"In 1990, two days before Christmas, Perry held her first afternoon tea at Tea & Sympathy (108 Greenwich Ave.; tea service from $40): a two-tiered platter of finger sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, vanilla sponge cake, and hot black tea served in the daintiest of cups. Today, the popular West Village tea shop can take on the atmosphere of a pub, and Perry has had to institute some house rules, which she’s printed on the menu. No. 5: 'Be pleasant to the waitresses.'" - David Kortava
