June 13, 2023

A new restaurant offering ramen, sushi and bubble tea has opened at Empire Place.

Taichi Bubble Tea, a national restaurant, is being franchised locally and is in a new retail center at Empire Place, which is in front of The Empire Mall.

The menu includes a wide variety of beverages such as fruit tea, milk tea, milk crush, InfruiTea — a fruit green tea with chunks of fruit — fruit tea lemonades and smoothies. There also are sweetened hot teas and the Zang Zang special, which is iced milk with sweet syrup or puree.

The food side includes a build-your-own ramen option, a poke bar with create-your-own burritos, rice bowls and salad bowls, and a Taichi rice box, which is sweet and savory meat over white rice.

Hours for Taichi at 4107 W. 41st St. are 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily.