Hobee's Restaurant

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Hobee's Restaurant
Hobee's Restaurant in Mountain View (2014)
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Food typeAmerican breakfast, lunch

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]

  1. ^ SFGATE, Susana Guerrero (2020-09-01). "Bay Area diner makes its iconic blueberry coffee cake available nationwide". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Hobee's restaurant chain celebrates 35th birthday". The Mercury News. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  4. ^ https://hobees.com/locations/
  5. ^ a b c Simon, Mark (1997-02-14). "Hobee's, Customers' Devotion". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  6. ^ "Hobee's California Restaurants". PaloAltoChamber.com. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Marks, Ben (1999-11-05). "Hobee's Brightens Breakfast With Hotcakes, Warm Welcome". SFGate. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  9. ^ "PENINSULA / Investigators Probe Cause of Restaurant Fire". SFChronicle.com. 1996-06-21. Retrieved 2020-09-02.

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