Tea at The Front Porch Tea Room

On Saturday the ladies from my church small group met at The Front Porch Tea Room, which happens to be ranked as the #1 tea room in the state of Pennsylvania and in the top 100 tea rooms in the country, and also happens to be right in our neck of the woods. 

It was freezing and snowy outside, but indoors the atmosphere was much more warm and cozy. I really liked this tea room because it is not as stuffy and concerned with being historically accurate inside as some of the other restaurants located in historical houses in our area are. The staff was friendly and fun. They offered us hats from their wall as soon as we came in (which we declined, but it was still a nice gesture) and The Front Porch immediately reminded me of a place my grandmother would have loved to meet her Red Hat Ladies. 

It was more casual than I expected for a tea room, which also made me more comfortable because I’m just not a very fancy kind of girl. I did wear a dress and try to get in touch a little bit with my inner Downton Abbey, but I would have been just as comfortable in jeans. It was very much “come as you are and your aunties who you just met will feed you and make you feel loved.”  

Although, to remind you that you were in fact at High Tea, there were fancy details like the chandeliers and ornate wallpaper (which Bonnie, the tea room’s owner, recently told the local paper that she found at Ollie’s Bargain Outlet) and of course our food was served on fine china.

Also, can we talk about these scones? Yum. 

We were there for the gourmet breakfast, which included two types of scones with clotted cream, lemon curd, strawberry spread, two types of muffins, caramel french toast, a cheese and ham strata, fruit, orange juice, and as much tea as we could drink- all for less than twenty dollars. 

Here are my friends Susan and Chrissy saying “cheers.” 

And here are Lacey and I trying not to look cheesy. Try to pretend you don’t see all of my grey hairs. I named them all Nicholas. Except that one in front, that one is Eddie. (Kidding.) (Not really.) 

Now I know what “High Tea” actually means. 

I would definitely go back and might even consider hosting a birthday party for Abby here in the near future. 

Thanks for having us, Front Porch! 

This was not a sponsored post, I just happened to have a great time at the tea room and wanted to share a great spot with my readers. 🙂 

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