{"id":83367,"date":"2024-08-15T13:31:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=83367"},"modified":"2024-08-15T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T20:34:26","slug":"hiccups-give-away-coffee-tea-at-grand-opening-near-csulb-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/hiccups-give-away-coffee-tea-at-grand-opening-near-csulb-saturday","title":{"rendered":"Hiccups to give away coffee and tea at grand opening near CSULB Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hiccups, a Vietnamese eatery with a wide array of boba drinks, will hold a grand opening Saturday with free drinks and a chance to win a PlayStation 5 at their new location near Cal State Long Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tucked between Ike\u2019s Sandwiches and East Coast Bagel, the new spot in the Bixby Village Plaza serves up pho, pad thai and dozens of unique drink choices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting at 9 a.m. Saturday, the first 50 people in line get a free coffee or milk tea. Everyone after that will receive a free coffee or milk tea with a purchase over $10 and all attendees can enter for a chance to win a PlayStation 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiccups first opened locally at the Traffic Circle a decade ago. A few years later, they moved to East Willow Street just south of Long Beach Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It got its name because, \u201cWhen you eat a lot of food and drink a lot of boba tea, you get the hiccups,\u201d Store manager Andy Hoang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Garlic noodles with shaken beef at Hiccups’ newest location in Long Beach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pink Flamingo, strawberry, peach green tea with strawberry bits and strawberry jelly and a house coffee at Hiccups’ newest location in Long Beach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Bixby Village Plaza store opened at the end of May in the space that previously housed Pho & Crawfish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoang said Hiccups has had its eye on the location near CSULB for nearly 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grand opening event came about because when they did the soft opening the sign from the previous tenant was still in front of the shop, Hoang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unique to Hiccups is the House Coffee, a less bold variation on the better-known Vietnamese Coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also the Strawberry Twist \u2013 a blend of mango-strawberry green tea with strawberry bits and mango jelly \u2013 along with blended drinks like the Fruity Booty, a strawberry, mango and peach flavored slushy with strawberry bits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More classic options include Thai Milk Tea, Taro Milk Tea and Jasmine Milk Tea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can order a regular drink for $5.95 or a large drink for $6.45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pad Thai with beef, shrimp and tofu at Hiccups’ newest location in Long Beach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fried rice with chicken at Hiccups’ newest location in Long Beach, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The fan-favorite garlic noodles are served plain for $13.50, with veggies for $18.20 or with three varieties of protein ranging from $18.65 to $19.95.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Appetizers include popcorn chicken ($10.80), crispy tofu bites ($8.05) and cajun fries ($6.40) among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoang has been a store manager with Hiccups for the past six years and used to run the location on East Willow Street near the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally from Vietnam, his family moved to Orange County when he was three years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to working in the food industry, he spent eight years doing nails with his brother in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou have to be very patient doing that work,\u201d Hoang said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That past hospitality experience helps him ensure customers leave satisfied every day, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hiccups, 5751 East Pacific Coast Hwy., is open every day from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The boba shop and restaurant is bringing its drinks \u2014 and fan-favorite garlic noodles \u2014 to the Bixby Village Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23521,"featured_media":83360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1034],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[32323],"class_list":["post-83367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-boba","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83367"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83377,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83367\/revisions\/83377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83367"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=83367"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=83367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}