Recommended Chicago Tea Rooms
The Drake Hotel - 140 East Walton Place, Chicago; 312-787-2200. Afternoon tea served at the Palm Court daily, 1.30 to 5pm.
Marshall Field's - 111 N. State St., Chicago; 312-781-1000. Traditional English style, afternoon tea. The Walnut Room, on the 7th floor of Marshall Fields on State Street, is one of the oldest restaurants in Chicago, dating from 1907. Teas are brewed loose, from Whittard's Teas.
More Tea Rooms - Chicago
Argo Tea Café
958 West Armitage Avenue; 312-873-4123
Hot teas, bubble tea, and trendy tea drinks.
Atwood Café
1 West Washington; 312-368-1900
* Afternoon tea served.
Café des Architectes - in the Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
20 East Chestnut Street; 312-324-4000
Tea served Tuesday through Saturday 2 to 4.30pm. Harney & Sons teas. Non-smoking area.
* Hotel tea room located in the city downtown.
CosmiCafé
1944 West Montrose Avenue; 773-728-CAFE
* Tea bar/lounge.
Ethel's Chocolate Lounge [Tea room and merchant]
819 West Armitage Avenue, Lincoln Park; 773-281-0029
North Bridge Mall, 520 North Michigan Avenue; 312-464-9330
* Tea bar/lounge.
* A good cuppa any time.
Fairmont Hotel at Grant Park
200 North Columbus Drive; 312-565-8000
The Greenhouse
160 East Pearson Street; 312-266-1000
Hotel Inter-Continental
505 North Michigan Avenue; 312-944-4100
Intelligentsia [Tea room and merchant]
North Broadway; 888-945-9786
Casual-type café with good loose-leaf tea served and sold. Not actually a tearoom. Don't expect a classy English tearoom ambiance
Java Cha
3415 North Clark Street; 773-325-2421
Bubble tea.
Lutz Continental Cafe and Pastry Shop
2458 West Montrose Avenue; 773-478-7785
My Place For Tea [Tea room and merchant]
901 West Belmont Avenue; 773-525-8320
* Loose leaf tea prepared in teapot, teacup, or gaiwan.
* Bubble tea, chai, and tea beverages.
NoMi Restaurant
Park Hyatt Hotel, 800 North Michigan Avenue; 312-239-4030
Afternoon tea. Loose leaf tea and teabags prepared in a teapot.
The Peninsula Hotel - 108 East Superior Street; 312-573-6749
Afternoon tea served in the hotel's opulent The Lobby restaurant; 312-573-6760.
Renaissance Chicago Hotel
1 W. Wacker Drive; 630-372-7200
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago
160 East Pearson Street; 312-266-1000
Russian Tea Time
77 East Adams; 312-360-0000
Afternoon tea.
Season's Lounge and Conservatory
Four Seasons Hotel
120 East Delaware Place; 312-280-8800 or 312-649-2358
Featuring Lavender Earl Grey tea.
Sileca
2821 North Halstead Street; 877-7SILECA
* Tea bar/lounge.
Tea Leaf Café
2336 South Wentworth Avenue, #105; 312-808-3668
* Bubble tea.
Unique So Chique Tea & Chocolate Room [Tea room and merchant]
4600 North Magnolia, Suite C; 773-561-0324
* American/English style. Afternoon tea, cream tea, theme teas.
