Tag: high tea

My 6-year-old daughter Sydney and I arrived at the Waldorf Astoria Atlanta Buckhead for its Queen of Hearts High Tea not knowing what to expect. In my mind, it could have been over-the-top and kitschy, or upscale to the point of snobby, or child-centric, or focused on day drinkers. In the end, it was actually none of these.

Two-time James Beard Award nominee Asha Gomez has shifted her focus from cooking to entertaining. The Cardamom Hill founder moved to Conyers and opened Tulip & Tea, a retail, education, and high tea space. There, she sells floral arrangements on a weekly subscription basis, offers cooking and floral design classes, and serves an elaborate high tea on Fridays and Saturdays.

Mother-and-daughter team Rita and Brittany Campos are bringing their own version of high tea to Virginia-Highland. They’ve taken over the space formerly home to Ten Thousand Villages on St. Charles Avenue and are transforming it into an Instagram-worthy parlor with seating for 55.