Street Food: Sugar Ghost brings bubble tea, and soon ice cream, to Broad Ave.
Mary Claire White opened her Sugar Ghost bubble tea truck on Broad Avenue in June. It’s prepping the way for a storefront ice cream shop to follow in late summer. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Olivia Evans fills a cup with tapioca boba while making a bubble tea at Sugar Ghost's Broad Avenue food truck July 16, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A serving of tapioca boba for bubble tea at Sugar Ghost's Broad Avenue food truck July 16, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Ella White laughs while making a bubble tea at Sugar Ghost's Broad Avenue food truck July 16, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Owner Mary Claire White (from left), daughter Ella White, and Olivia Evans in front of “Pearl,” the Sugar Ghost food truck, which sells bubble tea on Broad Avenue each Friday-Sunday. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
Mary Claire White has long sold jewelry and candles in the Broad Avenue Arts District. With Sugar Ghost, she’s brought bubble tea to the neighborhood, and has an ice cream shop coming soon.
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