Tioga - In the heart of Tioga on Gene Autry Drive is The Bee Hive, a vibrant scratch kitchen restaurant serving home-style American food.
With great food and years of restaurant experience, the Jimenez family is happy to welcome customers into their hive.
Owners Brittney and Jacob Jimenez both have experience in the restaurant business, having family with decades of restaurant experience and owning multiple restaurants of their own.
After getting married, they decided to open up a restaurant together. When they toured a building on the square in Tioga, they fell in love with it and said it “felt like home.”
That building became the location of their new restaurant, The Bee Hive, which opened up for the town to enjoy on June 30 of this year.
The restaurant is decorated in bright yellow and black colors, vibrant flowers and bee decor - a theme inspired by Brittney’s nickname, Bee.
The restaurant serves a full breakfast, lunch and dinner menu with recipes inspired by Brittney’s grandmother’s home cooking.
On the menu are items such as breakfast skillets, decadent waffles, chicken fried steak, patty melts, grilled catfish and more. The menu also includes a delicious dessert called The Frozen Lucy, a chocolate chip cookie covered in vanilla ice cream, candied pecans, chocolate and caramel sauce, whipped cream and a cherry on top.
For the Jimenezes, The Bee Hive is about bringing people together for a good meal and watching them leave happy and full from delicious cooking.
”Jacob and his brother have a knack of making everything taste good,” Brittney said. ”They really know how to cook.”
Brittney and Jacob enjoy serving their customers and being involved in all of the behind-the-scenes action that makes everything come together at the restaurant.
Since opening The Bee Hive, customers have been extremely welcoming and the Jimenezes have made good friends.
Brittney and Jacob are happy to take care of their customers and leave them well-fed and delighted.
There is plenty of new growth coming to this area and the couple is excited to be part of it.
After watching Aubrey grow since moving there in 2003, they hope to see Tioga grow as well.
While being a part of a new era of growth in town, The Bee Hive remains a great place to eat some home cooked food. Come by and experience what all the buzz is about.
