"Honey Moon Udarbe was raised by hippie parents in Northern California. On top of running Brooklyn High Low (611 Vanderbilt Ave.; tea service from $48), in Prospect Heights, she also operates a nearby vintage shop and cleans out the estates of dead rich folks. She does not part with anything if it can be repurposed; broken teacups are given new life as components of a gorgeously funky chandelier. If Lady Mendl’s takes liberties with the conventions of afternoon tea, Brooklyn High Low detonates the paradigm. Pastrami and Dijon mustard on rye? Guava and blue cheese on gluten-free bread? Twenty-nine tea varieties, including one infused with whole butterfly-pea flowers that turn the liquid a psychedelic indigo?" - David Kortava
newyorker.com
