New Hawaiian Bakery Opens Friday In Berkeley

BERKELEY, CA — Do you love tasty Hawaiian treats such as chocolate haupia pie, butter mochi, and Queen Emma cake made with layers of passion fruit, guava and coconut mousse? If so, you’re in luck -- the East Bay’s first Hawaiian bakery will open Friday in Berkeley.

Ono Bakehouse is the creation of Desiree Valencia, a Maui native who has worked at Morimoto Napa, Bouchon Bakery, Saison, and Niku Steakhouse.

She lost her job because of the coronavirus pandemic and pivoted to running a pop-up called Ono Snax, at Magnolia Mini Mart, in West Oakland. It was a huge success.

She started looking for a place of her own. Valencia told SFGate, “I’m hoping all the neighborhood will just come like every morning and get a coffee or pastry. I'm not trying to be a crazy destination or anything. I just want to make good food.”

Ono Bakehouse will also serve savory items including spam musubi, pigs-in-a-blanket-style sausages with Kewpie mayo and seaweed, and furikake Chex mix.
Ono Bakehouse opens Friday in the space that used to be Secret Scoop Thai Gelato at 1922 Martin Luther King Jr. Way. It will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday thru Sunday

Read more about Ono Bakehouse on SFGate.