Tag: cafe

CONTRIBUTED BY SHELL BURGER While wandering around American Village with some friends, we happened upon a very interesting and eclectic restaurant. At first glance the...

CONTRIBUTED BY CORINA CARNEY During our summer stay-cation up in Okuma, we managed to discover the most astonishing café we have ever visited in Okinawa. It...

CONTRIBUTED BY LEAH MAGID/PHOTOS BY MOTOYUKI NISIMURA, JEFF MAGID, LEAH MAGID When we first moved down to the Araha Beach area from out in the...

CONTRIBUTED BY KATHRYN STRONG After one very hot Sunday that I had spent running around in the sun for work, I rewarded myself with an...

CONTRIBUTED BY MERMEE I love food. Being raised in a half-Greek family has given me the reflexes to offer people food, to talk about food,...

CONTRIBUTED BY CLAIRE BRAYCOLLINS Sometimes, friends and acquaintances commend my “ability” for “just getting out there” and “finding” cool things to do or eat or...

CONTRIBUTED BY QUENTIN RICHARDSON Just off the noisy, often crowded stretch of Kokusai Street passing by Miebashi Station runs a much quieter but busy road....

CONTRIBUTED BY KAY MILLS My husband and I are always on the lookout for new local restaurants, especially near the Sunabe Seawall as it makes for...

CONTRIBUTED BY DAPHNE SHAFER-REPASS One of the wonderful distinctions Okinawan restaurants has is individuality, something unique in design or style that sets it apart.  I...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Coming to Roguii is an experience in and of itself.  The building is an old base-style home, but made into a...

CONTRIBUTED BY CHRISTINA MEHRIARY The gentle rustling of the sugar cane leaves beckoned us a warm welcome as we made our way down to the gentle...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES While on a long drive up north, we found a ‘classy looking sign’ which advertised the “Green Room Café” We happened...

CONTRIBUTED BY KATHRYN STRONG Being vegetarian in the US is fantastic; even in my hometown of Dallas, it was hard to find a place that...

CONTRIBUTED BY KATHRYN STRONG In the northern reaches of Okinawa, where there are no Starbucks, cafés where you can spend an afternoon sipping coffee and...

CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Vivace Exterior The Vivace building is rather large and difficult to miss. It is on the edge of Naha and Shuri on...

CONTRIBUTED BY ASHLEY CONNOLLY Cat Cafe 1 Cat Cafe First of all, I love cats. I have even been referred to as a crazy cat lady. So...

CONTRIBUTED BY LEEANN STEVENS Sea Garden View My husband and I found the perfect restaurant for our date nights. Sea Garden is right by the sea,...

CONTRIBUTED BY LISA WILLIAMS Are you looking for a resort to enjoy away from the well-beaten path? One that combines luxury, beauty and available activities...

CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA RUISZ NAZARIO Seaside Sign 1 Monday and Tuesday closed. Monday and Tuesday closed. If I repeat this mantra over and over, perhaps the...

CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA RUISZ NAZARIO Remember that scene in Big Daddy when Adam Sandler's character and little blonde "Frankenstein" try to order breakfast at McDonald's,...

CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA NAZARIO Oceans Pizza Booth Suppose you met a couple of Okinawa newbies (or, you're that Okinawa newbie), still bubbling with excitement and ready...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Ever since we moved to Okinawa, ladies I met from a Bible Study class often talked about the Tee House on...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Hinata Front I am always on the lookout for cute cafes when I’m not confined within the school walls with my students....

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Blue Shore Exterior Brothers Cazimero, steel congo drums, ukulele strumming. Hawaiian music playing inside and outside the restaurant. Sigh... Blue Shore Sign On a...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Cafe Casa Exterior When I saw this Café, I thought of old colonial homes, especially the ones around Williamsburg, Virginia. It...

CONTRIBUTED BY DEANNA HAXTON Kacafe Grilled Cheese My very first day on island my sponsor drove me up Gate 2 street and on the way pointed...

CONTRIBUTED BY MONETTE EAMES Cafe One Bar View Cafe One Bar Front Imagine yourself being in a little tree house, high atop a lookout over the sea....

CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Pan Ya Signs EDITOR'S NOTE 8/12:  This post was written specifically about the Urasoe location.  Unfortunately these shops have closed.  They are...

CONTRIBUTED BY ANGI BRZYCKI Ploughmans Food The term “Ploughman's Lunch” is a British phrase for a plain and simple, cold lunch. It usually includes a piece...

CONTRIBUTED BY LORALEE ALCANTARA Associa front If you’re looking for a nice, feel-good kind of full, and not a heavy food coma, Café & Bar Associa...