The new Teaberry's Tea Room

It was a long time ago that I wrote the lease for a friend, a client, who was converting a space that had been occupied by a flower shop, in a building he had just purchased. He was leasing to the owner of the then new Teaberry's Tea Room.

I remember having tea and scones in their first tearoom. It reminded me of being introduced to tea and scones in England. Eventually Teaberry's outgrew the space. When their lease expired, they moved to new space at 2 Main Street. I visited to have tea and key lime pie. It was served in the room where I had one of my college interviews while a student in Flemington high school. My wife and I have returned any number of times. We often bring guests We know they will never be disappointed.

Now they have moved again. Their lease expired. The owner of the property at 2 Main and Teaberry's could not agree on a price for the sale of the 2 Main Street property that was up for sale. They are now on a corner of Main Street and Church Street at the other end of town.

Things come full circle. One of the other corners at the intersection, now Sal’s tailor shop, (the only place I would go for tailoring service and not just because I represented him when he bought the property) was once the real estate and insurance office of Yeaton and Yeaton. They were among the leading real estate brokers in the county. They sold their home on Church Street to my parents. The Yeaton family had just moved to Raritan Township. I lived in our Church Street home during my senior year in Flemington High School and all through my college years. We even lived there for my first year of law practice while my wife and I watched our first home being built.

Ten years after high school, having finished college, law school, and three years with a great law firm, I started my own office at 8 Main Street in Flemington. One of my clients, Bob and Jean, were the owners of the corner of the intersection, where they had the Raggedy Ann Antique and Toy Museum in 1968. She was a doll collector. Her collection of 19th and 20th century dolls filled the house with, in addition to dolls, toy trains, tin toys and various other antique toys. Bob worked at repairing dolls, toys, and stuffed animals. Eventually I represented them when they bought a building and moved their business to the then bustling Turntable Junction property.

My wife contributed to Teaberry's go fund me campaign when they had rough going with their approvals in getting the new Teaberry's up and running. We were invited to the “soft” opening. We celebrated my wife’s birthday by going with our daughter.

It was fun. The food was very good, as we have come to expect.

The service was even better. The servers gathered together and sang Happy Birthday to my wife.

Sara works at recruiting and training her people. I think she told us that 70 people applied to work for her on their corner of Main and Church Street.

Our experience was so good at this soft opening that a few days later we went again with a couple of friends. Tom is a client who is himself in the food business. His wife is the usual accompanist for my wife’s students at their annual recital. They reported their experience at Teaberry's was great.

Check it out. You will enjoy the food and service as we have again and again.