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Holiday Tea at The Lafayette
Holiday Tea at The Lafayette in Washington DC features fine teas, savory bites, pastries, and Champagne.
About the event
Afternoon tea format
Holiday Tea is an afternoon tea service at The Lafayette in Washington DC. The event is scheduled for Sunday, December 27, 2026, and is described as part of a seasonal December tea series. Its core format is tea service rather than a seated dinner, with the restaurant setting and menu doing most of the defining work.
The Lafayette is identified as the featured venue and as a restaurant. The tea service is described as taking place in the restaurant overlooking Lafayette Square and St. John's Church, giving the event a specific Washington DC setting without needing to treat it as a broader hotel program.
What the tea service includes
The menu centers on fine teas, savory bites, pastries, and Champagne. More specifically, the offering includes fine loose-leaf teas, savory tea sandwiches, freshly baked scones, pastries, desserts, and optional Champagne pairings. Those details make the food and drink scope clear: tea is the anchor, with savory and sweet courses alongside a Champagne option.
The available menu details are category-level rather than item-by-item. The named components are teas, tea sandwiches, scones, pastries, desserts, savory bites, and Champagne; no individual tea varieties, pastry names, sandwich fillings, or pairing labels are included here.
Location context
The restaurant address is 800 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006. The Lafayette is also located inside The Hay-Adams luxury hotel in Washington DC, so the restaurant and hotel names may both appear in planning references for the same event location.
For planning, the most useful distinction is that the event venue is The Lafayette, while The Hay-Adams is the hotel that contains it. The evidence identifies The Lafayette as the featured restaurant venue and The Hay-Adams as a featured hotel connected to the same Washington DC address.
Frequently asked questions
What is served at the tea?
The tea features fine loose-leaf teas, savory tea sandwiches, freshly baked scones, pastries, desserts, and optional Champagne pairings.
Are Champagne pairings included in the description?
Yes. Champagne is part of the source description, and the fuller menu description refers to optional Champagne pairings.
Where is the event held?
It is held at The Lafayette, a restaurant at 800 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006.
Is the restaurant connected to The Hay-Adams?
Yes. The Lafayette is located inside The Hay-Adams luxury hotel in Washington DC.
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