It was a different time. Ladies wore gloves, hats and nice attire to luncheons at the Woman s Exchange. Shillito s provided a cosmopolitan environment for its patrons, while Mullane s was the perfect place to sip and socialize. The popular Good Morning Show radio program hosted by charming Bob Braun, and later Nick Clooney, was broadcast from McAlpin s Tea Room. Women gathered at Pogue s and Mabley & Carew tea rooms to celebrate birthdays, as well as wedding and baby showers, over dainty tea sandwiches. Author Cynthia Kuhn Beischel brings the Queen City s bygone downtown tea rooms back to life and shares more than one hundred beloved recipes."
It was a different time. Ladies wore gloves, hats and nice attire to luncheons at the Woman s Exchange. Shillito s provided a cosmopolitan environment for its patrons, while Mullane s was the perfect place to sip and socialize. The popular Good Morning Show radio program hosted by charming Bob Braun, and later Nick Clooney, was broadcast from McAlpin s Tea Room. Women gathered at Pogue s and Mabley & Carew tea rooms to celebrate birthdays, as well as wedding and baby showers, over dainty tea sandwiches. Author Cynthia Kuhn Beischel brings the Queen City s bygone downtown tea rooms back to life and shares more than one hundred beloved recipes."
