tea rooms
Genteel refreshment spots
Tea rooms are establishments serving tea and light refreshments, typically in a genteel or old-fashioned atmosphere: We stopped at a tea room for scones and sandwiches.
The term also has a specific slang meaning in gay culture, referring to public restrooms used for anonymous sexual encounters—a sense that emerged from mid-20th-century American gay subculture.
- clotted creamThick scalded milk fat
- Devon creamThick scalded milk topping
- cakesBaked layered sweets
- pastriesSweet layered confections
- muffinsIndividual baked breakfast cakes
teahouse · finger sandwiches · cucumber sandwiches · biscuits · National Trust · scone · meeting place · sandwiches · loose leaf · English gardens · saucers · Victorian architecture · floral wallpaper · doilies · England · social gatherings · market towns · quaint
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- British Pastimespub quiz, cricket matches, darts, cricket, bowls
- British Seasidepier, piers, beach hut, beach huts, promenade
- Olde Englandthatched cottages, cobblestones, Tudor style, medieval fairs, village greens
- CotswoldsBroadway, limestone buildings, rolling hills, manor houses, medieval churches
- GloucesterGuildhall, medieval streets, Blackfriars
tea roomspubs
Casual drinking establishments
bars · taverns · saloons · alehouses · beer halls
tea roomssports bars
Taverns showing athletic events
man caves · truck stops · greasy spoons · beer gardens · locker rooms