New Expanded Hours – Available for Mid-Week Holiday Teas Oct 17 – Dec 30

The Quail & Thistle Tea Room is available for weekday teas by special reservation through the 2011 holiday season!

What better way to reflect on the year’s accomplishments and dramas with colleagues, customers, and friends than over a cup of tea in a relaxed, comfortable setting? Create a memorable moment this holiday season to recognize the people who contributed to your successes and helped you through your challenges this year – invite them for tea at The Quail & Thistle Tea Room!

Weekday holiday teas are available starting October 17 through December 30, 2011. Reservations for special weekday teas must be made by phone (831-272-ALBA) at least 2 weeks in advance. 6 person minimum. 30 person maximum (indoors). Your group will have exclusive use of the tea room during your 2 hour reserved time slot. Final head count due 1 day prior along with food selections (Omnivore or Vegetarian California Country Tea).  No deposit required. You will be charged based on your food reservation head count regardless of no-shows. We accept cash, all major credit and debit cards and personal or business checks. Checks are processed as same-day ACH electronic debits.

Please have a primary and alternate date in mind when calling to make your reservation. We appreciate your patience and flexibility as we try to shuffle our “day job” schedules to accommodate your mid-week reservation requests.

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Closed for Summer Break

The Quail and Thistle Tea Room will be closed for summer break through August 12.  We will reopen for tea service Saturday August 13, 2011.

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Local Author Book Signing This Weekend

Nancy Lynn Jarvis

Santa Cruz author Nancy Lynn Jarvis will be joining us at the Quail & Thistle Tea Room during the Bonny Doon Studio Tour this weekend to sign, sell, and chat about her books and characters in her Regan McHenry Real Estate Mysteries series. Local readers will recognize landmarks in Santa Cruz, Aptos, Capitola, and Bonny Doon and can go in search of the real houses used as inspiration for the settings in Regan’s adventures.

Nancy and her books will be set up in the tea room while tea room owner and occasional potter Danny Thorpe demonstrates ceramic techniques in slip casting, mold making, and kiln firing down in the workshop. The tea room will be closed for food service.

Have a little mystery adventure of your own this weekend exploring artists’ haunts and hangouts hidden in the redwoods on the Bonny Doon Studio Tour!

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We Be Jammin!

Jam season at The Quail & Thistle Tea Room has begun with our first batch of cherry jam this past weekend.

Cindy picked up a carload of organic cherries from a local vendor at the Santa Cruz farmer’s market, spent most of a day pitting them, and another day over the stove making jam and vacuum packing the jars in the hot water bath. I’m now printing labels for several new cases of our own Cherry Jam!

Our jars this year are a stylish hexagonal clear glass and feature a one-piece “popup” safety button lid to prove freshness.

Our jams and jellies are $7 per 8oz jar and can be purchased in the tea room. We can also take orders by phone and ship jams anywhere in the US for as little as $1.20 / jar (case quantity).

Mention your interest in purchasing jams when booking your tea room reservation. We’ll set your requested jams aside so they will be ready for you when you arrive for tea.

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Father’s Day Tea

Dads enjoy tea too! Treat your dad or grampa to a California Country Tea at the Quail & Thistle Tea Room this Father’s Day. It’s a great way to say ‘Thanks for all you do!’

If they seem unsure about visiting our tea room, point out that our decor in the old lodge is quaint but not insufferably “girly”. While we do serve some light floral teas, we also offer bold black teas guaranteed to rocket you out of the midafternoon blahs. While our portions are small, the courses are many and with lots of different flavors to explore. No one ever leaves hungry!

Round up your menfolk and hustle them up the mountain to The Quail & Thistle Tea Room for a relaxing and memorable Father’s Day Tea.

Call today to reserve your table – Mother’s Day sold out early!

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