tea parlor vs eating place

tea parlor and eating place both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tea parlor	Yes	No	No	No
eating place	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eating place is a hypernym of tea parlor; that is, eating place is a word with a broader meaning than tea parlor:

Other hypernyms of tea parlor include eatery, eating house, restaurant.

tea parlor (noun)	eating place (noun)
a restaurant where tea and light meals are available	a building where people go to eat