recently compared to many others.

Were the Harbor Theaters and Illikai Theaters one in the same?

So when your in the Outback Steakhouse that was literally the theater? What always gets me is the low ceilings they had to obviously modify changes drastically to convert into what the business occupants use today. You can easily tell that Papa Johns/Blockbuster and even Cinerama were once theaters I think.

I think a fw of the theater listings I gave may have been adult theaters or turned into them later on.

Queen Theater still sits rotting away to this day. Very sad. Too bad nobody can go fix it up and turn it back into some of the older style theaters I remember seeing on the mainland.

Aj

[Kalihiboy]

Ocean Pacific wrote: Kuhio Theater, a block Diamondhead on Kuhio Ave. from Nick's Fishmarket.

Is this location literally what is now Niketown or am I off a bit?

Wasn't there once a small theater at the Kuhio Mall which is now known as Waikiki Town Center I think on the other side of the International Marketplace.

Aj

[helen]

Were the Harbor Theaters and Illikai Theaters one in the same?

So when your in the Outback Steakhouse that was literally the theater? What always gets me is the low ceilings they had to obviously modify changes drastically to convert into what the business occupants use today.

It was called the Marina Twin Theaters. It was the smallest of the theaters back then each theater holding roughly the same amount of people as one of the Resturant Row theater or one of the older Pearlridge West theater.

At first they were part of the Royal chain of theaters but later on they got brought by Consolidated.

I haven't been to Outback Steakhouse so I can't comment what changes they made but they didn't have much rows in the theater and the screen was on the mountain side of the building (closer to the street).

[Kalihiboy]

I remember the Pearlridge West Theaters they are now a series of restaurants or military recruiting offices now I think.

The Pearlridge Theaters now as we know it was once Jewelcor during the 1970's.

The Marina Twin Theaters was located next to the old Kaiser Hospital, the one they demolished during a episode of Magnum and is now known as the Hawaii Prince Hotels if I remember right.

Aj

[Palama Kid]

Haven't we had this conversation before?

Anyways, I remember the Liberty Theatre one short block makai of Beretania and Nuuanu.

[helen]

Haven't we had this conversation before?

If you are talking about the thread titled Your favorite movie theater (http://www.hawaiithreads.com/showthread.php?t=11537) then maybe yeah, however the original intention of the thread (which I failed to mention) was your current favorite movie theater. Out of the 54 notes in the thread, 7 of them did mention current theaters, the rest of them was going down memory lane, so one is kind of left with the question does anyone go to a movie theater now a days?

[scrivener]

The Empress was never a Hope Chapel, but it was Calvary Chapel of Honolulu before that church moved to Aiea. There's a new church there now. When I was in high school in the 80s, the Empress and Toyo both showed Asian films, and some friends and I caught a few pictures there after school.

Nobody's mentioned the old Waipahu Theater, which in its heyday was a huge part of life on and around Depot Road. By the mid-70s it was an adult theater, and by the late 80s it was the home of City of Refuge Church.

Don't forget the Holiday Theatera in Nanakuli and Laie.

[joshuatree]

The Empress was never a Hope Chapel, but it was Calvary Chapel of Honolulu before that church moved to Aiea. There's a new church there now. When I was in high school in the 80s, the Empress and Toyo both showed Asian films, and some friends and I caught a few pictures there after school.

Nobody's mentioned the old Waipahu Theater, which in its heyday was a huge part of life on and around Depot Road. By the mid-70s it was an adult theater, and by the late 80s it was the home of City of Refuge Church.

Don't forget the Holiday Theatera in Nanakuli and Laie.

Wasn't there another threater across from the Empress, Liberty? Which was razed and is now an open parking lot?

[mel]

The Holiday Theater is Laie still operates as part of the chain that also owns Restaurant Row theaters. The theater was split in 2 and they don't show dollar movies like they do at Restaurant Row.

[Da Rolling Eye]

Used to have a drive-in theatre in Waianae, but was already falling apart when I was in high school. No forget Kailua Drive-in. Kam has gone to heck.

Wailua Theatre is still standing, but no longer a theatre.

Haleiwa is a McD's.

Wahiawa Theatre is a bank.

Victory Theatre is now Sunnyside.

[GeckoGeek]

If someone is looking for a project, something that would be neat is a set of photos of theaters - then and now. Some would still be there, but serving other purposes, and some would be gone.

[DannyWilliams]

WHAT?

No mention of The King Theaters that used to be part of The Royal Chain? It was right across from Liberty House (when it was still there) in Downtown Fort Street Mall
Last I know b4 I left da islands it turned into a parking lot complex. Is it still there?

And I do recall A small iddy biddy theater called "Cameo" that became the downstairs portion of Pink Cadillac. What is there now?

[scrivener]

The King Theater is mentioned in the original post.

[helen]

The only time I went to the King Theater is to see Escape from New York.

[tutusue]

[...]Queen Theater still sits rotting away to this day. Very sad. Too bad nobody can go fix it up and turn it back into some of the older style theaters I remember seeing on the mainland.[...]
I wish there was a benefactor who needed a tax write-off and was willing to rehab the place and turn it into an indie film venue...for local filmmakers only...a place to showcase their work year around on the big screen.
Used to have a drive-in theatre in Waianae, [...]
Really? Where in Waianae?
[...]And I do recall A small iddy biddy theater called "Cameo" that became the downstairs portion of Pink Cadillac. What is there now?
A laundromat? Not really sure but I'll be driving by there in a couple of hours and I'll try to remember to look!

ETA: I wonder how long it will be before we're reminiscing about today's theaters?

[DannyWilliams]

The King Theater is mentioned in the original post.


Yes it was mentioned, I see that

What I was aiming for is WHAT STANDS in its space now

[helen]

Going from memory either a parking structure or a building.

[Palolo Joe]

I wish there was a benefactor who needed a tax write-off and was willing to rehab the place and turn it into an indie film venue...for local filmmakers only...a place to showcase their work year around on the big screen.

From what I heard, it's the owner(s) of the property who doesn't want to sell.

There have been offers.

[scrivener]

Yes it was mentioned, I see that
Then why did you say, "No mention of The King Theaters that used to be part of The Royal Chain?"

What I was aiming for is WHAT STANDS in its space now
You and Helen are correct: It's still a parking structure. It was still a theater when I was a bus-riding intermediate-schooler, and I remember thinking I couldn't wait until I was a little older, so my other bus-riding friends and I could maybe catch movies there after school before going the rest of the way home. By the time that happened, it was a parking structure.

The day they knocked down the Pally
My sister stood and cried:
"How could they knock down the Pally?
Part of my childhood died...
Just died..."

[gchun]

Wasn't there a theater on the corner of Cooke & Queen Streets? At one time, there was a Monsanto office (astroturf)? There's some kind of watersports store now. What was that theater named?

Garry

[oceanpacific]

The only time I went to the King Theater is to see Escape from New York.

The only film I saw at the King was WILLARD (the one about the rats).

Memorable films I viewed at other theaters:

CINERAMA - M*A*S*H;
ROYAL - THE GRADUATE;
WAIKIKI 1/2 - THE STING; AMERICAN GRAFFIT;
WAIKIKI 3 - POSEIDON ADVENTURE;
TOHO/KAPIOLANI - Lone Wolf with Baby Cart series/TOOTSIE;
KAIMUKI - PRUDENCE AND THE PILL/IMPOSSIBLE YEARS (David Niven twin bill);
ILIKAI MARINA - ELEPHANT MAN;
KUHIO - VISIONS OF EIGHT (documentary on 1972 Olympics);
VARSITY - APRIL FOOLS;
KAPAHULU - HOW SWEET IT IS;
QUEEN - some X-rated 3-D flick about flight attendants;
KAHALA MALL - TWINS;
KOKO MARINA - BACK TO THE FUTURE;
PEARLRIDGE - one of the later STAR WARS;
MILILANI - AIR FORCE ONE;
PEARL CITY HIGHLANDS - GENERAL'S DAUGHTER;
NIPPON - one of the ZATOICHI flicks;
WAIALAE DRIVE-IN - PLAY MISTY FOR ME;
KAM DRIVE-IN - can't remember the movie;
ROYAL SUNSET DRIVE-IN - can't remember this one, either;
KAILUA DRIVE-IN - LIVE AND LET DIE;

and finally, on the UH Manoa campus ........ DEEP THROAT!

[Mike_Lowery]

Roxy Theater, Kapaa, Kauai.

It got demolished after Hurricane Iniki in 1992. An ABC store is now on the site. I remember going there up until 1987. They showed Tagalog films in the last few years it was operating, and there was a Mexican/ Puerto Rican restaurant in the lobby. It's the only theater I've been to where you couldn't smell popcorn, because it smelled like pastele.

[helen]

Ohhh, Lihue Theater, now a senior retirement home.

There was another theater in Lihue on Rice Street about a block or two from the fire station. I can't remember if the name was Kauai or Aloha theater.

[MatildaRose]

The only time I went to the King Theater is to see Escape from New York.


The last movie I saw at King Theater was E.T. It may even have been the last movie shown there...

[Miulang]

If we're going to start naming off Neighbor Island movie theaters, there was Iao Theater in Wailuku, still sort of a theater today, being used nowadays by a community theatre group mostly. King Theater on North Vineyard St. (almost across from the old Yokouchi Bakery), where the Thai restaurant is now. Paia Theater, wiped out by a tsunami. The old Kahului Theater, now the site of a Burger King on the corner of Hana Hwy and Puunene Ave.. Kahului Drive Inn, where Maui Community College is now (near where the Pa'aina Culinary Center is). Hooo...we used to have good fun in there! Cram lots of people in the car, pull up next to the speakers, and then pile out of the car to head for the refreshment stand!:cool: Oh yeah, and I'm pretty sure there was a theater in Puunene too, which served the plantation camps. But that one was gone waaaay before my time!:D

Miulang

[Palama Kid]

Just remembered the Liliha Theatre, across the street from the Liliha Library.

[Mike_Lowery]

Ohhh, Lihue Theater, now a senior retirement home.

There was another theater in Lihue on Rice Street about a block or two from the fire station. I can't remember if the name was Kauai or Aloha theater.
Kauai theater used to be in Lihue. Aloha Theater was near the Hanapepe fire station. Kauai theater has some offices in the same building. Aloha Theater still stands, empty.

[D'Alani]

What about Kalihi Theater, Golden Wall, and Pawaa Theater.
First movie I saw at Kuhio Theater was Ben Hur, on an excursion(field trip) when I was going to Lanakila Elementary School.:rolleyes:

[helen]

This might fall under "Defunct Movie Stuff or Practices" but in the 70's when a movie got advertised on TV it will also say which theater it is playing at. I don't remember when they stop that practice.

[GeckoGeek]

I'm remembering another one in Kailua. I don't know the name of it, but I saw "Mary Poppins" there. The building was torn down and now there's a Good Year place there. It might have also included the Burger King next door.

[oceanpacific]

What about Kalihi Theater, Golden Wall, and Pawaa Theater.
First movie I saw at Kuhio Theater was Ben Hur, on an excursion(field trip) when I was going to Lanakila Elementary School.:rolleyes:

PAWAA became CINERAMA.

[Kalihiboy]

Just remembered the Liliha Theatre, across the street from the Liliha Library.

You mean near where the bus stop sits now? At one time wasnt that also an American Savings Bank before the 2 story ASB was built at the shopping center across the street.

Aj

[Palama Kid]

You mean near where the bus stop sits now? At one time wasnt that also an American Savings Bank before the 2 story ASB was built at the shopping center across the street.

Aj
second try


Yup, that's about right. Buuut might also be closer to School Street, maybe where the overpass is. Dunno exactly.

Never went to too many movies, but distinctly remember seeing Kirk Douglas in "Lonely Are The Brave" there. Now, that was one fine movie.

This brings back fond memories. Going to samurai and obake neko movies with my uncle or mom, then stopping off at the insai / outsai saimin stands along Beretania / Ala Pahk for 25-cents small saimin & 10-cents BBQ sticks.

I crying in my oatmeal now. Peeeteeful, yeah?

[D'Alani]

You're right, Liliha Theater was where the freeway is now on the makai/ewa corner of School and Liliha. Liliha. Palama, and Kalihi Theaters all had a Saturday morning cartoon club.

[oceanpacific]

You're right, Liliha Theater was where the freeway is now on the makai/ewa corner of School and Liliha. Liliha. Palama, and Kalihi Theaters all had a Saturday morning cartoon club.

We had those Saturday morning kids' clubs in Hilo, too, at the Palace Theater. Ours was called the Mickey Mouse Club and cost a dime for seven cartoons and a movie, usually a John Wayne western or war movie, or a sci-fi flick like "The Giant Claw" or "Twenty Million Miles From Earth."

A quarter went a long way back then: a dime for the ticket and the rest for the concession stand. Candy bars were a nickel, preserved seeds (e.g. li hing mui) or sodas a dime. This was a cheap form of child care for parents to get their kids out of their hair for a couple of hours each Saturday.

You'd get a coupon for free admission for your birthday and the management passed out free 5 oz. ice cream cups at Christmas time.

[oceanpacific]

We had those Saturday morning kids' clubs in Hilo, too, at the Palace Theater. Ours was called the Mickey Mouse Club and cost a dime for seven cartoons and a movie, usually a John Wayne western or war movie, or a sci-fi flick like "The Giant Claw" or "Twenty Million Miles From Earth."

A quarter went a long way back then: a dime for the ticket and the rest for the concession stand. Candy bars were a nickel, preserved seeds (e.g. li hing mui) or sodas a dime. This was a cheap form of child care for parents to get their kids out of their hair for a couple of hours each Saturday.

You'd get a coupon for free admission for your birthday and the management passed out free 5 oz. ice cream cups at Christmas time.

The Palace no longer operates a regular movie house, but is an arts and cinema venue similar to the Hawaii Theater on Bethel St. I believe that the Pawaa also had a similar club for kids.

[D'Alani]

We had those Saturday morning kids' clubs in Hilo, too, at the Palace Theater. Ours was called the Mickey Mouse Club and cost a dime for seven cartoons and a movie, usually a John Wayne western or war movie, or a sci-fi flick like "The Giant Claw" or "Twenty Million Miles From Earth."

A quarter went a long way back then: a dime for the ticket and the rest for the concession stand. Candy bars were a nickel, preserved seeds (e.g. li hing mui) or sodas a dime. This was a cheap form of child care for parents to get their kids out of their hair for a couple of hours each Saturday.

You'd get a coupon for free admission for your birthday and the management passed out free 5 oz. ice cream cups at Christmas time.


Oh yeah brings back good memories. I had to polish my fathers shoes for my quarter but was well worth it.

[Kalihiboy]

You're right, Liliha Theater was where the freeway is now on the makai/ewa corner of School and Liliha. Liliha. Palama, and Kalihi Theaters all had a Saturday morning cartoon club.

I wonder when the freeway was built there, I assume it was built in sections over a period of years?

I have read the McDonad's at that corner (though the structure has changed several times to now a 2 story building) dates back to at the very least the early 70's as one of the oldest McDonald's on Oahu.

Aj

[scrivener]

I have read the McDonad's at that corner (though the structure has changed several times to now a 2 story building) dates back to at the very least the early 70's as one of the oldest McDonald's on Oahu.
It was also the busiest McD's in the state (outside Waikiki), according to something I read in the late eighties or early nineties. That same news article said it had the busiest drive-through. I wonder if either of those facts is still true.

[oceanpacific]

Hawaii's first McDonald's was in Aina Haina, circa 1968, then Palolo the next year. McD's most expensive sandwich was the roast beef @$0.69, followed by the Big Mac @$0.63, and the double cheeseburger @$0.59.

My, how times have changed ..........

[D'Alani]

I wonder when the freeway was built there, I assume it was built in sections over a period of years?

I have read the McDonad's at that corner (though the structure has changed several times to now a 2 story building) dates back to at the very least the early 70's as one of the oldest McDonald's on Oahu.
Aj

After the "mauka arterial" which ran from Cartwright Field to King St. after the UH cutoff, a section was built from the east end of Kinau to Moanalua Gardens. This was in the early to mid 60's.

[helen]

King Theaters: 59 S. King Street

Would be sort of interesting to do a what is there now or even what was there in between then and now!

WHAT?

No mention of The King Theaters that used to be part of The Royal Chain? It was right across from Liberty House (when it was still there) in Downtown Fort Street Mall
Last I know b4 I left da islands it turned into a parking lot complex. Is it still there?


Yes it was mentioned, I see that

What I was aiming for is WHAT STANDS in its space now

I was on TheBus this afternoon and I had my Flip camcorder with me so when I past by the downtown section of South King I took a 2 minute video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LlrrNcbolQ) and left it on YouTube. Trouble is I don't where exactly 59 South King is now a days without leaving TheBus.

[scrivener]

I'm wondering how correct that address is. Either that, or I'm wondering how correct my memory is. Nuuanu is the street that separates N King from S King, so 59 S King should be on that first block, but that would put it between Nuuanu and Bethel, when I could have sworn the theater was between Bethel and Fort. You know that little alley that leads to Heidi's? The structure to the right is a parking structure, and THAT's where I thought the theater was.

[DannyWilliams]

Where the parking lot structure is and the car seen coming out is where the King Twins was..... I know cause I was still on the islands when the theater got torn down.

I made a few comments which I posted on the YouTube clip in references to what is seen in the begining.

[oceanpacific]

I'm wondering how correct that address is. Either that, or I'm wondering how correct my memory is. Nuuanu is the street that separates N King from S King, so 59 S King should be on that first block, but that would put it between Nuuanu and Bethel, when I could have sworn the theater was between Bethel and Fort. You know that little alley that leads to Heidi's? The structure to the right is a parking structure, and THAT's where I thought the theater was.

Your memory is correct: King Theater was between Bethel and Fort, across Liberty House.

[Kalihiboy]

The addresses all came out the the movie ads section of the Star Bulletin back then.

Aj

[Kalihiboy]

Yes somebody needs to find old photographs and do a THEN and NOW photobook on not only movie theaters but just about anything that has changed over the years. Even Ala Moana has changed drastically over the past 10 years.

Honolulu it seems is one of the few cities that the THEN & NOW photo books havent done one on yet. They did a great one on Las Vegas and all of the old casinos which of course were replaced by new casinos, Costco sold that book quite well I heard.

I wrote the publisher and they expressed interest in it, but haven't seen it on the shelves yet.

Aj

[GeckoGeek]

Even Ala Moana has changed drastically over the past 10 years.

<sigh> Tell me about it. Coral Reef, India Imports, Penny's, Liberty House, House of Music, Singer, Honolulu Bookstore, Woolworths, Hopaco ....

Ala Moana used to be a nice place to visit and shop. Now, outside of a few places like Sears and Longs, it's all for the tourists and fashion folks. There's got to be more that I haven't mentioned.

[MatildaRose]

Memorable films I viewed at other theaters:
WAIALAE DRIVE-IN - PLAY MISTY FOR ME;


Ooooh, you saw Play Misty for Me at a drive-in. Betcha ya' had your car doors locked, yeah? :eek:

[oceanpacific]

Ooooh, you saw Play Misty for Me at a drive-in. Betcha ya' had your car doors locked, yeah? :eek:

Actually, "Evelyn" was in the car WITH ME! :eek:

[MatildaRose]

Actually, "Evelyn" was in the car WITH ME! :eek:


OMG! I stay skaid just thinking about it. She wasn't holding a sharp object, was she?! I mean..not trying to get personal...sharp object like in the movie...oh, never mind...;)

[helen]

I remember the Pearlridge West Theaters they are now a series of restaurants or military recruiting offices now I think.

The Pearlridge Theaters now as we know it was once Jewelcor during the 1970's.

The original 4-Plex Pearlridge Theaters that has been closed for some years has either some sort of medical facility or the military recruiting offices there, at least as of a year ago, but the 4-Plex was across the street from the Pearlridge Center where Longs Drugs and Sears are at (I can't remember if it's Downtown/Uptown or Phase I or Phase II). I know at least a couple of restaurants in that building were there already before the theater had shut down.

The Pearlridge West Theaters is in the center itself, the same set of buildings where Longs Drugs and Sears are in. It's a 16 Plex now but it wasn't like that at first and I can't remember how many theaters it originally had.

[scrivener]

(I can't remember if it's Downtown/Uptown or Phase I or Phase II).
The Sears/Longs side is Phase II (now Downtown). The building the theaters were in, where there is now a clinic, was known as Phase III, but I wonder now if that has a name at all: I don't think it got re-named when Phases I and II became Uptown and Downtown. Almost nobody ever called it Phase III anyway.

[oceanpacific]

OMG! I stay skaid just thinking about it. She wasn't holding a sharp object, was she?! I mean..not trying to get personal...sharp object like in the movie...oh, never mind...;)

I gotta admit that it was our first date ....... and it was her choice. But, we stayed in the front seat and didn't stick around for the second feature (I don't remember the title).

[hifotog]

Before it closes...word on the Advertiser on todays paper....very soon due to lease xpiration....Keolu Cinemas--at the Keolu Shopping Center, is due to shut down soon.

[mel]

This article in the Star Bulletin today (http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/01/business/story01.html) confirms plans on the closure of the Keolu Theater and Aikahi in Kailua.

The Keolu Center Cinemas are set to shut down by the end of April, while the Aikahi Park Shopping Center is negotiating for a new tenant to take over the Aikahi Twin theater space.


The days of the dollar movies are numbered.

[helen]

This begs the question when did the Wallace Theaters become the Hollywood Theaters?

[Kalihiboy]

Holiday Theaters was owned at one time by Holiday Mart right?

The Theaters that were once at the Windward Shopping Center are now 24 Hour Fitness.

Aj

[oceanpacific]

<sigh> Tell me about it. Coral Reef, India Imports, Penny's, Liberty House, House of Music, Singer, Honolulu Bookstore, Woolworths, Hopaco ....

Ala Moana used to be a nice place to visit and shop. Now, outside of a few places like Sears and Longs, it's all for the tourists and fashion folks. There's got to be more that I haven't mentioned.


Also from the past:

O'TAHEITE, which was originally COOK'S BAY - mall level, Diamond Head end, makai side near Liberty House, Shirokiya, Conrad Jewelers;
PALM BEACH SHOP;
PAUL'S JEWELERS;
CONRAD JEWELERS;
SECURITY DIAMOND;
MORROW'S NUT HOUSE - all outlets have disappeared, including Pearlridge and Kahala Mall;
HOTEI-YA;
JEAN-LU TOYS;
PRINCE KUHIO COFFEE SHOP;
VILLA ROMA;
CAROL AND MARY'S;
IIDA'S;
JOE PACIFIC;
WONG'S OKAZUYA;
BYRON II;
LYNN'S DELICATESSEN;
SATO CLOTHIERS;
STANDARD SHOES;
KRAMER'S;
KRAMER'S BIG AND TALL;
RITZ DEPARTMENT STORE;
THOM McAN;
LEEDS;
PLUSH PIPPIN;
FISHMONGER'S WIFE;
FOLLOWING SEA (curio shop in the adjacent Ala Moana Building).

I know, I know, I'm really dating myself ...........

[Frankie's Market]

Before it closes...word on the Advertiser on todays paper....very soon due to lease xpiration....Keolu Cinemas--at the Keolu Shopping Center, is due to shut down soon.

Hmmm, and the Enchanted Lake Cinemas (literally next door to the Keolu Cinemas) closed a few years ago. Definitely part of a trend where the 2 or 4 screen theaters in midsize shopping centers are closing as movie fans flock to the larger, more modern megaplexes.

[tutusue]

Also from the past:
[...]LEEDS;
Really? There was a Leeds at AMC? Come to think of it I haven't needed a Leed's (dyed to match shoes and purse) since high school!
FOLLOWING SEA (curio shop in the adjacent Ala Moana Building).

I know, I know, I'm really dating myself ...........
That was always my favorite store for gifts. Lotsa handmade pottery, blown glass, yada, yada. Some really gorgeous stuff. They eventually ended up in Kahala Mall. Not being much of a shopper, I believe TFS is gone now. Too bad.

[helen]

Really? There was a Leeds at AMC? Come to think of it I haven't needed a Leed's (dyed to match shoes and purse) since high school!
Yeah was in street level, ocean & ewa side of the shopping center. More or less where Sam Goody (or whatever it's called now) resides.

[Frankie's Market]

WONG'S OKAZUYA;
BYRON II;
FISHMONGER'S WIFE;

It's not just those Ala Moana restaurants that have closed. Almost all of the restaurants owned by Andrew Wong's family have shut down. (Andy's Drive In, Andrew's, Orson's, Coral Reef, Chinese Chuckwagon and Seafood Emporium.) The only ones that remain in business are Byron's Drive In near the airport and Chowder House at Ward Warehouse.