Honeysuckle Tea house shifts focus, closes to public

The Honeysuckle Tea House in Chapel Hill has decided to close its doors as a coffee and tea house.

Owners made the announcement Monday on social media.

"The Honeysuckle Tea House has served the community in many ways for more than a decade. While we have enjoyed serving the public by offering ‘open hours’ as a coffee and tea house, we have not been able to sustain profitability from this model. It is a bittersweet but necessary shift, that we will no longer have regular open hours for the public," owners wrote in an Instagram post.

The owners said they will instead focus on "farming and providing unique experiences at the farm," where the tea house is located.

"We will serve as a gathering space for celebrations like birthday parties, showers, retreats and weddings. We will still be open to the community outside of these events, but only for special occasions such as workshops, tea parties, festivals, etc.," owners wrote. "We have hopes of reopening for ‘open hours’, but we have to regain sustainability first."

The Honeysuckle at Lakewood location on Chapel Hill Road is set to reopen to the public on Tuesday. The space opened two years ago in the former location of County Fare Food Trucks and Bar.