Now you can have afternoon tea on a (moving!) double-decker bus in Toronto

Afternoon tea on a moving bus? At first blush, it sounds like a terrific way to wear a cup of earl grey. But the concept has taken off in New York (Tea Around Town) and Dubai (Bustronomy)—and now Toronto has its very own version.

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High Sociétéa is a pink glass-topped double-decker bus that will be cruising (carefully!) around town, serving tea, twee treats and 180-degree views of the city’s landmarks. A violinist, who doubles as the tour guide, provides equal parts soundtrack and local trivia during the 90-minute journey.

Veruschka Mungroo, who moved here from Durban, South Africa, eight years ago, is positively smitten with her chosen city. “I am in love with Toronto—hopelessly in love with it,” she says. “There’s just so much opportunity, so many cultures and so much love from people.”

The feeling, however, doesn’t extend to our obsession with red tape: turning a double-decker bus into a rolling tea room took considerably longer than Mungroo expected. “What I thought would take six weeks ended up taking a year,” she says. “It’s the first concept of its kind in Canada, so there were a lot of regulations and requirements that simply didn’t exist before.”

While Ontario’s bureaucracy waylaid the project, Toronto’s culture of possibility also helped get the High Sociétéa rolling. Mungroo originally cold-called City Sightseeing Toronto, hoping to buy one of its retired big red double-decker buses. Somehow—call it kismet—that cold call turned into a pitch meeting.

Her future business partner, CST CEO Gavin Sibley, wasn’t immediately sold on the idea of serving hot liquids aboard a vehicle rumbling through Toronto’s pothole-laden streets. But, after a trip to New York to experience Tea Around Town first-hand, he was convinced. Mungroo came home with a business parter—and a double-decker bus that would need to be completely overhauled.

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The lower level of the bus has been converted into a prep kitchen. Upstairs, where guests will sip and snack beneath the glass roof, the space has been transformed into a pastel-drenched tea room festooned with a meadow’s worth of flowers.

Mungroo doesn’t have a background in hospitality—she spent the bulk of her career in entertainment journalism and public relations. But, when her mother began to suffer from dementia, Mungroo became obsessed with experiences that would create lasting memories. Her mother may no longer remember details of daily life, but she still asks about the project. “Sometimes she thinks I’m her sister,” says Mungroo. “But, out of nowhere, she’ll ask me, ‘How’s the pink bus going?’”

Starting in June, High Sociétéa will run Thursday to Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. $125 per person and up.