Two Rooms, One Roof: The Story at Gumleaf Terrace
The felt-hat works closed decades ago; Gumleaf Terrace Rooms opened not long after, keeping the same high windows and much of the same quiet.
One Dealer, Three Managers, Ninety Years
The house dealer who runs the tables most weeks has been at Gumleaf Terrace Rooms for eleven years, and taught more than a few regulars their first hand of euchre.
Three managers have run the building since it stopped making hats, each keeping the high windows and adding little beyond a kitchen and four card tables.
Staff at the front desk field two kinds of calls most evenings — a table for dinner, or a seat at the cards — and keep careful note of which is which.
A Few Things Worth Knowing
Coats stay on the hooks by the door, not on the backs of chairs at the tables.
Regulars are welcomed by name where staff can manage it, though the house is easy enough on newcomers who’d rather stay quiet.
The front desk answers the phone from mid-morning, well before the dining room or card tables open for the evening.
A framed telegram from the old felt works still hangs by the door, one of the few things kept from the building’s earlier life.