Totally luv the Beehive! I do like the coffee but the best part about the Beehive are the pinball machines in the back. They have a spiderman game.. some Twilight Zone game and some Martian invasion game.. but my favorite is the Medieval Madness one. hehe.. its actually quite a riot. Im saving up my quarters for my next visit.
I also love how there are a bunch of games like Scrabble, Boggle, Stratego, or Risk on the bookshelves too.
Aside from the pinball and games, coffee is good. Their menu is somewhat expansive for a coffee shop with ice cream, soups, food et al. Although they dont have apple cider which would be nice to have...
Beehive is pretty large for a coffee shop and great place to get some work done on those large kitchen looking tables or catch up on some reading. Its not smokey anymore as there is a separate smoking room.
There are a lot of coffee shops but arent too many places like the Beehive (large coffee shop with tons and tons of boardgames, pinball machines, computers) anywhere. My favorite places in the VA area are/were Buzz coffee, Murkey (now gone) , Dremos (now gone) & Galaxy Hut (the last 2 are bars..). Each have elements of the Beehive but miss the entire package. Would love for a place like the Beehive to open up somewhere in DC area.