Since this restaurant originated in my home state of Ohio, there are Bob Evans all over the place around here. I love this place, they have really good breakfasts for a halfway decent price. Their lunches and dinners are not as good though. Bob Evans Restaurants are one of the very few things that Ohio has going for it right now.

PANCAKES!!

We have some in Michigan - do you know who Bob Evans is? Is he a real person?

littlemissG said:

Bob Evan's pancakes are good! My dad always gets the ones that have the banana cream filling, with strawberries, bananas, and whipped cream on top. Their blueberry pancakes are good too.

applekisses said:

Yes, Bob Evans was a real person. Here's a little history about Bob Evans restaurants (from Wikipedia.com):

Bob Evans Farms, Inc. NASDAQ: BOBE, is a food service, processing, and retail company based in Columbus, Ohio. The company is named after its founder, Bob Evans. It operates two chains of family dining restaurants in the United States including Bob Evans Restaurants and Mimi's Cafe. It is also a food processing and retail enterprise selling products under the Bob Evans and Owens Country Sausage brand names.

Background
The Bob Evans Restaurant chain started from a single truck stop diner near the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, Ohio, which is just north of Gallipolis, Ohio, and has grown to almost 600 locations in 23 states, primarily in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwestern, and upper Southern states. All locations are corporately owned, not franchised.

A view of the Bob Evans Farm in Rio Grande, Ohio with a Bob Evans restaurant on the left. The restaurant chain started after Bob Evans kept hearing patrons at his truck stop say that they thought his sausage was the best around. Bob slaughtered and packaged his own sausage using a unique recipe, but did not have the manufacturing capacity to fill large orders. He made a business arrangement with his cousin J. Tim Evans who was then the owner of Evans Packing Co. to package the Bob Evans Sausage products at Tim's plant.

Tim Evans is retired and still maintains his residence near the original Bob Evans Restaurant in Rio Grande. Another relative, Dan Evans, served as CEO until his retirement in 2000. Bob Evans also continued to reside in Rio Grande until his death on June 21, 2007. [1]

The company also offers pork products to the retail grocery market, as well as some other prepared food products to both the grocery and food service segments. The restaurant chain was started because local restaurants would not purchase the high-quality pork sausage the company produced, saying that customers would not pay extra for quality.

The primary theme is one of country living: "Breakfast is served all day."

Company operations

A side view of a Bob Evans RestaurantThe company acquired Texas based Owens Country Sausage in 1987. The company branded its otherwise identical restaurants in Texas as Owens Restaurants due to trademark issues; all Owens restaurants were closed in January 2006. [2]

The company also operates the Mimi's Cafe chain, consisting of 100 locations across the United States, which feature a French café theme. Some of the markets that have the Mimi's chain do not have Bob Evans Restaurants and vice versa.

The company also operated a Mexican-themed restaurant called Cantina del Rio in the mid-1990's, a move which Bob Evans himself called "a disaster."[1]

The Evans family controlled daily operations of the company until 2000 when Dan Evans (Bob's cousin) retired as CEO. After Dan's retirement, Stewart K. Owens (a former officer of the Owens Country Sausage company and later president of BOBE) assumed control of Bob Evans Farms Inc. as CEO. In 2001, he became Chairman of the Board. Company profits faltered under Owens' tenure. In August 2005, after corporate profits had dropped in eight of the previous nine quarters, Owens announced his resignation. Officially, the cause of Owens' departure was "personal reasons" but many business analysts believed Owens' departure and Bob Evans disappointing results were more than a mere coincidence. After operating for several months under interim CEO Larry Corbin, the company hired Steven Davis, the former president of Long John Silver's, as CEO in May 2006.

NO BUT I WANT ONE! I love breakfast places. I love Bob Evans

Sweeny79 said:

Bob Evans rocks!

psychodelicide said:

Now I want this:


Country Biscuit Breakfast
One buttermilk biscuit split and topped with one egg cooked-to-order, crumbled Bob Evans Sausage, creamy country gravy and shredded cheddar cheese. Served with our fresh home fries.

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Bob Evans tastes like a dry fart in your mouth

Sweeny79 said:

OMG!

Sweeny79 said:

Dang!

horatio said:

No it doesn't.

gross!!!!



Although their breakfast crepes are bad.

I've never heard of it but looking at the info we do have a Mimi's Cafe not far from my house. I've never been there but I'll have to check it out. However, looking at that pic I was gonna say it looks just like Owens restaurants which we have all over the city, which makes sense since an Owens became their CEO. But, for breakfast food I pretty much stick to my old standby, IHOP.
[Edited 7/20/08 14:55pm]

SCNDLS said:

Mimi's as great!!! But they don't have breakfast crepes.






I think I'm kind of fixated crepes.

Imago said:

Just kidding.

SCNDLS said:

Mimi's Cafe and Bob Evans are connected somehow (never even read what I posted above, but it talks about it). I haven't been to IHOP in AGES!

Imago said:

Crepes are delicious! Bob Evans has those too. (since I know you don't like Bob Evans).

psychodelicide said:

mods!

SCNDLS said:

I used to like IHOP, but the quality really went down the last few years. I dont know if that's everywhere or just by me, but the food if pretty crappy there now.

We go to a Dinner when we want breakfast now.

Imago said:

I'm teasing ya, it wasn't meant as a flame.

Sweeny79 said:

Kind of like the Perkins restaurants. They used to be good back in the day, but now they suck.

psychodelicide said:

or a wet one

psychodelicide said:

I'm sorry but I've never had better buttermilk pancakes than those at IHOP.

horatio said:

Doesn't taste like that either.

SCNDLS said:

Gotta try IHOP again. Like I said in an earlier post, I have not been there in ages!

psychodelicide said:

I think the location you go to does make a difference if you venture too deeply into the menu. I always go for the pancakes, waffles, or Colorado omelet. I don't get to adventurous.

SCNDLS said:

Belgium waffles are divine!

psychodelicide said:

Years ago IHOP had a waffle with crumbled bacon in it. It's been off the menu for ages, but I STILL order it. Yummy!