FILE - In this May 17, 2007, file photo, a bicyclist rides past the Wo Fat building in Honolulu's Chinatown. Developers say a restoration of the iconic Wo Fat Building could serve as a catalyst in ...

The Wo Fat building in Chinatown, Honolulu, is seen in this file photo. The owners of the iconic building, the inspiration for the name of a “Hawaii Five-0” villain, plan to redevelop the 80 ...

Wo Fat Chop Suey, the restaurant, shuttered in 1994, Hibbard said. It then became a night club for a short while and the upstairs floors stopped being used entirely bout 12 years ago, he said.

The landmark Wo Fat Building in Honolulu’s Chinatown, which was once home to Hawaii’s oldest restaurant and was the inspiration for the name of the famous “Hawaii Five-0” television series ...

Wo Fat, which translates to “peace” and “prosperity,” was founded in 1882 by a group of Chinese businessmen. The restaurant’s original building at another site on Maunakea Street burned ...

The name of the landmark Wo Fat Building (115 N. Hotel St.) means "peace and prosperity," the latter of which must have appealed to the proprietor of Honolulu's first Chinese restaurant, which ...