Hobee's Restaurant
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Hobee's Restaurant is a chain of sit-down restaurants in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties in Northern California, founded in 1974 by Paul Taber.
History
[edit]In 1974, Paul Taber, bought the Dairy Belle restaurant located in the Monta Loma neighborhood of Mountain View, California, and opened the first Hobee's Restaurant.[1][2] A sometime-vegetarian and animal welfarist,[2] Taber gradually moved the menu away from traditional diner fare Dairy Belle had offered to more alternative options, including tofu, eggs from local farms, freshly baked blueberry coffeecake, and a cinnamon-orange house tea which has become its trademark beverage.
By 2009, Hobee's had grown to twelve locations and grossed over $12 million annually.[3] As of 2024, Hobee's has three operative sites throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, in the Peninsula and South Bay.[4] Historically when a location of Hobee's was closed, their employee's jobs would be transferred to other Hobee's locations so nobody missed work hours.[5]
Hobee's regularly wins the best breakfast and best brunch awards from various Silicon Valley newspapers.[6] In May 2006, Hobee's was named "Best Breakfast/Brunch in Silicon Valley" by The Mercury News.[7]
Locations
[edit]Current locations
[edit]- El Camino Real, Palo Alto, California
- Belmont, California
- Sunnyvale, California[5]
Past locations
[edit]- Central Expressway and Rengstorff Avenue, Monta Loma, Mountain View, California[2]
- San Jose, California
- Cupertino, California
- San Bruno, California[5]
- San Luis Obispo, California[8]
- Town and Country Shopping Center, El Camino Real at Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, California[9]
- Fremont, California
References
[edit]- ^ SFGATE, Susana Guerrero (2020-09-01). "Bay Area diner makes its iconic blueberry coffee cake available nationwide". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ a b c Simon, Mark (1998-02-19). "MARK SIMON -- Legacy Of Hobee's Founder / Customers still count more than bottom line". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Hobee's restaurant chain celebrates 35th birthday". The Mercury News. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ https://hobees.com/locations/
- ^ a b c Simon, Mark (1997-02-14). "Hobee's, Customers' Devotion". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Hobee's California Restaurants". PaloAltoChamber.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "From restaurants to shopping, here is the 2006 Mercury News "Best in Silicon Valley" list". The Mercury News. 2007-03-06. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ Marks, Ben (1999-11-05). "Hobee's Brightens Breakfast With Hotcakes, Warm Welcome". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "PENINSULA / Investigators Probe Cause of Restaurant Fire". SFChronicle.com. 1996-06-21. Retrieved 2020-09-02.