Tea for the Holidays at Crown & Crumpet

The adorable tea salon Crown & Crumpet, in Ghirardelli Square (900 North Point St, E207), is offering three special holiday tea events between now and Christmas. There's a Children's Gingerbread Tea on Fridays from 4 to 6 p.m.; a Ladies' Tea on Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.; and a Hanukkah Tea on Monday, December 22, from 4 to 6 p.m.

All three feature special menus of sweets and savories (we love their housebaked scones with clotted cream and lemon curd), Christmas crackers and gifts for everyone, surprises and special guests. Crown & Crumpet bills itself as a "doily-free zone," its décor is a charming and cheerful blend of chintz, checkerboard flooring, chandeliers, and a swell view of the Bay. The Gingerbread Tea and the Hanukkah Tea runs $40 per child, $45 per adult; the Ladies' Tea, $58 a person. Book at 771-4252. --Meredith Brody