An artful Downtown bar

Noteworthy for: This hybrid art gallery is a popular last stop on First Friday Art Walk nights.

Word to the wise: If you're peckish, the high quality tapas menu here is good value, too. Wash down finger food with a craft beer, glass of wine or an artisan cocktail.

Thirtynine Hotel is a bar with lofty ambitions. Aside from its current status as one of Honolulu's most popular venues for seeing art and live music, it aspires to promote local and international arts awareness by working with galleries worldwide.

After ascending Thirtynine's long, narrow staircase, you'll find the type of funky, loft-style space you probably aspired to live in during your 20s. If you arrive before nine you can tour the gallery, then settle onto the deck alongside the fashionable crowd swaying to the tunes of a live band or DJ.