Sad to report that ‘my local’ Tiffanys in Great Baddow has closed shutting up shop after 4 years in the Village. It has been replaced though with an establishment called ‘The Glasshouse’ which I will be checking out over the Christmas period.
Sorry to see them go…
I can see I will have to do a ‘tea room crawl’ around Blackmore. Julie has got in touch from Blackmore Tea Rooms and sent this in
We have just opened a tea shop in Blackmore Essex in a 15th centry building in the heart of Blackmore. You can find us on face book for pics and more as yet we dont have a web page but are looking into it. This tea shop is run by sisters Julie and Sarah Goodson and offers a very warm welcome.
Judi from Megarry’s sent in this plug for her teashop:-
Arriving in Blackmore, turn down by the war memorial and tucked behind Blackmore’s picturesque Village (Duckpond) Green in Jericho Cottage, is Megarrys.. There is a warm friendly welcome for everyone.. including ramblers, vintage car rallies, cyclists, motorcyclists and families.
Their website is www.teashopblackmore.co.uk
Very sad to report the closure of another tea shop mentioned on the site and at topteashops.co.uk.
The Tea Rooms in Walton-on-the-naze has closed. There are a couple of other places to enjoy tea and a cake but yet to try them.
M
A new cafe has opened in my home town of Chelmsford, Essex. Based in Moulsham Street opposite Rayleigh Hifi and only a few doors down from another cafe it is a busy area.
They have decorated it nicely and is a little twee but fun. You can enter and walk past the take out counter and head towards to back if you wish to sit down and eat in. Head up to the counter order, pay and sit down is the routine.
They are serving cold foods only but promise hot food is on the way. There were 10 varieties of sandwiches/baguettes and 9 varieties of cakes plus some daily specials. There are also ploughmans, salads and ‘little cherries’ meals for younger children. If you have a desire for dessert then there are a few to choose from.
Drinkwise there is a wide selection of hot and cold drinks including beetroot juice which I didn’t go for. I enjoyed a Coronation Chicken baguette and Lemon Drizzle cake. Service was a little slow but the food was delicious and worth waiting for plus it is early days. I wish them luck.
Matt
Stephen Graves sent in a review via www.topteashops.co.uk. Here it is:-
This brand new tea shop had only been up and running for two weeks when we visited – it has an excellent menu, with a mix of traditional and modern food. Loose-leaf tea was served in a pot with lovely old china crockery; the furniture’s a very nice higgledy-piggledy mix of chairs and tables. We tried open smoked salmon sandwiches, which were fantastic – with generous portion sizes. So good we came back later and tried their home-made coffee cake and lemonade – which was also very good! Also on the menu – though we didn’t try them – are more modern offerings like mozzarella ciabatta paninis, as well cooked breakfasts. They serve cream teas, and have a choice of plain or sultana scones, though they’d run out by 3pm on a Saturday. As the name suggests, it’s by the canal – there’s outdoor seating, but no parasols so it can get quite hot on a sunny day. One small gripe was the time it took to get served, though as it’s early days for the business, I’m happy to give them a free pass – doubtless they’ll improve as the staff get into the swing of things. We’ll definitely be going again!
Address of Tea Shop The Stone Building The Wharf Newbury West Berkshire RG14 5AS
Thanks Stephen!
So the battle of the teashops is on.
The Essex Chronicle Food and Drink Awards have placed both of them in the Top 3 for best Tea Shop. You can find out more at http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/efda09publicvoting.html
I know that both Tea Shops know each other and there was even talk of Jon from Writtle Tea Rooms having a quick drink in Tiffanys recently (checking out the competition I reckon).
Best of luck to both of them. 8th October 2009 is the date we all find out.
UPDATE: Unfortunately neither of these Chelmsford Tea Rooms won. It went to a Stop The World in Leigh On Sea – http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/efda09winners09.html
I popped into this one on a recent visit to Woodbridge in Suffolk which is a great little village which I could get to on the train from Chelmsford.
There are a few places to choose from but this seemed pretty quiet. Friendly staff and magazines and papers to read added to the enjoyment.
They are at 2 Cumberland Street
On my trip to Cornwall in April 2009 I went past this one again and it is a lovely little place with friendly staff. I took a photo of it which will be on my main website www.topteashops.co.uk along with a little more of a review.
If you visit Looe, and it is recommended, make sure you pop into Larssons or order a takeaway coffee as it must be tough to make money down there sometimes.
Make sure you tell them about the website! Their website is www.larssonscoffeehouse.com
M
On a recent visit to Padstow in April 2009 I was disheartened to see Mary B’s Teashop had gone.
It was a lovely tea shop hidden away from the madding crowds which descend on the small fishing port in Spring/Summer.
It’s loss has made Padstow a poorer place – M