Butterbee’s opens in Xenia: Here’s what we know

Butterbee’s American Grille, a family friendly, sports-themed restaurant and bar, is open in Xenia next door to Skyline Chili on Progress Drive. On Tuesday, Sept. 17 the Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

Credit: Natalie Jones

Credit: Natalie Jones

Butterbee’s American Grille, a family friendly, sports-themed restaurant and bar, is open in Xenia next door to Skyline Chili on Progress Drive. On Tuesday, Sept. 17 the Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

The Xenia Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Sept. 17 for the city’s newest restaurant.

Butterbee’s American Grille, a family friendly, sports-themed restaurant and bar, is open next door to Skyline Chili on Progress Drive. The restaurant kicked off a soft opening in early August with limited hours and was operating with normal hours by Aug. 20.

Butterbee’s American Grille, a family friendly, sports-themed restaurant and bar, is open in Xenia next door to Skyline Chili on Progress Drive. NATALIE JONES/STAFF

Credit: Natalie Jones

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Credit: Natalie Jones

“We have had just the right (number) of guests for training our team and the reception has been great. Our first nine Google reviews in the first two days were all 5-stars,” Nabih David, vice president of the David Restaurant Group, who owns and operates Butterbee’s, said in August.

The restaurant is famous for its hand-breaded chicken tenders and fall-off-the-bone baby back ribs.

“We are a family, sports environment with really great, high quality, made-from-scratch food that we believe fits in really well with the Xenia community and our small-town roots,” David said. “(We’re) a family-run restaurant group that really takes care and takes pride in what we do and the food our guests get.”

The Xenia restaurant will be Butterbee’s fourth location. Butterbee’s first opened in Mt. Orab in 2006 and expanded to Cincinnati in 2009 and Milford in 2014.

The David Restaurant Group also owns and operates the Xenia Skyline Chili.

Butterbee’s, located at 217 S. Progress Drive, is open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information about Butterbee’s visit, www.butterbeesgrill.com.

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