New adobo-themed restaurant celebrates grand opening, more boba coming soon to Visalia

Visalia welcomed a new adobo-themed restaurant and is preparing to celebrate the grand opening of another tea and boba shop that is expected to open soon.

Here are just a couple new places in town with more set to open this summer.

Teaspoon

Teaspoon offers customers plenty to choose from, including seasonal drinks like aqua berry fizz, a sparkling mix of raspberry, lemon, and lychee, topped with lychee bits, as well as ruby fizz, a sparkling blend of guava, lemon, and lychee, topped with lychee bits.

Teaspoon offers customers plenty to choose from, including black sugar Assam, strawberry colada, caramel cream, Thai tea, guava sunset, and their classic house milk tea.
Teaspoon offers customers plenty to choose from, including black sugar Assam, strawberry colada, caramel cream, Thai tea, guava sunset, and their classic house milk tea.

Some staple menu items include black sugar Assam, strawberry colada, taro lover, caramel cream, creamy Jasmine, Thai tea, guava sunset, liquid gold and their classic house milk tea. The restaurant also has some tasty food options, like coffee cake, lemon cake, and a colorful plethora of macaroons to choose from.

Teaspoon will celebrate its grand opening soon at 3229 S. Mooney Boulevard, near Rush Bowls.

The restaurant’s official website does not list Visalia’s hours of operation yet. Other stores' hours varied; however, a majority of the eateries opened around 11 a.m. and closed between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m. daily.

Adobowl

Adobowl, an adobo-themed restaurant, recently opened in the Rancho Viejo Shopping Center, near El Diamante High School.

The restaurant, with a cultural flare, has a few menu options to choose from, including carne con chili, chili verde, chorizo, chicken shawarma burritos, sandwiches, salads, as well as beef stew, broccoli cheddar and chicken dumpling soup bowls, to name a few.

Adobowl, an adobo-themed restaurant, has a few menu options to choose from, including carne con chili, chili verde, chorizo, and chicken shawarma burritos.
Adobowl, an adobo-themed restaurant, has a few menu options to choose from, including carne con chili, chili verde, chorizo, and chicken shawarma burritos.

The eatery has a Mother’s Day raffle going on as well, where the first and second prize winners will win a TV, and third and fourth prize winners will receive $50 and $25 gift cards to Adobowl, respectively.

Customers must make a $15+ purchase in order to be eligible for the raffle. Those who qualify will receive a duplicate receipt upon purchase, where you will write your name and phone number. The restaurant will hold a live drawing on May 13 on Facebook.

Adobowl is open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily at 5129 W. Walnut Avenue, near Poki Point. It is a popular spot for El Diamante students heading to lunch but at least a couple hungry customers said it was worth the wait.

This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: Adobowl now open, Teaspoon to celebrate grand opening soon