Pak Tea House
| Pak Tea House | |
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Interactive map of Pak Tea House | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1940 |
| Owner | Sirajuddin Ahmed |
| Previous owner(s) | Surtej Singh Bhalla, Kaiser Singh Bhalla |
| Food type | Tea and café |
| Location | Aabkari Road, Neela Gumbad, Mall Road, Lahore, Punjab, 54000, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 31°34′02″N 74°18′46″E / 31.5673°N 74.3127°E |
| Seating capacity | 50-60 |
Pak Tea House (Urdu: پاک ٹی ہاؤس) is a tea house and cafe in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan that is known for its association with academics, writers, poets and intelligentsia.
Traditionally frequented by country's notably artistic, cultural and literary personalities, it was founded by a Sikh family in 1940 and quickly acquired its current name after it was leased to one of the locals in Lahore after the partition of India in 1947. It was closed in 1999 due to lack of business, but through intervention of Lahore High Court had led to the re-opening of the Tea House in 2013. Noted for being the birthplace of influential literary movement, the Progressive Writers' Association, the place is described as a hub of Lahore's intellectual life for many years.