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Rearview: Iconic Honolulu sports bar was popular for 3 decades

COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Hawaii’s first sports bar, the Smile Cafe, had to make way on Kalakaua Avenue for the extension of Ala Moana Boulevard in the early 1950s.
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COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO

Hawaii’s first sports bar, the Smile Cafe, had to make way on Kalakaua Avenue for the extension of Ala Moana Boulevard in the early 1950s.

COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Above, the Smile Cafe staff gathered for this photo in the 1930s, many wearing kimono.
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COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO

Above, the Smile Cafe staff gathered for this photo in the 1930s, many wearing kimono.

COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Above, the Uyehara brothers ran the Smile Cafe from 1932 to 1962 as well as six other companies.
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COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO

Above, the Uyehara brothers ran the Smile Cafe from 1932 to 1962 as well as six other companies.

COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Hawaii’s first sports bar, the Smile Cafe, had to make way on Kalakaua Avenue for the extension of Ala Moana Boulevard in the early 1950s.
COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Above, the Smile Cafe staff gathered for this photo in the 1930s, many wearing kimono.
COURTESY GENE KANESHIRO
                                Above, the Uyehara brothers ran the Smile Cafe from 1932 to 1962 as well as six other companies.