A second local Tai Chi Bubble Tea restaurant opened two weeks ago on Broad StreetSix months after opening the first Tai Chi Bubble Tea eatery on Gunbarrel Road, the local franchisee for the Japanese-style restaurant chain has opened a second local unit downtown.
The new restaurant, located at 411 Broad Street where a Penn Station East Coast Subs restaurant operated until last year, features a variety of fresh options such as bubble tea, ramen, and poke bowls for both take out and for those eating in the 60-seat storefront.
Hannah Farley, manager of the downtown Tai Chi Bubble Tea, said interest was so strong at the first unit in East Brainerd that franchise owner Duncan Ye decided to add another restaurant downtown.
“We offer a healthy alternative to typical fast food and we’ve had a lot of people asking for us to open another unit downtown,” Farley said. “We’ve had a strong initial response to this concept.”
The restaurant menu includes poke bowls, a traditional Hawaiian dish that allows customers to customize the protein items they want with each bowl, and a variety of Bubble teas, which is a Taiwanese drink that was invented in Taichung in the 1980s and is sometimes known as pearl milk tea, boba milk tea, or simply boba. The typical ramen meal is $11.99 and sushi salad bars start at $8.99.