Expert offers alternatives for tea lovers

In the June 28 article "NYC on the cheap," the author quoted Howard Goldberg of Adventure on a Shoestring: "Goldberg also suggested afternoon tea as a great alternative to stopping at a snack shack. He said most locations offer hot scones, finger sandwiches, pastries and live music. His favorites include the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Lady Mendl's Tea Salon, the Four Seasons Hotel, the Carlyle Hotel, the Peninsula New York Hotel, the Pierre Hotel, the St. Regis Hotel, the Pavard Patient and Bistro, Tea and Sympathy, the Wild Lilly Tea Room and Alice's Tea Cup."

The correct name of Pavard is Pavard Patisserie and Bistro. The correct name of Waldorf Astoria is Waldorf=Astoria.

Wild Lily closed as a tea room on Christmas Eve 2006. The former owner now imports high-end Chinese teas, which she offers to a private salon/club clientele.

Tea is, of course, a bargain at any price, as well as a restful and rejuvenating pleasure. All the tea rooms listed by Mr. Goldberg are quite lovely, although for the most part at the high end of the "shoestring" price point. And why not explore beyond hotel tea rooms? They are luxurious to be sure, but there is such a wide range of tea rooms of all types - British, Victorian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, French, Russian, and a myriad of elegant, eclectic, and funky styles beyond - to be found in New York City.

For an extensive listing of tea rooms in New York City, New Jersey, and elsewhere, we invite you to visit TeaGuide Worldwide Tea Directory at www.teaguide.net. You will find nearly 3,500 tea rooms and tea shops in over 50 countries around the world - including nearly 150 in New York City alone.

Happy teaing!

Janis P. Badarau

Editor and publisher

www.TeaGuide.net

Greenville, S.C.