noun. A restaurant or shop serving tea and other refreshments.

noun. Alternative spelling of tea room.

noun. a restaurant where tea and light meals are available

"A precursor to the nightclubs of the 1920s, the tearoom was the place not only to be seen but to learn the latest ragtime dances or the supremely naughty Argentine tango."

eatery  eating house  eating place  restaurant  

buttery  

firedamp  half-dark  idea  soiree  which  

automat  beanery  bistro  buffet  buvette