Mel's Tea Room

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The character-defining elements that describe Mel’s Tea Room include:

- 2-storey rectangular massing;

- flat roof;

- brick from Pugwash, trimmed with stone from the Read’s quarry, a local site;

- distinctive date stone, stone cornice and quoins;

- original window openings on second floor;

- transom inset with faux look of twelve smaller panes of glass;

- large show windows, supported by base panels, columns and narrow transom;

- two doorways: one deeply recessed to allow access to the business and a second door allowing access to upper floor reflecting the notion of rehabilitation;

- overhanging green Mel’s neon sign and Carrera glass, added in 1945;

- interior elements, including booths, soda fountain and stools.