On Jul 28, 8:28*am, wrote:

>
> you still have not answered my questions---i appreciated answers ppl
> gave me-and "i don't treat tea shops as i like"--

Hi Joanne, I think you shouldn't be so soured and hound endlessly for
others' opinions. Many other poster have given you their experience at
The Tea Gallery, and Michael too (he says it is always a delightful
experience), and I don't see the valid point of you still pursuing the
topic. If the bad experience peeved you, why not write to Tea Gallery
and ask for clarification? Or arrange another trip there to see if the
owner of the place is truly brusque and downright rude? No amount of
opinions of other posters can match your own first hand experience,
second time round.

From the way I read your son's post, it seems that the place was just
opening, the place wasn't set up when you walked in. The owner had the
right to turn down your request if he was in the midst of opening up
the shop. Your son's mention of the place while he browsed around
also confirms that that is not a regular teahouse store for people to
sit down and drink tea - with or without payment. You may not treat
tea shops as you like, but you do have some misconceived and
stereotyped ideas of what tea shops and their owners should behave -
perhaps not you, but your son certainly does expect to be offered tea
whenever he steps into a tea shop in New York City, and who seems to
delight in being offered iced tea on "a freaking hot day".

Seriously, give the place another go before you blacklist it - hey,
even I am going to give Franchia another go! Call ahead and make a
reservation, your next experience might make you change your first
impression, or you might just prefer iced tea after all to The Tea
Gallery.

kevo