"Crowds form both inside and outside of Joy Yee, where bubble tea is the main attraction. The restaurant serves budget-friendly, sizable portions of noodles, soups, rice dishes, and more, but beverages are the most popular items. Customers can order their drinks at the walk-up window; the expansive menu features a plethora of fruits and toppings so the possibilities are endless." - Jeffy Mai
"This popular pan-Asian spot is best known for its fun and colorful bubble tea and smoothies, and kids can pick out their own fruits and toppings to make an extra-special drink just for them. The food menu features oodles of noodles, as well as protein and rice dishes, soups, and dumplings. Additional outposts are located in University Village and suburban Evanston." - Naomi Waxman
"Explore Chinatown Square, an outdoor mall built in the late ‘80s, and be sure to stop by Joy Yee’s Noodle Shop for the a refreshing boba tea smoothie." - Jack X. Li
"A casual Taiwanese restaurant best known for a thousand-layer pancake that’s delicious fully loaded with egg, cheese, chili sauce, and basil, and for a tasty Chiayi chicken served on rice." - ByNik Sharma, as told to Esther Tseng
"Operating with a strong sense of community responsibility, this restaurant donates proceeds from cookie sales to a different local nonprofit each month as a way to give back to the neighborhood and multiple stakeholders beyond just customers." - ByElyse Inamine