High Tea + High Tops
- Thu Jan 1st @ 11AM-4PM
- The Drake Hotel
- All Ages
- $45PP ++
Curated for tea connoisseurs and casual sippers. Every Sunday, indulge in sweet + savoury delights, different teas, jellies, and jams with some provisions from our friends at Foodpreneur Lab, a Canadian Black women-founded nonprofit dedicated to advancing racial and gender equity in the food sector. Beyond the tea, enjoy boozy cocktails + bottomless mimosas ($40PP) paired with nostalgic R + B, hip-hop throwbacks, jazz, and other sounds.
(teapot cocktails + bottomless mimosas sold separately)
RESERVATION NOTES
- All guests are required to dine on the same menu
- No substitutions
- 2-hour seating per reservation, 20% auto grat applied to all bills
ON THE MENU | curated for two guests | No substitutions | $45PP
SAVORY
Ham + Cheese | Berkshire ham, Fiore di latte, arugula, onion jam, pepperoncini
Jerk Chicken Slider | mango jerk marinade, toasted allspice cream cheese, escovitch, brioche
Samosa | potatoes, cumin, peas, carrots, cardamom, chat masala, tamarind chutney, mint yogurt
Shrimp Tostada | Fogo Island shrimp, mango, cucumber, lime, coriander, Anaheim peppers, corn tortilla
SCONES
Blueberry Scones | lemon, wild blueberries, strawberry rhubarb preserve
Tomato + Rosemary Scones | sundried tomato, rosemary, parmesan, Lingnum honey butter
SWEET
Madeleine | lemon, citrus glaze
Strawberry Cake | Japanese sponge, strawberry, mousseline cream, shiso
Yuzu Lemon Tart | yuzu, lemon, basil
ON THE TEA MENU
Kenyan Chai (The Abibiman Project)
Mamri (CTC) Kenyan Black Tea, dried ginger, cinnamon, cardamom + cloves
Kericho Gold + more
ADD: ARTFUL COCKTAILS + INFUSED TEAPOTS
Bottomless Mimosas | $40PP | 2hr seating
Sparkling wine, orange or grapefruit juice
breakfast martini | single serve | 18
A riff on Salvatore Calabrese’s Classic cocktail and inspired by the Graffiti Table in the Modern Wing Lobby
Bombay Sapphire Gin, St. Germain Elderflower liquor, cranberry hibiscus compote, lemon, egg white
porn star martini | single serve | 18
A riff on Douglas Ankrah’s modern classic from Townhouse in London and inspired by Evening Shadows and a Skittish Whisper by Stephanie Temma Heir
Grey goose, Lillet, passionfruit, vanilla, lime , sparkling wine
summer blossom spritz | teapot | serves 5 | 80
inspired by Untitled Wasteland by Melanie Luna with Grey Goose
Grey Goose La Poire, Cocchi americano, “Lignum” summer blossom Jamaican honey, lemon, seltzer, sparkling wine, dandelion bitters
spill the tea | teapot | serves 5 | 80
inspired by the Unremarkable Staircase by Owen Marshall
Bombay Sapphire gin, fino sherry, lemon, butterfly pea flower tea, pineapple, star anise, soda
ALCOHOL-FREE COCKTAILS
Italian spritz | alcohol-free | single serve | 12
Martini Vibrante non-alcohol aperitivo (<.05%), lemon, orange, seltzer, Martini Dolce 0.0 sparkling wine
spiced Arnold Palmer | teapot | zero proof | serves 5 | 30
24-hour cold brewed Kenyan Spiced Chai tea from The Abibiman Project, sencha, lemon, seltzer
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