When Paulina Hernandez was a young child, her father’s pop shop “La Playa” (The Beach) was rich with the smell of freshly peeled limes and the sounds of chatter between her dad and customers. Those same smells and sounds live in Paulina’s own pop shop, La Ola (The Wave) Pop, here in Kyle.

Owning a pop shop or paleteria is a deep-rooted family business. Paulina is a third-generation pop shop owner along with her brother and 12 cousins.

“My dad would always say, &lsquo...