The Old English Tea Shoppe will serve full English breakfasts and more. Credit: Unsplash / Melissa Walker Horn

A group of British transplants will bring their homeland’s fare stateside with the launch of The Old English Tea Shoppe, MySA reports.

The eatery, located at 20122 Stone Oak Parkway, #105, is scheduled for a Tuesday, Nov. 21, opening, according to the news site. The business will serve full English breakfasts, afternoon teas and Sunday roasts, according to its website.

“[Afternoon tea] consists of three layers of cake on a pedestal as well as tea sandwiches,” owner Dr. Robb Kelly  told MySA. “We hope [guests] take away a great time, first of all, a traditional time. [In a way] we want to put on a performance … rather than just serving people as they come through the door.”

Kelly — who’s lived in Texas more than 20 years — is partners in The Old English Tea Shop with wife Janet Kelly and his sister and brother-in-law Sandra and Peter Marley.

Afternoon tea options at the restaurant will include sandwiches filled with cucumber, mayo-based egg salad, chicken salad, ham and mustard or Coronation chicken — a cold chicken salad with a curry kick, according to MySA. Salmon wraps are also an option.

Afternoon tea guests can also choose among savory options such as quiche, herb-cheddar scones, frittata or sausage rolls, the report notes. Scones with jam and cream and pastry and cake selections baked on-site round out the offerings.

The shop’s traditional British Sunday lunch — which will include hearty roasts of chicken, lamb and beef with Yorkshire pudding and gravy — is already generating buzz on social media, Kelly told MySA.

“Sunday lunch back in England is a special occasion,” he said. “Every single Brit that we’ve contacted is dying to try out the Sunday lunch.”

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This article appears in Nov 1-14, 2023.

Nina Rangel uses nearly 20 years of experience in the foodservice industry to tell the stories of movers and shakers in the food scene in San Antonio. As the Food + Nightlife Editor for the San Antonio...