Milk Pail Restaurant

Country Tea Room
Original County Tea Room from the 1860s
Milk Pail Restaurant is located in Illinois
Milk Pail Restaurant
Milk Pail Restaurant is located in the United States
Milk Pail Restaurant
Location14N630 IL 25
Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°4′36″N 88°15′36″W / 42.07667°N 88.26000°W / 42.07667; -88.26000
Built1860s
Architectural styleGablefront house
NRHP reference No.99000164
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1999

The Milk Pail Restaurant, formerly known as the Country Tea Room, is a historic restaurant (tearoom) in unincorporated Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois, United States. It was originally a farmhouse for Increase C. Bosworth, who operated the farm as a creamery. He sold it to Max McGraw in 1926, who converted into a teahouse restaurant. To meet the demands of the changing tastes of travelers in the 1930s, the teahouse was converted into a full restaurant, featuring game from McGraw's nearby game preserve. The main building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.