The Ghosts of Tearooms Past - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Tea rooms we loved and miss in NorCal:
  • An Afternoon to Remember - Newcastle
  • Bloomsbury Tea Room - Capitola
  • Country Rose Tearoom - Bakersfield
  • Cynthia’s Tea Garden - Fremont
  • Down a Country Lane Tea Room - Merced
  • Dynastea Club - San Francisco
  • English Rose - San Carlos
  • English Gardens Tea Rooms - Calistoga
  • Fairmont Hotel - San Jose
  • Flowers & Tea, the Lily Market - Poway
  • L’Amyx Tea Bar cafe - Oakland
  • Lisa’s Tea Treasures - Menlo Park (however, still open in Campbell, Los Altos & San Jose) 
  • Mariposa Restaurant & Tea Room - San Juan Bautista
  • Mark Hopkins Hotel - San Francisco
  • Mellow Mellow - San Francisco
  • Mistletoe & Roses - Turlock
  • Modern Tea - San Francisco
  • Ms. Lynn’s Tea - Montague
  • My Cup of Tea - Grass Valley
  • Om Shan Tea - San Francisco
  • Oregon Street Tea Company - Redding
  • Quail and Thistle - Capitola (Closed as of May 24, 2015. Look for Jenny Rache's new incarnation of an eatery at the Averon Carriage House, slated to open mid-June)
  • St. Francis Hotel's Compass Rose - San Francisco
  • Samovar Tea Lounge - Hayes Valley (Now only open for private tastings)
  • Serenity House - Millbrae
  • Silver Teapot - Manteca
  • Sweetea’s - San Mateo
  • Tea Anytime - Carmichael
  • Tea Era’s Tea Room - Sutter Creek
  • Tea of Larkspur - Larkspur
  • Tea’s the Season - San Mateo
  • Tranquilitea - Pacifica
  • Victoria Rose Cottage - Clovis