Leonard's Bakery | |
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Established | 1952 |
Owner(s) | Leonard Rego Jr. |
Food type | Bakery |
Street address | 933 Kapahulu Avenue |
City | Honolulu |
State | Hawaii |
Postal/ZIP Code | 96816 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 21°17′06″N 157°48′48″W / 21.2849°N 157.8133°W |
Other locations | Yokohama, Japan |
Website | leonardshawaii |
Leonard's Bakery is a Portuguese bakery in Honolulu, Hawaii, known for popularizing the malasada. The fried pastry, slightly crispier and chewier than a doughnut and with no hole, is known as a cuisine of Hawaii. Though Portuguese immigrants brought the malasada to Hawaii at the turn of the 20th century, Leonard's opened in 1952 and brought it to a wider audience. Leonard's is a household name in Hawaii and is well known in the continental United States and internationally. A franchise location opened in Japan in 2008.