There will be a hole in a block of retail space in Capitol Hill’s Joule mixed-use development with the planned closure of another business. But there are also plans in the works for a new addition bringing bubble tea and crepe cakes to Broadway.

Following our report on the exit of longtime prepared meals tenant Eat Local from the block as its parent company transitions to a fully online business model, word has spread of another planned closure sure to bum a few Broadway kids out.

The Capitol Hill location of the pay by the ounce Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt chain will mark its final day of business on Sunday. A sign went up with details of the sad announcement this week.

The frozen treat shop debuted in a sunnier 2012 and its initial ten-year lease has apparently run its course. Fans of the franchise are also dealing with the shift in the University Village location to a new locally-owned fro yo business called Chill.

Those fans of icy sweet treats should also have something to look forward to in 2022 on the soon to be former Menchie’s Broadway block. According to construction permits, a new location for University District-born Timeless Tea is being lined up for the storefront formerly home to a GNC outlet.

Timeless Tea’s bubble tea concoctions join a growing but apparently still unsated Capitol Hill appetite for the beverage. Neighborhood choices run the gamut from the high hype and merchandise forward approach at Drip Tea, the elegance and authenticity of Atulea, and the one of a kind funkiness of BobaBucha. So much for the O.G. status of Oasis. Its E Pine location appears to be permanently closed. The 2022 arrival of TacoOx and the Money Frog bar on 19th Ave E, meanwhile, might also add new bubble tea options to consider — ownership includes the folks behind Hangry Panda and its on-point bubble tea menu. UPDATE: We’re reminded we forgot to include Broadway’s Hi Tea Cafe.

Timeless, meanwhile, offers much more than popping boba. Its menu also features mochi, crepe cakes, egg yolk pastries, something called meat floss cakes, and, yes, mousse cheesecakes shaped like tired little bulldogs.

Add Timeless Tea to our list of Capitol Hill and Central District bars, restaurants, and frozen treat shops to look forward to in 2022.

Timeless Tea is planned to open at 509 Broadway E later this year. You can learn more at timelessteaseattle.com.

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