Little White House & Co
Afternoon tea in the rooms of an old white house on Glover Road, with a women's clothing and gift boutique spread through the same house, run by a mother and daughter since 2000.
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- Where
- 9090 Glover Road, Fort Langley, the white house on the village's main street
- Afternoon tea
- Heritage Harvest High Tea $55, Green Goddess (vegan and gluten-free) $56. Book online or call for same-day seats
- Good to know
- Closed Tuesdays. Groups of 7 to 40 book by email or phone and pre-pay. Tips are cash only
Twenty-six years in, Little White House & Co is still a family project: Cheryl Krecsy, who goes by Cece, opened it in 2000, and her daughter Natasha Isaak runs it day to day as general manager. The house on Glover Road holds both halves of the business. Walk the rooms and you are in the boutique; sit down and you are in the Salon Café.
The tea
Afternoon tea is served every day the house is open: weekdays from 11 am to 4 pm, and on Saturdays and Sundays in set seatings at 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30 and 4. The menu changes with the season. This autumn’s Heritage Harvest High Tea ($55) runs from savouries such as a rosemary chicken sandwich on house-baked graham bread and a pumpkin-spice petite croissant, through a cranberry scone with Devonshire cream, to a maple-cinnamon shortbread and a harvest macaron. The Green Goddess tea ($56) is fully vegan and gluten-free, seven pieces with loose-leaf tea, and can be ordered to go. Dietary restrictions need to be in by the time you book, or at least 24 hours before.
Reserve through the booking page; if it shows no seats, they are full, so try another time. Same-day seats are by phone. Parties of seven or more go through email or 604-888-8386 and pay in advance. Outside food and drink can’t come in (a cake for photos is fine), and gratuities are cash while everything else is card.
The shop
The boutique leans vintage-romantic: women’s clothing in XS to XL, including their own private label, alongside décor and gifts. Early November brought the duck sweaters the shop’s Instagram had been teasing ($188), and the online rack runs from $78 blouses to $228 jeans. Only a slice of the stock is online, and small batches sell out, so the house itself is the place to look. All sales are final, shipping is within Canada only, and bags run short, so bring your own.
Parties, weddings and stays
The covered Conservatory takes private tea parties of 12 to 18, the Coach House 18 to 25, each a two-hour seating at $59.50 a person plus tax and an 18% gratuity, with a credit card on file and a 30-day cancellation window. Petite wedding ceremonies start at $800 (Coach House, Conservatory or the Secret Garden, up to 25 guests) and tea-time receptions at $2,000. The same family also lets heritage guest suites and a gate house through the site.
More of the village in our Fort Langley guide, and more independents under Shop Local in Fort Langley.
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