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Description
Menu of The Little Tea Shop located at 69 Monroe Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1982. Established in 1918 in a basement at Monroe and Front by Lillie E. Parham and Emily A. Carpenter, before moving to its present location during the Great Depression, it is regarded as Memphis' oldest restaurant.
Identifier
MVP 2724
Date
circa 1982
Keywords
Restaurants--Tennessee--Memphis.
Recommended Citation
"The Little Tea Shop menu, Memphis, circa 1982" (2021). Shelby County, Tennessee. 114.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-pub-shelby/114
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