Category Archives: Building a Tea Room

Appreciation of our new space..

A good friend of mine has a cabinetry and woodworking business – all things wood, carpentry, home design, interior build-outs, custom benches, shelves, countertops, small and big.  His work is clean, professional and of singular quality.  The other day he stopped by our Tea Room and sent me a very gracious e-mail: The tea room [...]
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Our new Signpost

Our new outdoor Signpost just turned out beautifully.  After a lot of pondering and paperwork and Architectural Board Reviews and permits, we settled upon an artistically done sign that would hang high and be visible from both sides of the street.  Our artist, Sam Ditullo did a masterful job.  I couldn’t understand how “Silver Tips” could [...]
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Comments on our first week

Today was the first Saturday after re-opening and despite a pretty steady rain throughout the day, we had a good crowd, both regulars and new customers.  Here are their comments: Fabulous colors! We’ve come by many times to see if you were open and finally you are! We’ve been reading your blog and recognized the [...]
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Flowers on our Opening Day

We are one among several restaurants in Tarrytown on Broadway and Main Street.  Right next to us is a busy Greek restaurant, always mobbed with customers.  They’ve helped us on many occasions and  we help them out by allowing them to use our outside cafe space when we are closed.  A few years ago they [...]
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Day 1 – New Store

We were still unloading deliveries when the first customer walked in yesterday, at the dot of 11 am – we had to photograph it!  After the many oohs and aahs at our new floor, new colors and bright, cheery tea room, we proceeded to take orders, make tea and serve food, all the while trying out [...]
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