In the 1960s a boy named Clayton Chang rode his bike around Aina Haina with his siblings. He often stopped at a crack seed shop called Doe Fang in the neighborhood shopping center and pictured himself owning it someday. He bought it in June 1996 and became the shop's fourth owner.
The storefront is 820 W. Hind Drive No. 116. Since June 13, 2026, it has been an Oakberry açaí shop. The shave ice that made the space well known did not move to another storefront. It went out the door with the people who had made it, and these days it turns up at pop-ups and private parties.
Who Has Run Unit 116
For most of its known history, someone with roots in the neighborhood ran this unit. That held true until early 2025.
| Period | Operator | What it sold |
|---|---|---|
| Before June 1996 | Doe Fang's first three owners | Crack seed |
| June 1996 to 2011 | Clayton "Uncle Clay" Chang, fourth owner | The same mom-and-pop crack seed shop |
| 2011 to Feb. 24, 2025 | Uncle Clay and his nephew Bronson Chang | Shave ice as Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha, known as HOPA |
| June 13, 2026 onward | Oakberry Hawaii | Açaí bowls and smoothies |
Uncle Clay and Bronson opened HOPA in 2011 in the space Doe Fang had used. HOPA served shave ice with all-natural syrups, fresh fruit and Tahitian ice cream. More than 100 people worked behind that counter between 2011 and the closing. That staff matters to the rest of this story.
How the Counter Stayed Open, and Why It Closed
Keeping the shop open was always a financial strain.
On Feb. 7, 2025, Uncle Clay and Bronson announced that the shop would close. They called the business model "increasingly unsustainable." The last day of service was Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. Uncle Clay was turning 77 that March and planned to retire. The two came back on March 1 and 2 for a community celebration with stories, live music and one more round of shave ice.
When Bronson explained what made the location matter, he talked about the place itself more than the product:
"You can feel the spirit of Uncle Clay as a child dreaming of owning Doe Fang there. You can feel the actual history that could only be built over time through the hundreds of thousands of guests who walked in and out of those same doors."
That history belonged to the people who ran the shop, not to the lease. When the owner stepped back, the recipes stayed with the people.
The Recipes Went to the Staff
Two former HOPA employees pitched a new venture to the Changs soon after the closing. They told Aloha State Daily that Bronson gave them "everything we needed to get our business started for a great price, from recipes and syrups to equipment and advice." They named the business Shred Shave Ice. According to the founders, they had paid off their startup costs and turned a profit within two months.
Shred's first public outing was a pop-up at Kahala Mall in April 2025, run with the nonprofit ViviStop Honolulu. That pop-up served both new customers and people who already knew HOPA. As of that May, Shred mostly worked graduation parties, birthdays and other private events. Its prices depended on the size of the party, and no second pop-up was on the calendar yet.
HOPA's own website keeps track of these spin-offs. Its Beyond the House page lists the projects the shop left behind:
- Shred Shave Ice, which the page says "brings back the original flavors you know and love from Uncle Clay's, with their own unique twist."
- Little HOPA, a family-run keiki shave ice pop-up that gives part of its proceeds to causes the family supports. It posts on Instagram at @littlehopa.
- The One World 'Ohana book, a collection of stories from HOPA's old guestbooks. Its page still accepts stories, photos, videos and donations. It lists a target completion date of fall 2025, and the page still treats the book as a project in progress.
The same page also links to a 2025 Moment of Contemplation that Uncle Clay and Bronson delivered at the Hawaii State Senate. None of these projects has a permanent address. To find HOPA-style shave ice today, check those Instagram accounts and event calendars rather than W. Hind Drive.
What Unit 116 Serves Now
Oakberry Hawaii announced its grand opening in HOPA's former space, for 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 13, 2026, more than 15 months after HOPA's last day. Oakberry's operations manager, Zayne Chong, explained the choice to Aloha State Daily: "We wanted to capture something in east Honolulu. This space opened up in 'Āina Haina, and we thought it would be a good fit for Oakberry on the East side."
The Aina Haina shop is Oakberry's third on Oahu. It opened less than a month after the brand's Waikiki store at the Park Shore Waikiki Hotel. The menu is built on açaí made without dyes, corn syrup or artificial preservatives. Two of the bowls:
- Crunchy bowl: chia pudding, granola, strawberry, blueberry and cacao nibs
- Matcha bowl: double matcha chia pudding, strawberry, goji berries and honey
Smoothies and build-your-own bowls are also on the menu. At the opening, the Original bowl cost $14.95.
The shop appears to be running well. Oakberry's store page lists the Aina Haina location with online ordering. Customer reviews were posted in August and again on Oct. 2, 2026. Check the hours before you go. The opening announcement listed 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends. A review from August describes the shop being open at 7 a.m.
For the first time in at least three decades, Unit 116 is run by a growing multi-location brand rather than by a single owner from the neighborhood. A cold sweet counter is still in the same doorway. The ownership model behind it has changed.
Other Turnover at the Center in 2026
Unit 116 was not the only change at Aina Haina Shopping Center this year. HONOLULU Magazine's running list of 2026 closures includes two other Aina Haina businesses in May.
Pieology closed as part of a statewide exit. KHON reported in March that all five Hawaii locations would close, citing a company notice that gave "business failure" as the reason and a last day on or after May 22.
Lē'ahi Health closed its Aina Haina location. Its Mānoa and Kaimukī locations stayed open, according to the HONOLULU Magazine roundup.
Neither roundup names who will take over those spaces. The center's website offers a leasing contact form. This year's best-documented arrival is Oakberry, a brand that is expanding across Oahu, in the storefront Uncle Clay first pictured owning as a boy on a bike.
Storefronts like Unit 116 are part of what buyers weigh when they look at a neighborhood, along with the homes. If you are thinking about a home near W. Hind Drive and want to talk through how Aina Haina's everyday corners are changing, Tracy Allen can walk you through the area street by street. Book an appointment to start that conversation.