Wanamaker Crystal Tea Room Recipes

The aster design is just lovely and i love knowing this teacup hails from a famous american department store.

Wanamaker crystal tea room recipes.

John wanamaker the great crystal tea room philadelphia pa. It offers catering valet parking and wedding menus. A wanamaker s guidebook from the 1920s states that the crystal tea room was the largest dining room in philadelphia and one of the largest in the world. John wanamaker s department store now macy s in philadelphia pa is part of very precious memories from my childhood.

The facility features two rooms the reception room and the dinner room. The reception room seats 1 000 and the dinner room seats 800. Tea room postcard 6 wanamaker s great crystal tea room philadelphia pa when i wrote a book about department store tea rooms several years ago one of the tea rooms i was unable to find an image of was the wanamaker great crystal tea room so i ended up just using a postcard showing the exterior of the store instead. The crystal tea room is situated in the heart of philadelphia steps away from city hall.

Our glassed soaring atrium is an indoor conservatory featuring a fountain and greenery providing a year round outdoor atmosphere with no threat of weather. Explore ussiwojima s photos on flickr. It once could serve 1 400 people at a time. It s crystal tea room was our destination for special occasions with my mother my sister and myself at that time yes back in the day we dressed up to go into the city.

Lately i ve been researching historic recipes from the department store tea rooms of yesteryear and that s how i stumbled across this french teacup from wanamaker s on etsy. Oct 25 2016 john wanamaker s crystal tea room 9th floor. It served breakfast in the morning luncheon and afternoon tea. Ussiwojima has uploaded 28136 photos to flickr.

The new york city wanamaker s opened in 1896 in the old a. Stewart store and closed in 1954 was also well supplied with esteemed eating places. The crystal tea room is a banquet and event facility located in the famous wanamaker building in philadelphia. Upon arrival guests will directed to the atrium to enjoy cocktails and hors d oeuvres.

The grand crystal tea room survived the demise of wanamaker s and the tenure of its successor but finally closed in 1995 and is now a private banquet hall.