Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America

Back in the early 20th century, eating out in America was a rough-and-tumble experience, like eating in the tail end of the saloon. The food was bad, the conditions were unclean, and the whole experience was considered unsuitable for women and children.hen along came the tea room. Sparked by the rise of the automobile, the advent of Prohibition, the rumblings of the suffragist movement, and general American inventiveness, women across America started what would become the tea room craze. From small owns to big cities, from the fringes of the bohemian scene in Greenwich Village to the high-society salons of the grand hotels, tea rooms were everywhere, offering a way for women to express their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. This is the colorful story of a cultural institution that survivesand even thrivestoday.Whitaker, Jan is the author of 'Tea at the Blue Lantern Inn A Social History of the Tea Room Craze in America', published 2002 under ISBN 9780312290641 and ISBN 0312290640.