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• n  a restaurant where tea and light meals are available

• Researcher Sue Raffety learned to cook with her mother, who ran a tearoom in Blackwell, Okla.
• A former teacher said, "Being able to see even a little is prestigious because blind children want to go out and have coffee in a tearoom but can't go by themselves.
• The possibility that women might want a tearoom of their own prompted a group led by Yoko Otsuka, 29, a pleasantly bookish young woman, to create Swallowtail, Tokyo's first butler .

• teashop
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• tea parlour

News & Articles

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• Asian-inspired garden draws admiration, prizes
  A prizewinning Asian-inspired garden with a miniature tearoom at the San Diego County Fair isn’t quite what it appears to be. All of the plants in this San Diego Botanic Garden-sponsored plot are native to California, not Japan or China.
  June 12, 2013 - U-T San Diego

Quotes

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• Nigel Griffiths in Scotsman
  Nigel Griffiths, a former Labour deputy leader of the House, said: "I was in the tearoom at lunchtime and I didn't have people hiding away from me because they know I'm a supporter of Gordon. I believe if Gordon Brown had an election this year, my...
• Laud Humphreys in New York Times
  The only harmful effects of these encounters, either direct or indirect, result from police activity,Mr. Humphreys wrote. "Blackmail, payoffs, the destruction of reputations and families, all result from police intervention in the tearoom...