For those who’ve been hankerin’ for a plate of buttery hash browns, over-easy eggs and crisp bacon served up style your hunger pangs will be sated soon.
“We now have a verbal agreement and working on getting the lease signed. We should be in possession next week to begin the renovations,” says .
Dancer has been diligently trying to sign a lease since shortly after .
A tangled “mess” of legalities held up Dancer who says the next challenge will be to get all the proper permits and county health department concerns addressed.
Planned renovations include new carpet, booths, paint and correcting the handicap access, Dancer says.
“Aesthetically, it will have a facelift, with a renewed atmosphere of a clean venue, great food, friendly staff and pleasant neighborhood hangout,” he says.
All the same staff will return along with the same menu, plus a few new items.
“The menu will remain the same with a cast of new ongoing daily specials to introduce new and experimental dishes. Prices will not change at this time,” he says.
Bobbi’s Coffee Shop, an icon to some in the community, was closed for non-payment of rent by owner Mary Miljarak who owed more than $56,000 in back rent. Miljarak bought the business in 2006 from Sally Carpenter who bought it in 1995 from the original owner, Bobbi Thorne.
Upset by how the business that carries her name had deteriorated over the last couple of years, . Thorne feels the downturn in cleanliness and food quality under Miljarak’s management sullied the sterling reputation she built.
Thorne is also concerned that Dancer will not return the diner to its glory days.
But there are those in the community who say the name Bobbi’s is a fixture and they have only fond memories of delicious food, eat-off-the-floor-clean shop, friendly service, and of the original Bobbi herself.
Everyone will call it Bobbi's and it will sound the same, but Dancer is renaming the diner Bobbie's Cafe.
Dancer, who will run the shop with his mother’s help vows to return Bobbi’s—soon to be Bobbie's—to the same level as he remembers when he ate at the diner when Thorne ran it.
“My mom and I are very excited to take the next step to bring Bobbi's back to the neighborhood. Bobbi's will be better than ever,” he says.
Dancer’s best guess at an re-opening date is Aug. 1.
Hope to meet you soon, Bill and Janet (Mom)
We will get Bobbie's up and running better than ever as soon as possible! Look forward to meeting you soon. Thank you for your support! Bill and Mom
Thank you again Anne! Bill
We are so excited to have this opportunity to bring back a beloved Cupertino landmark. After closing on March 9, 2012 represents the longest period in 42 years that Bobbi's has not been available to the public. My mom Janet and me are so exited to get to work and clean up the coffee shop that will have a different name "Bobbie's Cafe." We will be doing bathroom modifications to have adequate wheelchair access bt widening the doors and modifying the layout for our special needs friends. Next, we will throw some paint, replace the carpets, spruce up the booths or recover them. The kitchen will be renovated with new equipment layout and be reunited by the entire staff from Bobbi's coming back to work with us. Yes, we will have the same great food, better service, more smiling faces and.....the prices will remain the same. More daily specials, the introduction of pies to the menu and some terrific new dishes that you can only get at Bobbie's Cafe. Our priority is to make sure that your visit to Bobbie's Cafe is beyond expectations and that your satisfaction is always achieve. Please stay turned to Cupertino Patch and Anne Ernst to follow our progress until Opening Day! Thank you so much, Janet and Bill Dancer
Jack R. Chandler, AZ
I can't wait until Bobbi's reopens, do you have an update on it?? My mother and I ate there nearly everyday when we lived in America in the late 90s and we were both so upset to hear that the cornerstone of our life in Cupertino had been let down. We're coming back to visit soon and Bobbi's is a big part of that! We were wondering if you had an open date in mind. Can't wait to eat there again soon, thank you so much for the work you're doing with it! Good luck and save us a booth! Madeleine