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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New Tea Room Hours
We’ve changed our hours to open a little earlier daily. Effective Monday, October 19, they are: Monday to Saturday: 11 am to 6 pm Sunday: 11 am to 4.30 pm Please note our kitchen closes 30 minutes before the posted closing time so try to arrive at least an hour ahead of closing time to [...]
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Tea Room Re-Opening Monday, Oct. 19
Hurrah! We’re finally approved to open. And not a day too soon. We’ve been bombarded with phone calls, customers at the Tea Room door, e-mails and blog comments. We’ve turned away customers at the door, even those with out-of-town visitors. Horrible, horrible. Yes, our hiatus was longer than we had hoped for but there is sometimes no [...]
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Tea Room Opening – alert
We hope to open by next weekend, somewhere around October 16th but we will confirm through an e-mail blast plus blog and website postings. One more full day of work remains and some finishing touches on Tuesday followed by various inspections. This afternoon, the additional new chairs arrive and we are now on the final [...]
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Counters taking shape
It is now nail-biting time. We all agree we need to re-open the store and we all understand we’re not quite there. If you’ve ever renovated your house, you know the horrendous amount of dust and debris that accumulates during construction. It will take us a couple of days just to wipe down every item [...]
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