Spring Break
Boba Café serves up modern style, trendy drinks
Issue date: 9/20/04 Section: Arts and Culture
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by Maggie Adkins
Arts Editor
Tina MacDonald is a typical NMSU broadcast journalism major. She is young and friendly. Oh, and she owns a restaurant.
"I wanted to do something different," MacDonald said. Slightly bored with her normal student life, she wanted to bring a new taste to the city.
So MacDonald did what any student would do - she opened up her own restaurant and gift shop: Boba Café.
"I've been able to travel a lot and to see what other places have," she said. MacDonald has traveled across much of the United States and Asia, as well as other places. "I was able to bring some of that here," she said.
It's not just any restaurant, but an entirely new sort of restaurant for Las Cruces. Plus, with a minor in marketing, MacDonald clearly had her eye on location, location, location, because the restaurant is only a few blocks from campus.
Part of that "big city" feel comes from the structure itself.
"The building is really cool," MacDonald said. "It's different; it's modern. This city is not used to that."
MacDonald said she wanted more than white walls and carpet. She definitely found it. With asymmetrical walls, collage table tops and vibrant posters on the wall, Boba has a very welcoming, relaxed atmosphere.
"Everyone is really friendly," said Deborah Griffith, an NMSU business student who eats at the restaurant. "I like the outside patio; it's really nice."
Last November, MacDonald opened Boba, offering great food and coffee, plus bubble tea, a trendy drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s and has recently gained popularity within the U.S.
The milk tea, which can be ordered with flavor and espresso shots, is called bubble tea because there are little tapioca pudding balls at the bottom of the cup. The tea is sucked up with a large straw so the drinker can chew the tapioca "pearls" with every drink.
MacDonald first had the drink in Hong Kong, and she later saw shops in bigger cities such as Dallas and San Francisco that sold the drink.
Arts Editor
Tina MacDonald is a typical NMSU broadcast journalism major. She is young and friendly. Oh, and she owns a restaurant.
"I wanted to do something different," MacDonald said. Slightly bored with her normal student life, she wanted to bring a new taste to the city.
So MacDonald did what any student would do - she opened up her own restaurant and gift shop: Boba Café.
"I've been able to travel a lot and to see what other places have," she said. MacDonald has traveled across much of the United States and Asia, as well as other places. "I was able to bring some of that here," she said.
It's not just any restaurant, but an entirely new sort of restaurant for Las Cruces. Plus, with a minor in marketing, MacDonald clearly had her eye on location, location, location, because the restaurant is only a few blocks from campus.
Part of that "big city" feel comes from the structure itself.
"The building is really cool," MacDonald said. "It's different; it's modern. This city is not used to that."
MacDonald said she wanted more than white walls and carpet. She definitely found it. With asymmetrical walls, collage table tops and vibrant posters on the wall, Boba has a very welcoming, relaxed atmosphere.
"Everyone is really friendly," said Deborah Griffith, an NMSU business student who eats at the restaurant. "I like the outside patio; it's really nice."
Last November, MacDonald opened Boba, offering great food and coffee, plus bubble tea, a trendy drink that originated in Taiwan in the early 1980s and has recently gained popularity within the U.S.
The milk tea, which can be ordered with flavor and espresso shots, is called bubble tea because there are little tapioca pudding balls at the bottom of the cup. The tea is sucked up with a large straw so the drinker can chew the tapioca "pearls" with every drink.
MacDonald first had the drink in Hong Kong, and she later saw shops in bigger cities such as Dallas and San Francisco that sold the drink.