Let her sip tea on Mother's Day
Childhood memories tend to surface near Mother's Day.
Mittie's Tea Room co-owner Jessica Hoynowski has flashbacks of afternoon tea parties with her mom.
"She'd dress me up like a China doll and we would go to different places for high tea," said Hoynowski, 29.
That tradition has come full circle. Hoynowski often hosts children's tea parties at the her quaint Alpharetta cafe, which she owns with parents Cindy and Tom Hoynowski.
"Kids come dressed in gloves and hats and their Sunday best and get hooked on tea. It's absolutely adorable," Jessica Hoynowski says.
The tea room attracts grown-ups too. Hoynowski says Mother's Day has become their busiest day of the year, when adult children bring Mom in for tea time.
Mittie's Alpharetta location will serve "high tea" at 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. The menu includes half chicken salad croissant, cherry blue chicken salad made in a phyllo pastry with blue cheese dressing, fruit salad, homemade scones and several desserts for $20.
The cafe also is open during its normal hours, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., this weekend. The tearoom is located at North Main Street in Alpharetta. For more information call 770-772-0850 or visit www.mitties.com. (Another Mittie's location in Roswell is under separate ownership. However the tearooms share the same Web site. A Norcross location that recently closed is still listed on the site.)
MORE TEA SPOTS
• Dr. Bombay's Underwater Tea Party. 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m. daily. 1645 McClendon Ave, Atlanta (Candler Park). 404-474-1402, www.drbombays.com.
• Ritz-Carlton. 2:30-4:30 p.m. daily. Reservations are required. 181 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 404-659-0400, www.ritzcarlton.com.
• Cafe Intermezzo. 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Sundays - Thursdays; 10 a.m.-3 a.m. Friday-Saturdays. 1845 Peachtree Road, Atlanta. 404-355-0411; 10 a.m.-1 a.m. Sundays-Thursdays; 10 a.m.-2 a.m. Fridays-Saturdays. 4505 Ashford-Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. 770-396-1344, www.cafeintermezzo.com.
• Green Tea Diner. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays; re-open 4 -9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 4-10:30 p.m. Fridays; noon-10:30 p.m. Saturdays; noon-9:30 p.m. Sundays. 2590 Winder Highway, Dacula. 770-277-7099, diner.greentea-atl.com.
• Darvish Persian Tea House. 11:45 a.m.-3 p.m. and re-open 6-10 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 11:45 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. Serves traditional Persian tea only. 11235 Alpharetta Highway, Roswell. 770-410-1222, www.persianteahouse.com.
• The Roswell Teahouse. 11 a.m.- 4 p.m., Tuesdays-Saturdays. 108 Magnolia St., Roswell. 770-643-5813, www.roswellteahouse.net.
• Tea Fusions Cafe. 8 a.m.- 9 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturdays; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sundays. 202 City Circle, Peachtree City. 770-486-5339.
MOTHER'S DAY TEAS
• Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
. Tastings by Tea With Strings, gourmet foods and live music by Celtic swing band Caledonia Swing are included in Sunday's festivities. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. seatings are limited. Adults $35, children $25. Reservations must be secured by credit card prior to Sunday's tea time. 980 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta. 404-872-5338, www.callanwolde.org.• Bulloch Hall. Tea, sandwiches and dessert are served by ladies in period clothing, followed by a tour of the house and garden. 4 p.m. Saturday. Reservations required. $35. 180 Bulloch Ave., Roswell. 770-992-1731. www.bullochhall.org.
