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Visit the Friendly Confines of Lollicup

October 10, 2007

Local tea-house offers relaxed atmosphere and free Internet.

by Sarah Heath

normal_lollicup_web.jpg    When I was about 11 years old my parents were shoe shopping at a particularly boring shoe store. I wandered across the street with not more than two dollars to my name and ended up with a hot peach dark tea. I had stumbled into Lollicup, and personally, I feel like my life’s better for it.

    Walking into Lollicup brightens my day; the drinks are fun and new, the atmosphere is comfortable, playful and hip, and I can hang out there for hours. There’s a stupendous selection of drinks and add-ins ranging from $2-$5.

    I blank-faced stared at the two menu boards for about five minutes and finally was able to order. I got my delicious Snowbubble in a hard plastic cup with decorated shrink-wrap on top. “Shake your drink,” my friend (a Lollicup frequenter) told me. “It mixes the Bobas in.” Reluctantly, I shook the cup away from me not wanting to be covered in a Peach-and-Boba storm. My friend also shook hers ferociously and then we both grabbed large straws and, using the pointy end, we punctured the shrink-wrap, grabbed a seat, and started sipping on our delicious Lolli favorites.

    Seating starts in front of the counter at the right half of the shop, and extends all the way back to the bathrooms. I played checkers with my friends, and watched some kids duking it out on the Foosball table. I browsed through a couple shelves full of Manga (graphic novels mostly from Japan). Then there’s a glass-top coffee table covered in Asian beauty magazines. My friend and I skimmed through them, commenting on the beautiful Asian models and then trying to decipher the symbolic writing. We mostly made it up, pretending we were fully fluent in translating Korean and Chinese.

    Lollicup is also a good place to do homework; they have free Internet (just request the password from the cashier) and comfortable seating around desk-sized tables. That is, of course, if you can focus in the giggle-friendly atmosphere. Everyone seems to be smiling, even the two businessmen seriously discussing something over a laptop. This is actually how I found out about the free and readily available internet, I just leaned over and struck up a conversation with the two. They were very friendly.

    Getting to the Lollicup location at 1500 S. Colorado Blvd. from TJ is easy: take Hampden west to Colorado and then go north to E. Florida Ave. The 40 bus has that exact route. The trendy tea-house is open from 11a.m. to 10p.m. on weekdays and 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. Check it out!

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Written by Sarah Heath · Filed Under Food, Headlines, Living & Arts