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Little Tea Shop: Restaurant Reviews


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#142 of 887 restaurants in Memphis
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  • Cuisines: American
  • Average price*: $ 10
  • Neighborhood: Downtown
  • Special features: Local cuisine
  • Address: 69 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
  • Tel:  (901) 525-6000

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A downtown lunch must!

Little Tea Shop

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4 of 5 stars
actinolite 1 contribution
Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 28, 2006
1/1 found this review helpful

First, the previous reviewer noted that they didn't accept credit cards, however that has apparently changed! Actually, that led to one of my favorite (non-food-related) experiences with the restaurant -- one time when I had lunch there, the owner (amazing woman & great cook!) rung me up, and the credit-card printer ran out of paper. She thought it hadn't gone through and ran it again. Later that afternoon, she called me to let me know it had gone through both times and to see what I wanted to do. I said that I'd just come back for another lunch soon, since I'd already paid for it. Well, I went back about 2 weeks later and she remembered exactly who I was!

Aside from that, the food is great. It's your basic "homestyle plate-lunch food" but very, very well executed. I strongly recommend the Thursday pot roast special, which is...amazingly good. Meals come with homemade cornsticks. Service is friendly!

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Amazing restaurant

Little Tea Shop

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5 of 5 stars
Lawied13 6 contributions
Memphis
Sep 30, 2005
4/4 found this review helpful

The Little Tea Shop is a true dining gem in Downtown Memphis. This historic restaurant -- it's been around since 1918 -- is open for lunch only during the week. I have worked in downtown for a couple of years now and finally just visited for the first time today. It is a country cooking place. I ordered a pan pie which is just like a chicken pot pie except the veggies were truly fresh. This is a typical meat and two home cooking place. The owner is great. She seems to know everyone by name. I had read a restaurant review in the local paper about it and it said this is truly the place where the city's movers and shakers go. Well, while there I saw a current judge and the city's CVB director. This does seem to be a meeting place of downtown's prominent individuals. The food is great. Only downfall in my opinion is they don't take credit cards.

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Little Tea Shop Address

69 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN 38103
Tel: (901) 525-6000
* Restaurant price information is based on meal cost per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip.