Bees Knees Coffee to Open Downtown Bellefonte Cafe

A local mobile coffee business is getting ready to open a cafe in downtown Bellefonte.

Bees Knees Coffee plans to open Shaky Hands Coffee Shop in March at 106 W. Bishop St.

“This has been a loooooong awaited announcement and we’re still waiting for an opening day but we are happy to announce that you will finally have a seat and cover from the elements while you enjoy a coffee or treat from us,” the business wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.

The new shop will continue to feature “everything you love about Bees Knees Coffee, the drinks, the baked goods and the sass,” along with some additions, according to the post. It will will continue to use Cafe Lemont for its house roast, but will also have coffees roasted throughout Pennsylvania to drink in the shop and to purchase whole bean and ground.

Baked goods, breakfast and lunch items and soup also will be on the menu.

With interior seating and an outdoor space to enjoy in warmer months, Shaky Hands will showcase work by Pennsylvania artists on its walls. Plans also include “game nights, music and other opportunities for people to come together and share.”

“Shaky Hands Coffee Shop is a space for you, your friends, family and loved ones to come gather and be a place that you want to hang out,” according to the post.

After operating the former Daily Dose Cafe at Geisinger Grays Woods since 2015, owner Bromlyn Fitzgerald launched Bees Knees Coffee in 2020 with its its mobile trailer, delivery service and pickup window in Pleasant Gap.