Hawaiian coffee joint closes

Maui Wowi, the Hawaiian coffee and smoothie spot at Claremont’s Packing House, has closed. For whatever reason, caffeine addicts in town have gravitated toward Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, which had every one of its chair occupied on this rainy Monday afternoon. I liked the Maui Wowi in Claremont, which was run by a nice family who remembered my order a week after my first visit. According to its Web site, their locations in Rancho Cucamonga and Phelan will be opening soon.