Silver Fountain Inn And Tea Parlor is located at 103 Silver Street in Dover, NH. The beautiful three story Victorian Inn was originally built in 1871. This is not only a quaint bed and breakfast but also a tea parlor. The tea parlor portion of the bed and breakfast is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30 am to 3 pm. Although they do take reservations, walk in’s are also welcome. I highly recommend making reservations as they do close down for private events as well. This lunch was not our average lunch, this was a very special lunch for a very special lady, my Mom, Lydia.
It was Mom’s birthday and although she originally thought we were celebrating MY birthday, that is later in the month, I had a few surprises for her. We were not celebrating my birthday, but only HERS. Without her knowing, I changed the reservation from two people to five and invited a couple of surprise guests. Our dear friends Margaret, Penny, and Mary Ann. We celebrated with flowers, cards, gifts and a fabulous lunch.
It was a crazy hot day when we went so we opted for the iced tea, we all ordered the “Berry Kisses” tea with flavors of candied apple, strawberry, pear along with marigold and hibiscus blossoms. Everyone agreed the tea was really good, fruity and not too sweet although there was sugar on the table if you wanted it sweeter.
There are a number of ways you can order and various combinations, if you want to just stop in for tea and scones you can do that too. On this special day, I took it upon myself to order for the table. We each had what they call “The Dutchess”. This is the largest selection that they offer and it includes a taste of almost everything. The Dutchess is $26.00 per person. But there are many options to choose from. The Dutchess arrived on a three-tier cake stand with the bottom tier holding four different sandwiches. They change the menu monthly but our sandwiches consisted of a turkey cheddar sandwich with a tomato jam and arugula, a dilly egg salad croissant with homemade dill and chive egg salad, our third sandwich was the walnut cream sandwich made with white bread, slathered with cream cheese spread made up with walnuts, onion, parsley, and nutmeg. Our last sandwich was the basil artichoke melt with herb bread, layered with basil, pesto, artichoke and Havarti cheese. If you asked all of us what sandwich was our favorite I think you would get all different answers, they were all very good with fresh ingredients.
The middle tier was a favorite for us all. This was the blueberry scone and homemade lemon curd tier. These scones were everything you would want, sweet but not too sweet, a little crumbly but not too much. When you add that lemon curd it was purely a bite of heaven! Did I mention you can order scones and lemon curd to go? Oh, yes you can, it’s just a phone call away!
By the time we got to the top tier we were slowing down but that did not stop any of us, how can you resist such cute little two-bite dessert? You can’t, or well we couldn’t! This tier had peach and blackberry cakelets, lavender and Earl Grey cheesecake, strawberry champagne shortcake and a couple of petit fours. Between all of us we tried all of the desserts and I can say the table turned quiet for a moment when we tried them, each of us enjoying these sweet bites. We all had plenty to eat and even some to go home.
There are so many great reasons to visit the Silver Street Inn and Tea Parlor. What a wonderful place for a wedding shower or baby shower, maybe a daddy-daughter date. You could be like us and celebrate a birthday with a group of friends, although you don’t really need a special occasion to go for a unique and tasteful lunch! Be sure to check their website and Facebook page for further information.
https://www.silverfountain.com/
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=Silver%20Fountain%20Inn%20%26%20Tea%20Parlor
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