Happy Lemon
{{Short description|Restaurant chain}}
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Happy Lemon is a Taiwan-based{{Cite web |last=Vaughn |first=Hank |title=Happy Lemon Provides Happy Tea and Happier Waffles |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/salted-cheese-tea-and-bubble-waffles-at-the-happy-lemon-14121966 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Dallas Observer |language=en |archive-date=2022-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729233212/https://www.dallasobserver.com/restaurants/salted-cheese-tea-and-bubble-waffles-at-the-happy-lemon-14121966 |url-status=live }} chain of bubble tea shops.
History
Locations
There are approximately 1,000 locations globally, including approximately 100 in the United States.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Clara |date=2024-02-15 |title=10 Chains That Serve the Best Bubble Tea |url=https://www.eatthis.com/restaurant-chains-best-bubble-tea/ |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=Eat This, Not That |language=en |archive-date=2024-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518222541/https://www.eatthis.com/restaurant-chains-best-bubble-tea/ |url-status=live }}
= Canada =
In Canada, Happy Lemon has operated in Toronto and Vancouver.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-10 |title=Bubble tea shops are taking over downtown Toronto. Here's what to order at each of them |url=https://torontolife.com/food/get-downtown-torontos-bubble-tea-shops/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Toronto Life |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-03-26 |title=Happy Lemon opening bubble tea shop on Robson Street {{!}} Food & Drink |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/happy-lemon-vancouver-robson-2017 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Daily Hive |language=en |archive-date=2021-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613115438/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/happy-lemon-vancouver-robson-2017 |url-status=live }}
= Japan =
In Japan, Happy Lemon has operated in Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-04 |title=Taiwanese street food fair is a hit in Tokyo - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/04/2003826351 |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=www.taipeitimes.com |archive-date=2025-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250430202426/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/11/04/2003826351 |url-status=live }}
= United States =
In the United States, Happy Lemon has operated in the following cities:
- Austin, Texas{{Cite web |last=Chaudhury |first=Nadia |date=2021-01-26 |title=Cheese Tea-Slinging Chinese Boba Shop Happy Lemon Opens in Austin |url=https://austin.eater.com/2021/1/26/22250488/happy-lemon-austin-open-boba-teas-texas |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Eater Austin |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240224032645/https://austin.eater.com/2021/1/26/22250488/happy-lemon-austin-open-boba-teas-texas |url-status=live }}
- Edmonds, Washington{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-12-22 |title=Spreading the love of bubble tea, one drink at a time |url=https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/spreading-the-love-of-bubble-tea-one-drink-at-a-time |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Seattle Refined |language=en |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206190023/https://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/spreading-the-love-of-bubble-tea-one-drink-at-a-time |url-status=live }}
- Evanston, Illinois{{Cite web |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |date=2021-08-17 |title=Happy Lemon arrives in Evanston |url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/08/16/lateststories/happy-lemon-arrives-in-evanston/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=The Daily Northwestern |archive-date=2023-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209042745/https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/08/16/lateststories/happy-lemon-arrives-in-evanston/ |url-status=live }}
- Houston, Texas{{Cite web |last=Shey |first=Brittanie |date=2021-01-20 |title=Ridiculously Cute Chinese Boba Shop Happy Lemon Will Soon Arrive in Houston |url=https://houston.eater.com/2021/1/20/22238715/happy-lemon-boba-opening-houston-chinatown-bellaire |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Eater Houston |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216055118/https://houston.eater.com/2021/1/20/22238715/happy-lemon-boba-opening-houston-chinatown-bellaire |url-status=live }}
- Kirkland, Washington
- Portland, Oregon{{Cite web |date=2024-02-17 |title=Happy Lemon Opening in Fubonn |url=https://montavilla.net/2024/02/16/happy-lemon-opening-in-fubonn/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Montavilla News |language=en-US}}
- Richardson, Texas
- Sacramento, California{{Cite web |last=Ding |first=Jaimie |date=2019-10-31 |title=Boba showdown: The official Sacramento boba tea power rankings |url=https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/article233129246.html |website=The Bee |access-date=2025-05-15 |archive-date=2021-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909125754/https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/article233129246.html |url-status=live }}
- Seattle, Washington{{Cite web |title=BIZNOTE: Happy Lemon soft-opens on Alki |url=https://westseattleblog.com/2025/01/biznote-happy-lemon-soft-opens-on-alki/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=West Seattle Blog... |language=en-US |archive-date=2025-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250205110530/https://westseattleblog.com/2025/01/biznote-happy-lemon-soft-opens-on-alki/ |url-status=live }}
- Silverdale, Washington{{Cite web |title=Kitsap Sun Subscription Offers, Specials, and Discounts |url=https://subscribe.kitsapsun.com/restricted?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kitsapsun.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2F2023%2F08%2F08%2Fhappy-lemon-bubble-tea-opens-in-silverdale%2F70545551007%2F&gps-source=CPROADBLOCKDH&itm_source=roadblock&itm_medium=onsite&itm_campaign=premiumroadblock&gca-cat=p |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=subscribe.kitsapsun.com}}
- Tukwila, Washington
Portland, Oregon, April 26, 2025 - 037.jpg|Portland, Oregon
Seattle, September 5, 2024 - 079 (cropped).jpg|Seattle
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Happy Lemon}}
- {{Official website|http://yummy-town.tw/index_en.php}} (Yummy-Town Group)
Category:Taiwanese companies established in 2006
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