With Flair Tea Room, Chesapeake

With Flair Tea Room’s hosts cultivate an elegant, old-fashioned tearoom within a sweetly unassuming white house. Delicate, feminine bric-a-brac line the shelves, walls, and tables, creating a sense of opulence rivaled only by hand washing a luxury car with a paste made from champagne and pulverized diamonds. Steamy pots of freshly brewed tea yield about three cups for each table, iced tea provides a chilly counterpoint on warm days, and Colombian coffee satisfies cravings for deep-roasted caffeine. Sumptuous plates of scones, quiches, and other small plates make teatime into a full meal, alleviating the pressure to make tea soup by pouring chamomile over plates of kale salad. With Flair caters to young tea drinkers with dress-up parties, lemonade, and teapot cookies, and the company pleases busy businesspeople with lunch to-go.