Certainly the crowd is overwhelmingly local at Tea Lounge on Union Street in Park Slope.

You'll also see adventurous young jazz musicians playing for tips, since Tea Lounge doesn't have a cover charge.

Andrew D Angelo benefit show @ Tea Lounge, Brooklyn NY: February 22.

At 9 and 10:30, Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, near Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 789-2762, tealoungeny.com; $5 suggested cover.

"The tea culture is much richer than anything coffee can offer," Mr. Wolf said while sitting in his Tea Lounge, which is to open this week.

Tonight at 9 and 10:30, Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, near Seventh Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 789-2762; no cover.

Tea Lounge 2003.

David Torn performs on May 18 at Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 789-2762 or tealoungeny.com.

After all, sometimes it takes more than a Tea Lounge to raise a child.