Hawaii's bar culture is informal and unpretentious, tied to the ocean and the outdoors. The mai tai — that cheerfully rummy punch of rum, orange curacao, and lime invented in California in 1944 but claimed by Hawaii as its own — is on every menu. Honolulu's bar scene runs from gritty dive bars in Chinatown to high-end rooftop cocktail lounges in Waikiki. On the neighbor islands, things tend to close early and open casual.