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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta

Food & Dining

Diamond Head Drip, a mobile coffee truck, officially opened last September with a mission to serve the Kāhala and Diamond Head community. The idea for the business came about last May, according to owners Scott Blanco and Hellena Wilson.

“This inspiration was pretty simple — we saw a real absence in the Kāhala area for quality, specialty coffee, and we knew the location along Diamond Head Road was special,” Blanco says. “There’s something about handing someone a beautifully crafted drink while they’re taking in that sunrise that just felt right. Coffee and community are what drive us.”

When the business first opened, Diamond Head Drip parked near the Amelia Earhart’s Marker on Diamond Head Road. Choosing that location was intentional, according to Blanco.

“There’s real history on this stretch of road,” Blanco says. “Truck vendors and peddlers have worked the Kāhala side of Diamond Head in past generations. Operating out of a food truck felt like we were honoring that tradition, and that resonated with us deeply.”

“We’re right within sight of Diamond Head, so that was a given,” adds Wilson, referring to the meaning behind the business name. “We also loved that ‘drip’ is a coffee reference, and it nods to our vision of growing into clothing and apparel down the road.”

The business features a variety of coffees with both, housemade syrups and classic options from Pono Potions. Coffees are made with beans from Kailua-based Tradition Coffee Roasters, according to Blanco.

The business’s banana bread latte ($7) is the most popular drink, followed by the maple brown sufar latte ($7) and cold brew with maple brown sugar cold foam ($7).

“We make the maple brown sugar, banana bread, miso caramel and local honey simple syrups in-house,” Blanco says. “Pono Potions supplies our mac nut, vanilla and lavender syrups.”

Besides coffees and teas, Diamond Head Drip also features quick bites designed for those on-the-go. The business’s croffles ($7) — a croissant-waffle hybrid — and Podagee Press ($5) have become customer favorites.

“For the Podagee Press, we do Spam-sized Portuguese sausage and cheese between two Kings Hawaiian rolls,” says Wilson, who explains the rolls are then waffle-pressed to create a melt-like sandwich.

Diamond Head Drip recently found a new location and now pops up at Lotus Honolulu’s parking lot from Wednesdays to Sundays.

“Lotus Waikīkī has helped us lock down a spot that is still in sight of our beautiful Diamond Head scenery,” the business wrote in a recent Instagram post.

The Diamond Head setting contributes to the business’s unique experience, according to Blanco, who wants to thank the community and customers.  

“You’re sipping a craft latte with a view of Diamond Head and the dual surf breaks,” Blanco says. “Beyond the location, we’re committed to true specialty coffee. We started this (business) because we love coffee and we love this place; that hasn’t changed one bit.

“Hellena is born and raised here; I’m a San Diego transplant,” he adds. “This journey has made this my home and helped me feel like I belong here.”

Open 7 a.m. to noon Wednesdays to Sundays

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The business features specialty coffee and was designed to serve the Kāhala/Diamond Head Community. The business recently found a permanent spot and pops up in the Lotus Honolulu parking lot.

Diamond Head Drip now has a new location

Ray Tsuchiyama

Real Estate

Columnists

After Hurricane Lala, residents of a Waikīkī high-rise waited 

for power and water to be restored while nearby buildings were already back online, due to its own flooded circuitry.

One storm. One outage. But it points to a much larger question: What happens when Hawaiʻi's aging condominium buildings can no longer keep up with the demands placed on them?

Walk through any 1960s or ’70s-era condominium tower in Waikīkī or Makiki, and you are looking at a building entering a difficult stage of its economic life.

Many of Hawaiʻi's condominium buildings are now 40, 50 or even 60 years old. The issue is not necessarily their structural lives; it is that major systems installed decades ago — plumbing, electrical, elevators and roofs — are increasingly expensive to maintain or replace.

The bills are not small. Some owners are facing special assessments of $50,000, $100,000 or more per unit for repairs and replacement of aging building systems.

And for many owners, their condominium may be the largest asset they own, yet they face a large bill for a unit they may eventually have difficulty selling.

Here is what is missing: Hawaiʻi has a law for terminating a condominium.

 It does not have a practical legal mechanism for turning majority agreement into redevelopment.

Hawaiʻi law provides a process for condominium termination for liquidation through a court-ordered partition sale, which does not address the collective-action problem when a large majority of owners want to sell or rebuild but a minority does not.

Owners are not simply choosing repair over redevelopment.

They often have no practical redevelopment

And zoning can make the problem worse. Tear down an older, grandfathered tower, and current rules may permit less density than the building already contains. A developer may be willing to take on the project, but if the replacement building cannot generate enough value to pay for land, construction, financing and owner buyouts, there is no deal.

The state has never built a door for a redevelopment pathway with development incentives.

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New South Wales, Australia, created a statutory

 that addresses the collective-action problem. A supermajority can initiate a renewal plan, with a court reviewing the process and protections for dissenting owners, including compensation based on independently determined value.

Florida provides another useful example, although its experience also demonstrates how minority-owner protections can complicate redevelopment and generate litigation.

Japan has gone further in combining condominium-reconstruction mechanisms with urban-planning tools that can allow additional development potential to help finance replacement buildings.

The lesson is not that Hawaiʻi should copy any one system. It is that the problem has already been addressed elsewhere in pieces — and Hawaiʻi needs two of them.

Chapter 514B should be amended to create a condominium-renewal process under which a substantial supermajority of owners could approve a redevelopment plan, subject to independent valuation, notice, financial disclosure, and judicial review.

The principle should be straightforward: dissenting owners deserve fair value and due process, but they should not possess an indefinite veto over a transaction approved by an overwhelming majority and determined to satisfy statutory protections.

A specialized condominium-renewal docket within Hawaiʻi's existing Circuit Court system could develop expertise in these cases without creating an entirely new court.

Second, a way to make the redevelopment economically possible.

Even an approved redevelopment plan is worthless if the replacement building does not pencil.

This is where land economics becomes critical.

Hawaiʻi should establish a statewide statutory framework allowing qualifying older condominiums to seek a defined redevelopment incentive — potentially additional floor area or other development flexibility — when specific criteria are met.

The criteria could include building age, documented physical or financial obsolescence, a professional structural or capital-needs assessment, an approved renewal plan and demonstrated economic feasibility.

This should not become a blank check for developers or a wholesale rewrite of county zoning. The Legislature would establish the rules and eligibility standards; the appropriate authority would administer them against objective criteria; and the courts would address owner rights and the fairness of the renewal process.

The objective would not be to guarantee redevelopment. Some buildings will still be too small, too expensive, or too constrained to make the numbers work. That is a market outcome. But Hawaiʻi should 

This would not apply neatly to every building. Leasehold condominiums present a different problem because the underlying ground lease and landowner's rights must also be addressed. That is a separate legal and economic issue.

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New South Wales built a mechanism for collective action. Florida offers experience with owner buyouts, dissenters and the litigation that can follow. Japan demonstrates how redevelopment law and additional development potential can sometimes work together to finance replacement buildings. (More on this in future columns.)

Hawaiʻi already knows how to establish special land-use frameworks (e.g. HCDA) when a public policy objective demands them.

What Hawaiʻi lacks is a system that connects these pieces.

We do not need the government to rebuild every aging condominium. We do not need to guarantee developers a profit. And we should not take away the legitimate property rights of minority owners.

But we should give a willing majority of owners a legitimate path to discover whether redevelopment makes more sense than another special assessment.

Hawaiʻi's aging condominium problem is not simply about old buildings. It is about what happens when private property, collective ownership, land economics, and outdated law collide.

Hawaiʻi does not have a shortage of aging condos. It has a shortage of options for renewing them.

That is a shortage the Legislature can fix.

For a parent hoping to pass a Makiki condo to the next generation, the question is no longer simply what the unit is worth. It is whether the building around it has a future.

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Ray Tsuchiyama’s series explores one central question: How does Hawai‘i use the wealth and land it already has to create its next economic future? He can be reached at 

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<title>Hawaiʻi doesn't have a condo crisis, it has a missing law</title>

Tens of thousands of people in Hawai‘i live in apartment towers that are now a half-century old, or older. Owners face sometimes ruinously expensive assessments to repair or replace aging building systems. Under Hawai‘i law they're stuck. There's no provision for owners to take the radical step of collectively selling their units and handing the building off to someone else to redevelop. Other places have such laws, here's how they work.

Hawaiʻi doesn't have a condo crisis, it has a missing law

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Christian Shimabuku

Sports

A few years removed from electrifying the high school football scene at Kahuku, Kainoa "Kaikai" Carvalho was hoping for a different reintroduction. 

latest edition of EA Sports' College Football video game

 franchise was released, the first time Carvalho was set to be featured in the game. When he saw himself in the game, he couldn't believe it. Not in a good way. 

An image of Carvalho appeared to show the 5-foot-6, 165-pound University of Hawai‘i slot receiver with a comically large head. Despite the inaccuracy, Carvalho laughed it off and 

, amassing hundreds of thousands of views. 

"I thought it was just funny. I've seen so many funny comments on it online, and some random people stop by and they're like, 'Hey, you're the EA character guy.' It's fun," Carvalho told Aloha State Daily. "It's good to be in a game that I grew up playing, and I think it was just funny and it was a good conversation starter for a lot of people that saw me and it's fun to joke around with the guys."

In exchange for the use of his name, image and likeness, Carvalho was paid $1,500 by EA Sports, along with a free copy of the game. "Still not a bad deal," Carvlaho says of the extra cash, but he hopes EA can make some updates soon. 

"I hope that EA saw it and will update my character, but I haven't heard anything from EA, and this is my shoutout to EA that hopefully they can update the picture," Carvalho said. 

On the field, Carvalho's game has been no joke. As a junior at Kahuku High School, he was the 2021 consensus Hawai‘i state player of the year after scoring 12 touchdowns on offense and five on special teams. He signed with the University of Utah following his senior season, then went on a two-year mission 

in Hokkaido, Japan. By the time he returned, the Utes reshuffled their offensive coaching staff, and Carvalho decided to sign with Hawai‘i instead. 

In 2025, Carvalho appeared briefly in two games as he nursed a hamstring injury. During practices, he was mostly seen working on the side with UH strength coach Bobby Thomas. 

"It's all part of the process. Taking two years off, it's a lot to just get right back into the fire," said Carvalho, who ran routes in the morning during his mission in Japan in an attempt to stay sharp. "I had really great mentors like Pofele Ashlock, Nick Cencale, playing a huge role in me just getting to know the offense, understand the offense. Me and Titan (Lacaden) were young bucks last year, and just taking this step now that we can hopefully make a bigger impact on the offense."

All camp, Carvalho has been one of the standout performers, impressing with his ability to get open and make challenging catches, even if a ball is underthrown or a defender is draped on him. 

"Just getting used to my body again, and I feel bigger, faster, stronger. We have those (

 trackers on us now, and so you know the speed's getting there," Carvalho said. "I increased a couple of my numbers in the weight room, and so it's a huge testament to what Bobby Thomas has done with us in the offseason."

In assessing Hawai‘i's receiver room prior to the 2026 season opener at Stanford on Saturday, UH receivers coach Jared Ursua agreed that he has quite a few players cut from the same cloth as Carvalho heading into the season: local high school star from the Islands, sure-handed receiver, not the tallest in height but the type of gritty player that resonates with fans. Particularly in UH's slot receiver rotation, the Rainbow Warriors have Carvalho, 

, Waipahu's Tama Uiliata and Kamehameha's Blaze Kamoku to name a few.

"It just shows what this team is about," Carvalho said. "We want to stay home and we want to build this culture and this team up and just send a message that the best players can play at Hawai‘i and we can put Hawai‘i on the map."

Added Ursua: "Tight group, very close. They enjoy one another. The (local high school football) banter never stops. They're just constantly on each other. ... They're just a very close group. They're connected. I think they love each other for how much work they've put in, but they also appreciate each other for how much they're pushing one another because they've always respected each other and competed."

As for the slot receiver group and the position as a whole, Hawai‘i head coach Timmy Chang announced on the first day of fall camp that star receiver Pofele Ashlock was working his way back from injury. When asked about Ashlock's status heading into the Stanford game, Ursua says he's "flying around, he's moving, he's well ahead of schedule. ... I hope that Stanford's safeties are ready for him because he might just pop up."

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<title>Kainoa 'Kaikai' Carvalho adds more excitement to UH football's receiver rotation</title>

Carvalho, who redshirted in 2025, was the 2021 state consensus high school football player of the year at Kahuku before going on a two-year mission to Japan.

Kainoa 'Kaikai' Carvalho adds more excitement to UH football's receiver rotation

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Katie Helland

Arts & Entertainment

Aloha Spirit

Listen to live music from award-winning artists, attend the Banana Festival, and check out the latest Island fashions. Aloha State Daily put together this list of 10 events happening on Oʻahu this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

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Listen to Izik’s Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning album – live! 

Catch Izik performing KŌWĀ: Ka Summer (reprise)

 at The Leeward Theatre at Leeward Community College. Izik was recently one of the featured performers at the Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards in July, where he 

won Alternative Album of the Year for "KŌWĀ” and was named Male Vocalist of the Year. He will perform his album “KŌWĀ”

in its entirety with a full band. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $50. 

Known for its popular Island reggae and country music, Maoli will release a new album, MMO3 (Maoli Music Overload 3), on Friday, Aug. 28. Some tracks on the album include “I Got a Beer for That,” “Good on You,” “Feels like Love,” “Clarity” and “God on a Gravel Road.” 

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ABC Stores’ first fashion show brings island-inspired clothing and lifestyle collections to a runway at the Royal Hawaiian Center. Catch actors Amy Hill and 

 from “Lilo & Stitch” and Kimee Balmilero from “Hawaiʻi Five-0” and “Magnum P.I.,” as well as social media influencers. There will also be a runway appearance by Paul Kosasa, CEO and President of ABC Stores. The event starts at 2 p.m. at the Royal Grove Stage at Royal Hawaiian Center. 

 is now a weekly event on Saturdays. Show up in muʻu or alohawear, complete with lei. The tea features sweet and savory treats, including ube macarons and guava fruit tarts. The experience runs from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and starts at $55. 

Catch the Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Festival ʻWaikīkī Style.’ 

Catch slack key guitar under the stars at this festival featuring more than a dozen renowned musicians and four hours of live music. Presented by the Ki-hoʻalu Foundation and Outrigger Resorts & Hotels, the event takes place from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at the Waikīkī Aquarium. Featured entertainers include 

, Kawika Kahiapo, Kahiau Lam Ho, Dwight Kanae, Darrell Aquino, George Kuo and Stephen Inglis. Admission includes access to the aquarium exhibits. Proceeds from the event benefit the aquarium. Tickets are $15 for kamaʻāina. 

The 50th Annual Honolulu Intertribal Powwow will be at Magic Island on Saturday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 30. The host drum is Scout Society from Logan, Utah. Invited groups include Indigenous Akicita Women’s Color Guard of South Dakota; Tuba City Elementary School Powwow Princess Paulita Whitesinger; Shinnecock Nation of Long Island, New York; Redrum Motorcycle Group, Hawaiʻi Chapter; Thunderbird Throttle, MMIP, of Phoenix, Arizona, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Central Region Indigenous Liaison Unit of London, Ontario, Canada. 

The fifth annual Hawaiʻi Swim Show will take place at Wai Kai on Saturday, Aug. 29, and Sunday, Aug. 30. The event showcases designers from around the world including Australia, French Polynesia and the Cook Islands. Guests are encouraged to wear all black semi-formal or formal attire. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the fashion show starts at 7 p.m. General admission is $75 per day. Weekend passes are available for $125. VIP access tickets are soldout. 

Check out cooking demonstrations, tastings and fun activities for the family, which are themed around bananas, at Windward Community College. There will be workshops and a Great Banana Cook-Off contest. Tickets are $10, if purchased online, or $13 at the door. 

In the early days of the Territory of Hawai‘i, Princess Theresa Owana Ka‘ōhelelani La‘anui Wilcox Belliveau was accused of conspiracy to commit forgery of the last will and testament of Queen Lili‘uokalani. “The Queen’s Will” runs Thursday through Sunday until Sept. 20 at Kumu Kahua Theatre. 

Tickets for “The Queen’s Will” are $28

 for general admission, with discounts for students, kūpuna, and large group orders. 

Listen to a tribute to Jimmy Buffett with Henry Kapono. 

This sunset event celebrates the music of Jimmy Buffett and features Henry Kapono. The event is part of Henry Kapono’s Duke’s on Sundays concerts, which take place each week from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Duke’s Waikīkī at the Outrigger Waikīkī Beach Resort. 

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<title>Slack key guitar, a Powwow and more: your guide to the weekend on Oʻahu</title>

Catch slack key guitar under the stars at a festival that benefits the Waikīkī Aquarium or go bananas with an event themed around a popular tropical fruit. Looking for plans for this Friday, Aug. 28, through Sunday, Aug. 30? Aloha State Daily is sharing some ways to celebrate the weekend.

Slack key guitar, a Powwow and more: your guide to the weekend on Oʻahu

As soon as the University of Hawai‘i kicks off its 2026 season at Stanford on Saturday at 1 p.m. HST, 

 will have officially broken a generational curse. 

The upcoming season will be Chang's fifth at the helm, marking the first time in almost two decades that a UH football coach has been at the helm in Mānoa that long. 

June Jones, the same man Chang played for, coached UH from 1999 to 2007 before bolting for SMU in 2008. He was followed by Greg McMackin, who was forced to resign after the 2011 season, his fourth as head coach. Norm Chow was fired during the 2015 season, also his fourth, and replaced by Nick Rolovich, who coached the Rainbow Warriors from 2016 to 2019 before departing for Washington State. Chang's predecessor, Todd Graham, lasted from 2020 to 2021 before becoming the subject of a state senate hearing then resigning. 

"I didn't know that," Chang said when told of his upcoming Year 5 milestone. "My mentor (Jones) is special. He's a special coach, and I'm glad I played under him and learned under him and continued to run his offense. I'm very proud to now be back home and leading the program and having assistants that also have played under coach Jones and so really we owe a lot to him and it's an honor."

 that will take his contract through January 2031. Dream job aside, the team's focus for the last week and a half has been on Stanford, a program starting over with new head coach and former Cardinal quarterback Tavita Pritchard. After breaking camp last weekend, the Rainbow Warriors have taken multiple practices to nearby ‘Iolani School in preparation for Stanford's grass surface. 

"I think you prepare for everything, and then you adjust as it goes," Chang said of Saturday's matchup. "But really, football is football. We gotta tackle, we got to throw the ball and catch balls. 

"I just think the guys, they put themselves in position to succeed. They work really hard and I'm proud of how they work, but now it's time to go and execute and go have fun."

In addition to Pritchard, Stanford has new coordinators in offensive coordinator Terry Heffernan and defensive coordinator 

Kris Richard as it revamps its entire program under general manager Andrew Luck. Adding to Saturday's mystique is the fact that neither team has released a depth chart as of Tuesday. 

he most important thing is for us to understand who our opponent is, and I believe by kickoff on the 29th, we'll have a pretty good understanding of them, who they are, and what they're like," Hawai‘i defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman said. "They're a new team, a new guy calling plays, but Stanford is going to be Stanford. They're gonna be a well-coached, well-disciplined football team, and they're gonna do what they do. They're not gonna make mistakes, so we can't we can't go in there and make mistakes."

The Rainbow Warriors and Cardinal opened the 2025 season against each other, with 

 despite a disastrous start in which its first offensive play was a sack and fumble for a Stanford touchdown. 

Quarterback Micah Alejado, who suffered a early leg injury and gutted out the second half of the 2025 opener, knows the team can't afford to start slow again. 

"Just staying sound and just playing our game," Alejado said when asked what the key to victory is. "Last year, we come out really bad. I gave up a sack for a touchdown. We gave them 10 points. Our biggest point of emphasis is starting fast, not waiting for the first half to come on."

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UH athletics director Matt Elliott recently confirmed Chang's contract is set to run through January 2031.

Hawai‘i head football coach Timmy Chang set to hit longevity milestone during season opener

Business & Tourism

During the Covid-19 pandemic, many individuals developed new hobbies like cooking or baking. For husband and wife Caameron and Monica Nakasone, the pandemic was a catalyst for creating their own coffee beverages.

“When the Covid-19 pandemic hit and we couldn’t go out and visit a café, we took it upon ourselves to learn how to make a delicious brew at home,” Monica Nakasone says. “This sparked our passion for coffee and our admiration for the craft.

“Everyone either baked or did coffee (during the pandemic),” she adds. “We went down the coffee route and fell in love with the craftsmanship.”

i, the couple was living in Oregon at the time, as they both went to college at the University of Portland. They spent many weekends visiting specialty coffee shops, according to Nakasone.

“After we graduated from the University of Portland, we found ourselves living in Oregon for 12 years,” she says. “When Covid hit, we started researching how much craftsmanship really goes into specialty coffee, and how small variables could change the flavor. We started figuring out what we loved about coffee and what flavors brought us joy.”

ahu to be closer to family, they also decided to pursue their dream of opening up a coffee shop together. Their specialty coffee shop, called 

, is inspired by the Pacific Northwest, according to Nakasone.

“We take pride in sourcing our coffee beans and teas from Portland shops that we would frequent and found joy in visiting, and we are excited to share them with the community here in Hawaiʻi,” Nakasone says.

Third Space Coffee opened about two weeks ago; it’s located on the third floor of the 808 Center in a shared space with Cake M. The business’s logo features their dog, Kuro, with a cup of coffee, according to Nakasone, who says the café’s name stems from its goal to be a “third space” for the community.

“Our mission is to be a place to spend time that’s outside of work or home, where anyone can come in, enjoy a memorable cup of coffee, and return for the hospitality and warmth they felt from our shop,” she says. “Third Space is the culmination of our gratitude and appreciation for the communities that supported us, our experience living in the Pacific Northwest — a region known for its multitude of coffee roasters and coffee culture — and our passion for specialty coffee.”

The café offers a variety of coffees, teas and specialty beverages. The signature drinks are inspired by some of the couple’s favorite places and features about Oregon.

“They pay homage to where we first experienced a particular beverage,” Nakasone explains. “For example, The Bluff — an iced London Fog, topped with our marionberry cold foam — is a reference to the University of Portland, where we first had a London Fog. Some of our other popular drinks include the Cedar Hills — a brown sugar vanilla, honey and cinnamon latte — and Mount Hood, our cold brew topped with marionberry cold foam, and the St. John’s.”

The St. John’s is a brown sugar cardamom latte. All of the café’s syrups and cream cheese flavors are made in house, with the exception of the caramel sauce, according to Nakasone.

“I had never heard of a London Fog until we moved to the Mainland,” Nakasone says. “We try to incorporate some of our favorite flavors — like marionberry — from the Pacific Northwest.”

Teas include options like iced hibiscus punch tea, Rose City Genmaicha and Portland breakfast. The café also features bagels from Big Time Bagels, and housemade baked goods like chocolate chip cookies ($4.75) and Spam-cheddar and gochujang scone ($6).

“We are proud to share that all our baked goods — with the exception of our bagels — are made in house,” Nakasone says. “The scones are my husband’s recipe. The Everything bagel with our housemade pizza cream cheese ($8) is a fan favorite.”

Third Space Coffee is open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays (closed Mondays).

“We are a small team of two who find joy in crafting a cup of coffee and sharing our take on it with others,” Nakasone says. “This is our way of bringing some of the Pacific Northwest and some of our favorite things to Hawai

Open 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays

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<title>This Pacific Northwest-inspired coffee shop is open on Oʻahu</title>

Hawaiʻi locals Caameron and Monica Nakasone moved back to Oʻahu from Oregon about two years ago. Their new café, Third Space Coffee, features some of their favorite flavors from the Pacific Northwest; the shop is in a shared space with Cake M in the 808 Center.

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