2025
National Ice Cream Retailers Association
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How we got here
Our Story
Where it began
Haole Boys Shave Ice
A shave ice truck and catering business in Southern California. We later passed it on to team members we had mentored.
2021
We move to Florida
We started small, with a 2-quart machine and an ice cream book. Neighbors asked us to open a shop.
August 2021
The Davie shop opens
Ice cream and Hawaiian shave ice, together under one roof.
Today
Award-winning
Medals and ribbons for our ice cream, and a Best Shave Ice in Florida pick.
See our awards
Meet the owners
Jimmy & Lynne
Husband and wife behind every scoop. Together we're proudly Hawaiian-owned and veteran-owned.
Lynne: the Hawaiian half
Lynne is Native Hawaiian, Japanese and Filipina, and she grew up on Maui with her grandmother, walking to school past the old C&H sugar mill in Puʻunene. When we opened in 2021, she worked the counter every day and greeted guests with the aloha you still feel here today. Her island roots gave Sweet Aloha its name and its heart. They’re why we’re proudly Hawaiian-owned.
Jimmy: the veteran half
Jimmy served more than eight years in the U.S. Air Force. At Aviano Air Base, Italy, he kept fighter jets flying and earned two Air Force Achievement Medals, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for Operation Northern Watch (1998–2000) and the Kosovo Campaign Medal for Operation Allied Force (1999). He finished his service with the 31st Test & Evaluation Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, working on the F-22 and other weapons systems. Along the way he learned Italian, Serbian and Croatian. He was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant.
