Shaka Shave Ice
Ana Mahoney’s childhood dream came true the day she opened Shaka Shave Ice in Chapel Hill.
Mahoney grew up making shave ice in Hawaii on the island of Maui in her mother’s shave ice shop. She even remembers using her church’s hand-crank shave ice machine to serve the popular frozen dessert to the other kids.
“Hawaiian shaved ice does tie me back because my family doesn’t live there anymore,” she said. “It kind of is a way to touch those memories even though I don’t get to be there anymore.”
