Tony's Liquor & Deli

Great place to stop for spam musubi, rice cake, bento, butter mochi, and other snacks! Oh yeah, and beer too. Young the owner, is a sweet woman, and super friendly!

It is, what it is........whose da clown that walks into a liquor store, only to buy some almond cookies? Um, that would me........Bruddah Fran!Call me weird, but since I missed lunch yesterday & had to do a night time installations at a bank last night, somehow I ended up at Tony's Liquor & Deli. Yeah, there were other places to eat near by, but somehow L&L, or Best Drive-In did not appeal to me, and the rest of the food joints were either closed, or not food related.Upon walking into this liquor store I could clearly see that is was a very small mom & pop operation. Tony's Liquor & Deli sells an array of drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic), snacks (they got lots of 'em), and a few random things (like I saw slippah's, automotive fluids, etc.).I basically came in here to look for something small to eat, like a musubi or whatever I could find appealing, but unfortunately coming in here so late in the afternoon.......I gotta tell you folks, it's slim pickin's my friend!Located along Sand Island Access road, just across the street from the First Hawaiian Bank (Sand Island Br.), you can find Tony's Liquor & Deli. Upon walking around the store, I did find a few Spam musubi's, but since I don't do processed meats, I passed on it. Then I saw a bento under a heat lamp, but the bento looked to be in very bad shape, as it appeared to be all dried up.Looking further on the snack table I saw an individual sliced pound cake, some kinda empanada, a single rice cake (shucks, should have bought it, but passed on it), and of course some Almond Cookies.As you can see in da pic, you know what Bruddah Fran ended up buying.......and what I got was two stale Almond Cookies for $1.66 w/tax! Lol! I ended up eating one almond cookie, then throwing away the other cookie.......well, I guess it's better to have something to eat, then nothing at all? Lol!I guess I missed da mark on da snack......and honestly, I'm still thinking about that rice cake! Lol!

Just a REALLY small mom and pop liquor store, in the middle of the Airport, Kalihi Kai, Sand Island business districts. If you're done work and looking for some ice cold refreshments, be it alcoholic or not, then let Tony's hook you up. They've got all the basic pau hana, cool me off quick, with a side of chips necessities you'll need. Things like cold beers ( most popular ones) wines (again not too much to choose from) hards ( the small and mini bottles) chips, dips, tobacco, ice cream. Even the little corner on the side for porn magazines, and videos. As Tony's is in the middle of an industrial area, their times of operations are limited to mostly just working hours, as they're open from 6 in the morning, to 7 at night, Monday thru Saturday, and closed Sundays. What makes it convenient for me is they're right on the way to paddling practice. And if you think about it, small liquor stops are supposed to be convenient that way. Park, run in, purchase, run out. Painless and fast. Get back on your merry way. The only thing that puzzles me, is in the name, liquor and deli... DELI? Never seen any type of deli food. No hot foods, no sandwiches, no salads. I did see a couple of Spam Musubi on the counter.... I guess that could count.