tea room

Cozy British café

A tea room is a small restaurant or café serving tea, light meals, and pastries, often with a genteel or old-fashioned atmosphere: We stopped at a tea room for scones and sandwiches.

In gay slang dating from the mid-20th century, a tea room is a public restroom used for anonymous sexual encounters between men.

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beverage establishment type

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Inexpensive casual restaurant

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Private male hangout space

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G