Silver Plume Tea Room

I’ve never been to a tea room with more character and delicious food. We were lucky enough to be there on a day when they were serving Pasties. I love Pasties, my first was in the UP of Michigan and it’s been a few years so you can imagine my excitement to find somewhere making them locally. If you are unfamiliar — miners used to carry Pasties to work with them. If you visit Silver Plume for no other reason definitely stop in to check this place out. I only wish there was more antiques to look at, but having them in the basement was really cool none-​the-​less.

I came up here looking at the new bar but everyone is talking about. It wasn’t open until four, so I stopped in at this teahouse. It used to be an antique store started in the 50s, prior to that was a saloon. Sarah, took over the antique store from her mother, and she and her husband turned into a teahouse 16 years ago. Silverplume is a tiny tiny town, the train runs through it, most of the buildings are abandoned. It’s right off the highway after you passed Georgetown on your way up to the mountains. The roads our dirt.
There was all jazz music playing in the tea room. And still many antiques around. I was the only customer when I walked in, but was shortly after joined by Don, an older man comes every Saturday for pancakes. I had English breakfast tea and scone and a side of bacon. The bacon was overcooked, but the tea was excellent, and the homemade scones was delightful. As I was walking in, to women were walking out and told me that everything on the breakfast menu is delicious. I simply wasn’t very hungry.
I stayed for a few hours sipping on my tea, working on a blog post, and reading. Intermittently talking with the owner, the other sweet lady who works there, and an assortment of guests. The décor is outdated, but it’s an antique store! The staff couldn’t be better. This is a little treasure of a place, and I’ll be back.

We came to Silver Plume on a whim, to see where Bread and Dram was. Most sites I visited described this city as a ghost town, so I didn’t expect to see much life there, but we got out to explore. Our first stop and closest to where we parked was the Silver Plume Tea Room.
It’s an old establishment that has been with the same family for 2 – 3 generations. There are antiques, but what caught our eye were the antique tea sets then the breads and desserts. Then the friendly greeting caught out attention.
We started chatting with the owner and her friends and decided to stay. It was a good decision. We chatted some more, enjoyed our tea, had some second breakfast, and even got to see a pretty cool house.

Silver Plume Tea Room should never, under any circumstances, receive less than 5 stars. It’s a small, old building in Silver Plume (population of 200 in the summer, 100 in the winter). The Tea Room sells antiques, and each table is uniquely decorated with such. They have an incredible and extensive tea list, as well as a small food menu, most of which are made from scratch.
Beyond that was the incredibly impeccable and kind service. When the woman told me what the soup of the day was, upon my hesitate she asked if I’d like to try it. «Sure» I said, and in a few minutes she returned with small ramekins (at least 5 bites worth) for EACH of us at the table. A few minutes later, tiny cinnamon buns appeared on the table. We ordered our tea and asked if they had lemon and honey. The honey came out in the cutest porcelain. This porcelain was 100% made to do nothing else in it’s life except hold honey. It was SO cute. A while passed and we though the woman forgot our lemons. Nope. Turns out she was just in the back picking out the seeds by hand. My friend and I decided we wanted to share the soup. Naturally, without us asking, they split the soup (and its accompaniments of cheese and fruit) onto separate plates. The staff there waited on us hand and foot, never ceasing to smile. We took home a freshly baked loaf of break and two pecan treats.
They do an amazing thing at the Tea Room. I hope to find so many more of these gems in life, and return as often as I can.

I took my wife here on our 17^th wedding anniversary. It was a nice stop on our drive through the mountains.
Great little place. Though it started serving Tea and light food 15 years ago, this place has been under the same ownership and management since the 1950’s. The owner used to work in the antique shop with her mother.
I had an amazing chicken salad sandwich on dill bread. Great presentation, with blueberries, strawberries, peach and cucumber slices included.
They probably have over 50 varieties of tea, and lots of tasty desserts.
It’s a bit hard to spot, but the owner sent someone outside to wave at me when I called to say I was lost.

A unique first time afternoon tea experience! The owner graciously opened up early for us because we thought they were open at 9. She was in Victorian costume and offered me a fun hat to wear during tea. She was very attentive and service was exceptional. The potato soup was very flavorful though my husband would have liked it creamier, I loved it as is. Our selections of pastries, cookies, finger sandwiches were surprisingly filling and our tea was delicious. If you are driving by, stop in for a piece of history and fun tea time experience.

7÷3÷12 :
Antique shop/​bakery/​eatery combo: Awesome sweet rolls, purchased a 3 berry pie last Sunday after hiking. This pie is knocking our socks off, the crust is fantastic, pie filling is perfect combo of sweet and tart, but not overly so on either count. Added some whipped cream on top, yowsers! Hits the spot.
My wife ate 3 of the 4 sweet rolls we purchased there Sunday. It was supposed to be a ⁵⁰⁄₅₀ split down the middle, 2 each. She ate her 1^st one in ~30 seconds. ;)
Silver Plume is a great, old school, mountain town. Gravel main street. Awesome, what a throwback place. Neat legit old west buildings. I hope I don’t ruin the place by saying this is a great place to stop off on while on the interstate. Great views of the surrounding cliffs/​peaks.
We’re doing a ton of hikes this summer out off of 70, we’ll be back after every hike, no doubt.
Also purchased a nice antique there. Art Deco picture/​frame, signed from x-​mas day 1930, very cool …
7÷29÷12: bought antique overhead light for a very fair price, will need to be re-​wired, something I’ve become quite good at doing. There is a basement area of antiques, found it down there. Purchased 3 sweet rolls, wife ate 1 right away … purchased a cherry pie this time. Holy f_​_​k, great pies here … buy one, take it home. Awesome old school western town. Love the buildings/​old homes here. 4^th time in a month I’ve been to this town, is near all the trailheads I’ve been frequenting. Starting to believe the hikes aren’t the draw, it is the bakery at Silver Plume Tea Room.
Bring your kids to the railroad stuff they’ve got going on here across town/​interstate … there was an old steam engine roaring around in the hills. You feel like you are in a trainset with this entire scene … I’m a fan of this drop off the interstate.