@@packingten Those are two actual restaurants (local/regional franchises) in the area. Rib Crib is barbeque, and Jimmy's Egg is a breakfast and lunch place, featuring omelets, scrambled, and other egg based dishes.
As a former Bob Evans server, I can tell you that lots of our food is microwaved. I wish I were BSing you, but I’m not. I have no reason to talk shit on them or lie on a RUclips comment. The turkey dinner? None of that is made fresh. I used to gag whenever I’d smell that turkey straight out of the microwave. Even the country fried stake is frozen and then fried. Like, you’re telling me that a kitchen can’t pound a steak, bread it, and fry it?! All of our soups come in big plastic bags that we’d just heat up in the steam table, so they aren’t made fresh either. The pot pies are all frozen and then baked per order (that’s why we run out often - because they can’t defrost more batches quick enough to pass safety inspections, so however many they pulled in the morning is the set number we can sell that day). The salads are pretty safe, because those are all made to order (by your server, often times. Just FYI). Breakfast foods are usually safe too, because we do use real eggs and pancake batter. But any of the dinner platters, chances are you’re getting something out of the microwave, or it’s been completely frozen for god only knows how long. The mashed potatoes are legit as well, but they come pre-mashed. We don’t even do THAT in-house.
@@ChristopherUSSmith Interestingly enough, the restaurant in Lima on St. Rt. 309 seems busy every Friday, Saturday when I'm in town. I still eat there myself, occasionally with the wife. The absolutely worst restaurant in my opinion is Applebee's. Last time I was there, the service was terrible and of course I left no tip.
@@gregzeigler3850 That's good. We had a lot of great regional chains in the 70s. Bob Evans, Jed's Steak & Ribs (complete with all you can eat Super Bowl Sundaes), LK (restaurants and motels), and even Sohio's Stop xxx truck stop restaurants.
I had never heard of it until i passed it and decided to eat there. It was a hot mess, the atmosphere was old, the waitress took a smoke break and was gone for 20mins, she coughed on our food when handing it to us and then the food was bland like hospital food. I could’ve sworn i stepped into a nursing home. I RAN away from there...legend says they’re still open
There's a bob evans in almost every city here in Ohio. Normally I could care less about the service and food, I just like the good morning breakfast vibe early in the mornings
@ Allen Morgan, that's a good idea as a matter of fact. Thanks for that. Are you young (😜) enough to remember SIZZLER? In my younger days they were the Golden Corral of that time. 😀 They're no longer in business & haven't been for years, but they really made an impression on me. God bless.
I don’t know, the one by me is pretty good. It’s almost like you’re too stupid to realize that each restaurant is a franchise run by independent owner-operators, all with varying levels of business management competence. But that can’t be the case, right?
@@roninnder EXACTLY! That's the point I was trying to make. It depends on the city & state you visit. Idk where these one horse town kids base their on!
@@DarDarBinks1986, And how many cities or states did you wash dishes in? At Bob Evans restaurants that is? I just wanna have a picture of what you're basing this opinion on. I've been to BE's in 5 states. And you? I'll wait... P.S. You worked there, so are you included in the incompetence "team"? Just asking? I'll wait.....
Brian Bob Evans is not a franchise. It is a corporate restaurant chain. There are no individual owners for each of the restaurants. There are corporate assigned area coaches that manage 10 or so stores in an area. They report up to a regional coach, who reports up to the VPs of the company. All restaurants in the entire company are supposed to adhere to the same standards. Corporate specifically emphasized that a guest should be able to go to a store in one city and have the EXACT SAME experience if they went to another Bob Evans in another city. So before you call other people idiots you should get your own facts right because you’re dead wrong. Source: worked there for 6 years during high school and throughout college. Also my dad ran one of the restaurants as a GM for 30 years.
I was just at a Bob Evans restaurant last night. Had 3 pancakes, scrambled cheese eggs, hash browns and bacon. Didn’t know Bob Evans restaurants were rare to find these days lol
The dine in sales dropped because they were under staffed. Our group met there every Thursday, yet last time we ate there they had 12 tables of 4 or more. One cook, 2 servers. We now meet down the street at a pizza place.
I deliver food to Bob Evans restaurants and I can tell you that I will never eat there because some of the disgusting lack of cleanliness that I see throughout every store I have ever delivered to which is approximately 10.
I live in the Midwest, Indiana, they're plentiful here. The only problem I've ever had at their restaurants is, each one has a different price for the same items. Seems like none of the cashiers know how much their food cost. The only thing I ever get from them is biscuits & gravy, family size, one quart of sausage gravy, and six biscuits. The correct price is $9.53, but depending on who's taking the order at carry-out, they'll screw it up almost every time, I now take an old receipt to show the person waiting on me how much this order is supposed to cost, as opposed to some incorrect amount they come up with. It's amazing to me how somebody can work at a restaurant, and don't know how much their food items cost, Amazing!...
I frequent a Bob Evans on US 192 in Kissimmee, Fl. I only order foods that the cooks actually have to cook. Eggs, biscuits, canned gravy and microwaved vegetables. Everything else is boil a bag like beef stew and chicken. Customers need to ask if their food is fresh or being microwaved or boiled in a bag!
These negative comments are unfortunate to hear. The family sold the company....what a greedy mistake. My MOM went to high school with BOB and worked for him in his first restaurant in Gallipolis, OH in the 50"s. He was a family friend and a person of great respect in our community. We visited the Bob Evans farm often in Rio Grande, OH. The option to crush the restaurant market and sell things retail in the grocery stores is such a bad decision. I'm sure this is not what he wanted. This is so sad
There are still quite a few things they make from scratch there... the banana and pumpkin breads being the most notable. Also the chicken noodle soup, beef vegetable soup, bread & celery dressing, coleslaw, fried chicken, homefries, and pretty much all of the breakfast menu. The turkey breast and pot roast are slow roasted in the restaurant, just as you would at home, and of course all the burgers, steaks, grilled chicken breasts, eggs, and breakfast meats are cooked to order. The mashed potatoes do come in premade but they are not instant and taste like homemade. While everything might not be homemade, it's still a considerable step up from many other chains.
Yeah, but Cracker Barrel added alcohol, total turn off for my family, who used to drive an hour to eat in a restaurant with no alcohol! Bob Evans is only 10 minutes away, with no alcohol, and an amazing honey chicken meal, not to mention, better coffee!
The original Bob Evans Farm, Restaurant, Homestead and Museum are in Rio Grande, Ohio. I remember visiting it during a 5th-grade field trip. My grandmother always loved Bob Evans, but I was never a fan of it, except for their Honey Mustard which was wonderful. They sold it in mason jars in the restaurants. After they began food distribution to grocery stores, they changed the packaging and started selling it in grocery stores, but unfortunately, they also changed the formula. I don't think I have been to a Bob Evans restaurant since maybe 2000.
Louie Simmons of Westside barbell in Columbus Ohio takes all the gym members into Bob Evans's every morning for breakfast. No wonder they have the strongest guys in powerlifting.
When I was younger on a family vacation I ate at a Bob Evans restaurant. It was an experience I will never forget.. not in a good way. Ordered blueberry pancakes and got severely ill! My family didn't get as well as I did.. but they didn't feel well. Needless to say.. I never again stepped foot into a Bob Evans restaurant. Yeah.. you could say not all locations are the same and you're probably right.. however that is not a risk I was ever willing to take. Anyway.. I haven't seen a Bob Evans Restaurant in years.. I saw one more when I was a teenager and my father and I moved to a new town.. again I avoided it. It is now an AT&T wireless store. Can't get food poisoning from that!🤣🤣
Worked here about 5 years ago. I remember corporate cut a lot of peoples hours just under full time so they wouldn’t have to pay out benefits. Some foods alright but most of it’s just microwaved crap that people pay too much for. Much better places pretty much anywhere
We have 2 Bob Evans near us (The Villages, Florida) but had never eaten there. We recently had family members visit and took them there for breakfast. From coffee that was just warm and weak to crappy home fries, sausages, hotcakes and eggs... nothing was better than ''"not too bad." Mediocre at best.
Yes, Metro Diner, First Watch or Peach Valley Cafe is far better. I use to eat at my Orlando.gov SODO area Peach Valley about 4 times a month 2012-2017 ...
@@Menaceblue3 To be fair, they're not mutually exclusive lol. Also it's fine I'm not trying to say coasties are bad for not knowing what this midwestern kitsch nightmare restaurant is. It's really better if you don't
Smaller menus are always a plus. Better to do 20 things great versus 50 things mediocre or 75 things bad. Makes more sense to focus on takeout. A popular Mexican restaurant in my area shifted its focus favoring takeout and if anything they've only gotten more busy. My family went from eating there maybe once a month to almost every weekend for lunch or dinner.
Wife an I stumbled across one years ago looking foe a lte dinner, We were impressed good food great price good service Did I say lots and lots of food, would have tried one again, but none on the west coast.
Baloney! It's good, down-home comfort food that's better for you than pizza or other fast food. How can you possibly complain about having plenty of choices????? Personally, I prefer Bob Evans over Cracker Barrell. In fact we're going there tonight. I've never had a problem with any of their food. I came here to check the hours of operation.
That's not true. In FL where I live (and a few other states), they're all ages (even millenials) eat there! How many of them across the country have you been to? I travel alot in my career. I've been to BE in at least 5 states. I'll wait....
@@DarDarBinks1986 I guess it does. I am aware of the lack of sales tax there in DE. Many of my friends register their LLCs in DE because of the laws.😜 But I have to tell you, the BE's I've visited had a mixture. Different areas, different clientele right? God bless.
They closed the Bob Evans in Harrisburg PA area. It was always packed. We usually had to wait for a table. Also we always got burnt toast at the Bob Evans in Pittsburgh PA
Going on 20 years soon if not already that the one in Naperville IL on Ogden Avenue closed, I used to stop there not regularly, but occasionally enough that I did develop a liking for it. B.E. had good breakfast plates and others, too. I remember the unique, nifty blue & white waitress dress-style uniforms up until around the mid-90s, then like almost everywhere else they went all-black or almost all-black with pants and athletic shoes (yuk). Started to get friendly with one of the waitresses there at one point around late '96, I should have pursued that further! Cute Danielle. Anyway, I do still miss the place, a bank building stands there now.
I do not believe there are any restaurants in Georgia at least not in metro Atlanta. Cracker Barrel is everywhere around here. I remember a commercial on the radio in the 80's and 90's. The jingle was "Bob Evans, down on the farm." They had items for sale in some Kroger stores. Now I know where those frozen foods came from.
Never been to a Bob Evans where the service wasn't sorry & the food was cold or late or undercooked or just wrong. Life is too short & I spend too much time making the little money that I get to throw it away at Bob Evans & Co. Ash heap of failed eateries.
I love Bob Evans. Its pretty popular here in Michigan. But I will eat at and enjoy Cracker Barrel more. Cracker Barrel before Bob Evans. Better choices. :)
Bob Evans went to hell after it got bought by a giant megacorporation. They used to have farm raised catfish, it was their major advertizing point, blasted on their commercials all across America, _"Bob Evans, down on the farm..."_ ...But they don't have it anymore. They still have potroast hash & eggs, but the last time I went there it was cold, and so was the coffee, and the service _sucked._ I always sat at the counter, when your coffee's empty you set it on the edge and the next waitress that comes past refills it. At least, that's the way it _used_ to be. Now they just walk past and ignore it. And when you say, _"Hey, scuse me, can I get some more coffee?"_ They give you the stinkeye. When the food was cold, I eventually caught her eye and told her "It's cold, I don't want it, I'm not paying for it." I paid for my coffee and left. I haven't been back since. _Why did they take the catfish off the menu?!_ Of all things... _Catfish! Fried catfish! I want my catfish, damnit._
im a prep and grill cook at bobs in defiance ohio our food quality from what i have seen has definitely gone up since GGC purchased the chain the Evans family and former owners were not caring about the restaurants any longer resulting in diminished quality our turkey is made in house fresh everyday along with our meatloaf our fried chicken comes fresh never frozen the only frozen items we sell are what you normally expect such as deep fried fish and chicken fingers come try our new items you wont be disappointed
Yes I agree w/ this guy ! I started off as a cook in Columbus, Ohio ( rent to o u " got promoted to manager " loved it as I was a cook , when u became a manger I then travel around th county fo Evan's I went to so many Evan's as a manger !! U know the places I went to wor & I've Evan's was on top of theire game !! When ever I went to find a place to live & told them where I work !! People where happy to see some who is working for that company when they did find out ! Out they would say " great ! We have a apartment for u " never had any " problem " love it after I left the company ! I have seen Evan's go down hill " Evans use to have pride in hiring their mangers ! " I ask myself when ever we go out to dine at some of thei e restaurants & I go to many of them as I still " travel around the states I say to myself & the comfy I'm out with " what in the hell " happen to their restaurants??? Just about all of them are " piss poor !! " no more " pride in how the restaurants are being manger ?? I look at some of theire Male mangers " & ther are the : pits!! *u low the mangers are only good if they have " pride in themself " which means to u have to free right !! U can't have control over your enpolyess in how to dress if u don't set a example of yourself if the mangers come out looking " sloppy dress !! " how in the " hell " are u going to tell them how to dress coming to work ??? I have seen t some of the Male so call mangers come out w/ no belt " holding theire pants up ?? Shirts not tuck in whit shirt sooo" dam " old ! U coul almost read a news paper thru it ??? I saw that & sad to myself & mine guest " what the hell " happen" ? Happen to Evan's !! When I was working for them EVANS always. Had " pride in their " mangers !! ? " well not " anymore !! Just about all the Male so call mangers look & dress like pigs ?? ( sad) like I said . Your. Restaurants are only as good how your manger run them !! I have seen to many o the Evan's closing around the states ! ?? ( sad !!) Pretty soon ! Evan's will be a thing of the " past !!! ( the company still have some restaurant s hanging on!! ( on Evan's u can still get survived " if just get your " shit Together !! ( maybe some one could step in before all. Of them. Are completely gone ! To bring them back ? I just 2ish I had the money I'm a entrepreneur & know how 5o Dina a business " mostly a restaurant !! I would first come in three ' & " fired all of those call " mangers "train only the best so they can learn how to hired & train the " right people to want 5o learn & have pride in where they work !! " Evan's can still make it before it I to late if & only they move " fast !! There are some good people out there " who would make Evans come bake " alive !! " but u will have to. Move " fast befor it is to late.!! I have pently more to say but mine phone is running out of juice but I will come to talk have a bless year u all !!🤔🤔😅🤣😎
Our Bob Evans closed a few years ago. Last time I had Bob Evans was on my way to LEGO land. We used to go for breakfast and there was always a dude there making balloon animals for the kids.
Sometimes I don’t understand why these companies just don’t work on the basics. I wonder if Bob Evans worked on improving their food more people would come. Don’t try to be a Cracker Barrel 2.0.
Please don't try to be a Cracker Barrel. It's a racist place, & neither me, my family nor any of my friends (even the non AA ones) will ever eat there again!!
Blueberry strawberry banana waffles with whipped cream is all I want. This isnt difficult guys. Pay me 50,000 a year and I'll design your menu with my eyes literally closed
I believe there is/was one in NJ, at Avery large area on nearly the northern end of theNJ TURNPIKE, there area few restaurants , and a few gas stations, with one hell of a TRUCK PARKING AREA Cheers from NJ
Even though, I don’t eat out in the restaurant much these days, well they got rid of their fried chicken. I still buy Bob Evan’s roll sausage on a quite regular basis, because, I love the slight red pepper flavor that’s in it! Also, I heard apparently that was the sausage McDonald’s used to serve, and, course you could tell by the taste, the thick patties and, you could always see that hint of red pepper. Cause, I my regular thing mostly at McDonald’s when, I started eating less less in calories was a 2 biscuits with sausage patties and, 2 hash browns. Now, McDonald’s Sausage patties aren’t fit to eat, they changed to a cheaper sausage!
@Arlenassister, first, where in the "South" is this? And second, you've been to 2 in this town in the "South" right? That also says alot about the people cooking in that town imo & what other city or state have you been to & ate at a Bob Evans? I'll wait.... JA
@@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA Florida, I have been to one on the other side of the state. It is all the same. Never tried it in another state. Never will. The only reason I go is an elderly family member loves to eat breakfast there. Got to show my family member love.
Reason they are closing is how they treat their employees, I witnessed a manager verbally abuse one of his waitresses, screaming at her in front of whole restaurant until she ran out crying.
These big chains wonder why they do not do as well. I can day food quality, changing of menu items, and not cooking it fresh. If you microwave your food, people know. Money now a days is precious to consumers. If they eat out, they want something better than they can do at home. You microwave it and charge twice as much, consumers will stop coming in and make it instead at home or go to a place that actually cooks good fresh food.
Yes we dined at bob Evan's at Reynolds & heather downs the restaurant ( Easter night pretty dead only ove other table in the whole " restaurant "so serveiris was fast , no problem I order the Turkey & dressing " nice u get two sides which I got veg ( corn mash potatoes & I always ask for mine gravy on the side Cause all the bob Evan's gravy are all to " salty it shouldn't because they don't make their gravy from scratch !! It is powered comes in a bag !! U just ad water to it !! So I can only think of two things that goes wrong w/ that !@ First ! Who ever is mixing the gravy isn't falling the direction right ?? Just eyeing " it ? About how much water should go into it ?? " or the cook is a smoker" & their " taste buds are " shot ! Smoking to much !! By " not knowing it is to salty ?? ( can't taste anything !! ?? Or the gravy is left on the steam table where no one watch if the steam table went dry ?? Whic h !! If u leave it at the steam table w/ no water in it !! The gravy will dry up ! & that will make the gravy to " salty !! So if u order anything w/ gravy !! Alway ask to have your " gravy on the side !! This way u can " control how much " gray to put on your food !! Or your diner will be " ruined !! By the gray being to " salty !! & u won't have any problem w/ your dinner !! ( word to the " wise ") like I sad the restaurant was ( dead" that even ) ( Easter night) serveies was nice " I don't care where u go eat at bob evan " their " gravy are " always " salty??? ( go " figure !! ??) " one thing about their " gray ??? " the gravy is " powered " comes in a bag !@ al u have to do is read the bag to know " how " much ! ! Water to ad to it !! ??? I don't know !! ? ( check it out for yourself !! ? I bet u & I win all the " time !! U owe me !! HA" HAVE A " BLESS YEAR EVERYONE & STAY " AWAY FROM THE " GRAVY !! " HAAA " OK ! THIS ONE IS " OUT !! 🤔🙄🤣😅🙄😎
What restaurant is your go-to for dining out?
Bob Evans is about one block away from a Denny's in Holland, Mi. I will go to Bob Evans every time
Rib Crib, and Jimmy's Egg
The Artful Dodger and Cocina Quesadilla--both in Tainan City, Taiwan. AD is UK food and CQ is Mexican. AWESOME!
@@threecedarshomestead1330 Wow some vocabulary you have there.
@@packingten Those are two actual restaurants (local/regional franchises) in the area. Rib Crib is barbeque, and Jimmy's Egg is a breakfast and lunch place, featuring omelets, scrambled, and other egg based dishes.
As a former Bob Evans server, I can tell you that lots of our food is microwaved. I wish I were BSing you, but I’m not. I have no reason to talk shit on them or lie on a RUclips comment. The turkey dinner? None of that is made fresh. I used to gag whenever I’d smell that turkey straight out of the microwave. Even the country fried stake is frozen and then fried. Like, you’re telling me that a kitchen can’t pound a steak, bread it, and fry it?! All of our soups come in big plastic bags that we’d just heat up in the steam table, so they aren’t made fresh either. The pot pies are all frozen and then baked per order (that’s why we run out often - because they can’t defrost more batches quick enough to pass safety inspections, so however many they pulled in the morning is the set number we can sell that day). The salads are pretty safe, because those are all made to order (by your server, often times. Just FYI). Breakfast foods are usually safe too, because we do use real eggs and pancake batter. But any of the dinner platters, chances are you’re getting something out of the microwave, or it’s been completely frozen for god only knows how long. The mashed potatoes are legit as well, but they come pre-mashed. We don’t even do THAT in-house.
good thing i never ate there. i havent had a microwave in 20 years because of what it does to food..
i love bob evans, they never disappoint and I've been going for years..
I work there, and all the meat is frozen, all the food is premade, and the gravy is frozen and boiled in a pot.
Same here lol
Must be nice we have to cook the sausage. Spin the mix
As an Ohioan, I hugely appreciate that you pronounced Lima as "Ly-muh" and not "Lee-muh", like the capital of Peru. Good work! Great video!
I grew up near Lima. I went to school with the current CE
I went to school with the CEO of Kewpie.
Don't get me started about Versailles (ver-sails). lol
@@ChristopherUSSmith Interestingly enough, the restaurant in Lima on St. Rt. 309 seems busy every Friday, Saturday when I'm in town. I still eat there myself, occasionally with the wife. The absolutely worst restaurant in my opinion is Applebee's. Last time I was there, the service was terrible and of course I left no tip.
@@gregzeigler3850 That's good. We had a lot of great regional chains in the 70s. Bob Evans, Jed's Steak & Ribs (complete with all you can eat Super Bowl Sundaes), LK (restaurants and motels), and even Sohio's Stop xxx truck stop restaurants.
This place is a hidden gem!
I had never heard of it until i passed it and decided to eat there. It was a hot mess, the atmosphere was old, the waitress took a smoke break and was gone for 20mins, she coughed on our food when handing it to us and then the food was bland like hospital food. I could’ve sworn i stepped into a nursing home. I RAN away from there...legend says they’re still open
I miss the old Bob Evan's. The food is terrible now.
Bob Evens is one of my favorite restaurants, just wish there was one closer to visit more often.
I had never heard of this restaurant, until 2018. I went to see a old friend in Maryland and she insisted we go. I was not impressed.
Must've went to the one in Crofton... they don't season their food lol
@@KapinKrunch RIGHT! Should've taken her to the Wharf... we, in agreement, ban her friend for life lol
There's a bob evans in almost every city here in Ohio. Normally I could care less about the service and food, I just like the good morning breakfast vibe early in the mornings
Saw them a lot in Ohio. It was alright, nothing special. They did have a breakfast buffet
Its originally based in ohio till the sold out.
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@ Allen Morgan, that's a good idea as a matter of fact. Thanks for that.
Are you young (😜) enough to remember SIZZLER? In my younger days they were the Golden Corral of that time. 😀
They're no longer in business & haven't been for years, but they really made an impression on me.
God bless.
I worked at Bob’s for 4 years. Lots of ups and downs that came with it, but I can say I enjoyed my time there.
I've never heard of this place until now
I have never heard of this before. Side note, I wonder who founded the restaurant?
Evans Bob
@@DarDarBinks1986 r/ wooooosh
Robert Bobbytits
Bob Evansy Mcbob Evansy face.
The Devil.
Ever since the restaurant chain was sold, it’s gone down hill. Service and food suck!
I don’t know, the one by me is pretty good. It’s almost like you’re too stupid to realize that each restaurant is a franchise run by independent owner-operators, all with varying levels of business management competence. But that can’t be the case, right?
@Inmdavis, with all due respect, it depends on the city & state.
@@roninnder EXACTLY! That's the point I was trying to make. It depends on the city & state you visit. Idk where these one horse town kids base their on!
@@DarDarBinks1986, And how many cities or states did you wash dishes in? At Bob Evans restaurants that is? I just wanna have a picture of what you're basing this opinion on. I've been to BE's in 5 states. And you?
I'll wait...
P.S. You worked there, so are you included in the incompetence "team"? Just asking?
I'll wait.....
Brian Bob Evans is not a franchise. It is a corporate restaurant chain. There are no individual owners for each of the restaurants. There are corporate assigned area coaches that manage 10 or so stores in an area. They report up to a regional coach, who reports up to the VPs of the company. All restaurants in the entire company are supposed to adhere to the same standards. Corporate specifically emphasized that a guest should be able to go to a store in one city and have the EXACT SAME experience if they went to another Bob Evans in another city. So before you call other people idiots you should get your own facts right because you’re dead wrong.
Source: worked there for 6 years during high school and throughout college. Also my dad ran one of the restaurants as a GM for 30 years.
I was just at a Bob Evans restaurant last night. Had 3 pancakes, scrambled cheese eggs, hash browns and bacon. Didn’t know Bob Evans restaurants were rare to find these days lol
I have never ever heard of this restaurant in my life.
Same
Bob Evans is literally like the only sit down restaurant with more than 1 location in my town.
The dine in sales dropped because they were under staffed. Our group met there every Thursday, yet last time we ate there they had 12 tables of 4 or more. One cook, 2 servers. We now meet down the street at a pizza place.
We had one in our town close a few months ago. I was pretty surprised.
I deliver food to Bob Evans restaurants and I can tell you that I will never eat there because some of the disgusting lack of cleanliness that I see throughout every store I have ever delivered to which is approximately 10.
Cracker Barrel ad on this video, is it a coincidence? I think not!
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My Bob Evans near me has a cracker barrel across the street 🙀
Say whatever you want, but I freaking love Bob Evans. They have great food and very friendly staff.
I live in the Midwest, Indiana, they're plentiful here. The only problem I've ever had at their restaurants is, each one has a different price for the same items. Seems like none of the cashiers know how much their food cost. The only thing I ever get from them is biscuits & gravy, family size, one quart of sausage gravy, and six biscuits. The correct price is $9.53, but depending on who's taking the order at carry-out, they'll screw it up almost every time, I now take an old receipt to show the person waiting on me how much this order is supposed to cost, as opposed to some incorrect amount they come up with. It's amazing to me how somebody can work at a restaurant, and don't know how much their food items cost, Amazing!...
I frequent a Bob Evans on US 192 in Kissimmee, Fl. I only order foods that the cooks actually have to cook. Eggs, biscuits, canned gravy and microwaved vegetables. Everything else is boil a bag like beef stew and chicken. Customers need to ask if their food is fresh or being microwaved or boiled in a bag!
These negative comments are unfortunate to hear. The family sold the company....what a greedy mistake. My MOM went to high school with BOB and worked for him in his first restaurant in Gallipolis, OH in the 50"s. He was a family friend and a person of great respect in our community. We visited the Bob Evans farm often in Rio Grande, OH. The option to crush the restaurant market and sell things retail in the grocery stores is such a bad decision. I'm sure this is not what he wanted. This is so sad
There are still quite a few things they make from scratch there... the banana and pumpkin breads being the most notable. Also the chicken noodle soup, beef vegetable soup, bread & celery dressing, coleslaw, fried chicken, homefries, and pretty much all of the breakfast menu. The turkey breast and pot roast are slow roasted in the restaurant, just as you would at home, and of course all the burgers, steaks, grilled chicken breasts, eggs, and breakfast meats are cooked to order. The mashed potatoes do come in premade but they are not instant and taste like homemade. While everything might not be homemade, it's still a considerable step up from many other chains.
Yeah, but Cracker Barrel added alcohol, total turn off for my family, who used to drive an hour to eat in a restaurant with no alcohol! Bob Evans is only 10 minutes away, with no alcohol, and an amazing honey chicken meal, not to mention, better coffee!
The original Bob Evans Farm, Restaurant, Homestead and Museum are in Rio Grande, Ohio. I remember visiting it during a 5th-grade field trip. My grandmother always loved Bob Evans, but I was never a fan of it, except for their Honey Mustard which was wonderful. They sold it in mason jars in the restaurants. After they began food distribution to grocery stores, they changed the packaging and started selling it in grocery stores, but unfortunately, they also changed the formula. I don't think I have been to a Bob Evans restaurant since maybe 2000.
I have two within 10 minutes of my house and they seem to be doing well. Cracker Barrel is some what over-rated.
So is your existence.
Ohio loves Bob Evans
michael williams facts
Louie Simmons of Westside barbell in Columbus Ohio takes all the gym members into Bob Evans's every morning for breakfast.
No wonder they have the strongest guys in powerlifting.
lmao i live in Ohio we have a bob Evans like 10 minuets away from us
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@@peteyb8556 I-O
As you were talking about pizza delivery, I got an ad for dominos😂
Ryan Yes lol
When I was younger on a family vacation I ate at a Bob Evans restaurant. It was an experience I will never forget.. not in a good way. Ordered blueberry pancakes and got severely ill! My family didn't get as well as I did.. but they didn't feel well. Needless to say.. I never again stepped foot into a Bob Evans restaurant. Yeah.. you could say not all locations are the same and you're probably right.. however that is not a risk I was ever willing to take. Anyway.. I haven't seen a Bob Evans Restaurant in years.. I saw one more when I was a teenager and my father and I moved to a new town.. again I avoided it. It is now an AT&T wireless store. Can't get food poisoning from that!🤣🤣
Worked here about 5 years ago. I remember corporate cut a lot of peoples hours just under full time so they wouldn’t have to pay out benefits. Some foods alright but most of it’s just microwaved crap that people pay too much for. Much better places pretty much anywhere
There are just too many "food factory's" in the U.S.A. I would rather visit a small privately or family owned restaurant.
There's a Bob Evans a couple towns over. I'm going to go there this weekend and I will probably be sad while eating there and afterwards.
Its microwaved food that is meh at best, glad the one by me closed. The raw sausage is good tho
We have 2 Bob Evans near us (The Villages, Florida) but had never eaten there. We recently had family members visit and took them there for breakfast. From coffee that was just warm and weak to crappy home fries, sausages, hotcakes and eggs... nothing was better than ''"not too bad." Mediocre at best.
Yes, Metro Diner, First Watch or Peach Valley Cafe is far better. I use to eat at my Orlando.gov SODO area Peach Valley about 4 times a month 2012-2017 ...
9:56 Restaurants that sell their products in grocery stores set themselves up for failure. HoJo's, A&W, CPK, Stouffer's, Bob Evans, Marie Callender's.
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Anyone over 60yrs old should remember Bob Evans fondly
I still don’t know why Bob Evans still haven’t released their French fries in grocery stores.
All these coasties not knowing what Bob Evans is lol
Better a coastie than roastie
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@@Menaceblue3 To be fair, they're not mutually exclusive lol. Also it's fine I'm not trying to say coasties are bad for not knowing what this midwestern kitsch nightmare restaurant is. It's really better if you don't
Natalie B. Used to have em in New York but the one around us left 10 years ago
@@Menaceblue3 Better to be a mostie than toastie. Okay, I'm not good at this.
I love me some Bob Evans!
THIS MUSIC IS SO GOOD I WANT TO LOOP IT IN MY HOME 24/7 I JUST LOVE IT
Smaller menus are always a plus. Better to do 20 things great versus 50 things mediocre or 75 things bad. Makes more sense to focus on takeout. A popular Mexican restaurant in my area shifted its focus favoring takeout and if anything they've only gotten more busy. My family went from eating there maybe once a month to almost every weekend for lunch or dinner.
I love bob evans and always will
I love Bob Evans everything on the menu is awesome
Wife an I stumbled across one years ago looking foe a lte dinner, We were impressed good food great price good service
Did I say lots and lots of food, would have tried one again, but none on the west coast.
Baloney! It's good, down-home comfort food that's better for you than pizza or other fast food. How can you possibly complain about having plenty of choices????? Personally, I prefer Bob Evans over Cracker Barrell. In fact we're going there tonight. I've never had a problem with any of their food. I came here to check the hours of operation.
I thought every state had a Bob Evans🤭🤭🤭 I only see old people there
Bob Evans is not in every state. Most of the restaurants are in the Midwest. They have no restaurants in California Nevada Arizona Texas New Mexico.
I'm from New Mexico and we don't have it. I'd never heard of it till this video.
That's not true. In FL where I live (and a few other states), they're all ages (even millenials) eat there! How many of them across the country have you been to? I travel alot in my career. I've been to BE in at least 5 states.
I'll wait....
@@DarDarBinks1986 not really in the 4 states besides FL where I live. I was born in NJ but haven't been to 1 there in years.
@@DarDarBinks1986 I guess it does. I am aware of the lack of sales tax there in DE. Many of my friends register their LLCs in DE because of the laws.😜
But I have to tell you, the BE's I've visited had a mixture. Different areas, different clientele right?
God bless.
Millenials and fast casual restaurants "such as Chipotle" right? Time to watch and find out.
😂😂😂 I swear they say that every video
But really, who in their right mind is going to sit down at a restaurant? lol, please
Brooks Gasser time changes everything
Chipotle was out before millennials... where do you think restaurants came from? People got tired of waiting for food at home.
AirCooledMan2006 thanks for proving my point which was it started from something 🙄
I didn't even know Bob Evans was a restaurant chain. I've only ever known them from their grocery store items.
They closed the Bob Evans in Harrisburg PA area. It was always packed. We usually had to wait for a table. Also we always got burnt toast at the Bob Evans in Pittsburgh PA
Paula Dupree Which one in Pittsburgh? We have like, 5.
@@overworkedcna412 Monroeville on 22
Going on 20 years soon if not already that the one in Naperville IL on Ogden Avenue closed, I used to stop there not regularly, but occasionally enough that I did develop a liking for it. B.E. had good breakfast plates and others, too. I remember the unique, nifty blue & white waitress dress-style uniforms up until around the mid-90s, then like almost everywhere else they went all-black or almost all-black with pants and athletic shoes (yuk). Started to get friendly with one of the waitresses there at one point around late '96, I should have pursued that further! Cute Danielle. Anyway, I do still miss the place, a bank building stands there now.
I go too mine every Sunday after church
If I had my own I'd do the same.
This song is?
I want to know too! It's modern, catchy and kinda soothing. I like it! Did you find out what song this is by any chance?
I do not believe there are any restaurants in Georgia at least not in metro Atlanta. Cracker Barrel is everywhere around here.
I remember a commercial on the radio in the 80's and 90's. The jingle was "Bob Evans, down on the farm." They had items for sale in some Kroger stores. Now I know where those frozen foods came from.
My friends sister found a metal screw in one of pancakes once at Bob Evans.
Never been to a Bob Evans where the service wasn't sorry & the food was cold or late or undercooked or just wrong. Life is too short & I spend too much time making the little money that I get to throw it away at Bob Evans & Co. Ash heap of failed eateries.
I love Bob Evans. Its pretty popular here in Michigan. But I will eat at and enjoy Cracker Barrel more. Cracker Barrel before Bob Evans. Better choices. :)
John B. I agree fellow Michigander
@@DarDarBinks1986 Cracker Barrel has REAL maple syrup!
Cause it gives you the doggone runs
0:26 Is that the president of Nintendo?
Bob Evans went to hell after it got bought by a giant megacorporation. They used to have farm raised catfish, it was their major advertizing point, blasted on their commercials all across America, _"Bob Evans, down on the farm..."_ ...But they don't have it anymore. They still have potroast hash & eggs, but the last time I went there it was cold, and so was the coffee, and the service _sucked._ I always sat at the counter, when your coffee's empty you set it on the edge and the next waitress that comes past refills it. At least, that's the way it _used_ to be. Now they just walk past and ignore it. And when you say, _"Hey, scuse me, can I get some more coffee?"_ They give you the stinkeye. When the food was cold, I eventually caught her eye and told her "It's cold, I don't want it, I'm not paying for it." I paid for my coffee and left. I haven't been back since. _Why did they take the catfish off the menu?!_ Of all things... _Catfish! Fried catfish! I want my catfish, damnit._
im a prep and grill cook at bobs in defiance ohio our food quality from what i have seen has definitely gone up since GGC purchased the chain the Evans family and former owners were not caring about the restaurants any longer resulting in diminished quality our turkey is made in house fresh everyday along with our meatloaf our fried chicken comes fresh never frozen the only frozen items we sell are what you normally expect such as deep fried fish and chicken fingers come try our new items you wont be disappointed
Yes I agree w/ this guy ! I started off as a cook in Columbus, Ohio ( rent to o u " got promoted to manager " loved it as I was a cook , when u became a manger I then travel around th county fo Evan's I went to so many Evan's as a manger !! U know the places I went to wor & I've Evan's was on top of theire game !! When ever I went to find a place to live & told them where I work !! People where happy to see some who is working for that company when they did find out ! Out they would say " great ! We have a apartment for u " never had any " problem " love it after I left the company ! I have seen Evan's go down hill " Evans use to have pride in hiring their mangers ! " I ask myself when ever we go out to dine at some of thei e restaurants & I go to many of them as I still " travel around the states I say to myself & the comfy I'm out with " what in the hell " happen to their restaurants??? Just about all of them are " piss poor !! " no more " pride in how the restaurants are being manger ?? I look at some of theire Male mangers " & ther are the : pits!! *u low the mangers are only good if they have " pride in themself " which means to u have to free right !! U can't have control over your enpolyess in how to dress if u don't set a example of yourself if the mangers come out looking " sloppy dress !! " how in the " hell " are u going to tell them how to dress coming to work ??? I have seen t some of the Male so call mangers come out w/ no belt " holding theire pants up ?? Shirts not tuck in whit shirt sooo" dam " old ! U coul almost read a news paper thru it ??? I saw that & sad to myself & mine guest " what the hell " happen" ? Happen to Evan's !! When I was working for them EVANS always. Had " pride in their " mangers !! ? " well not " anymore !! Just about all the Male so call mangers look & dress like pigs ?? ( sad) like I said . Your. Restaurants are only as good how your manger run them !! I have seen to many o the Evan's closing around the states ! ?? ( sad !!) Pretty soon ! Evan's will be a thing of the " past !!! ( the company still have some restaurant s hanging on!! ( on Evan's u can still get survived " if just get your " shit Together !! ( maybe some one could step in before all. Of them. Are completely gone ! To bring them back ? I just 2ish I had the money I'm a entrepreneur & know how 5o Dina a business " mostly a restaurant !! I would first come in three ' & " fired all of those call " mangers "train only the best so they can learn how to hired & train the " right people to want 5o learn & have pride in where they work !! " Evan's can still make it before it I to late if & only they move " fast !! There are some good people out there " who would make Evans come bake " alive !! " but u will have to. Move " fast befor it is to late.!! I have pently more to say but mine phone is running out of juice but I will come to talk have a bless year u all !!🤔🤔😅🤣😎
Our Bob Evans closed a few years ago. Last time I had Bob Evans was on my way to LEGO land. We used to go for breakfast and there was always a dude there making balloon animals for the kids.
Sometimes I don’t understand why these companies just don’t work on the basics. I wonder if Bob Evans worked on improving their food more people would come. Don’t try to be a Cracker Barrel 2.0.
Please don't try to be a Cracker Barrel. It's a racist place, & neither me, my family nor any of my friends (even the non AA ones) will ever eat there again!!
@@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA dumbass.
Blueberry strawberry banana waffles with whipped cream is all I want. This isnt difficult guys. Pay me 50,000 a year and I'll design your menu with my eyes literally closed
I can tell you why. THE FOOD SUCKS. LET ME REPEAT. THE FOOD SUCKS.
At one time they were great restaurants, but I guess it's just one of those things of the times , just as shopping mauls are dying out.
In Columbus there is 2 bob evens right next to eachother xD
Watched 1:37 of it,,,
THOSE BANGING DRUMS KILLED US!!!!
I believe there is/was one in NJ, at Avery large area on nearly the northern end of theNJ TURNPIKE, there area few restaurants , and a few gas stations, with one hell of a TRUCK PARKING AREA
Cheers from NJ
This video is sad, because my first job was at the Troy, Ohio Bob Evans. I even remember the date I started: June 24, 1994.
Just make the food better. Really not that difficult. 🤔
John Oliver's "Eat Shit Bob" joke brought me here. "Come on down and eat Shit Bob"
Even though, I don’t eat out in the restaurant much these days, well they got rid of their fried chicken. I still buy Bob Evan’s roll sausage on a quite regular basis, because, I love the slight red pepper flavor that’s in it! Also, I heard apparently that was the sausage McDonald’s used to serve, and, course you could tell by the taste, the thick patties and, you could always see that hint of red pepper. Cause, I my regular thing mostly at McDonald’s when, I started eating less less in calories was a 2 biscuits with sausage patties and, 2 hash browns. Now, McDonald’s Sausage patties aren’t fit to eat, they changed to a cheaper sausage!
Other than their world class sausage gravy & biscuits, I can't think of anything from Bob Evans that I can't find elsewhere.
i had bob evans turkey dinner and i had perkins turkey dinner, complete night and day comparison. bob evans was garbage.
ive never eaten at Bob Evans nor Crackle Barrel, and probably never will
CB is ehhhh 🍽.... Bob Evans is okay but a local diner or coffee shop may be better...
I live in a small town in the south. There are two in my town. I do not like their what you call "food."
@Arlenassister, first, where in the "South" is this? And second, you've been to 2 in this town in the "South" right? That also says alot about the people cooking in that town imo & what other city or state have you been to & ate at a Bob Evans?
I'll wait.... JA
@@DRUGSTOREMAKEUPDIVA Florida, I have been to one on the other side of the state. It is all the same. Never tried it in another state. Never will. The only reason I go is an elderly family member loves to eat breakfast there. Got to show my family member love.
Reason they are closing is how they treat their employees, I witnessed a manager verbally abuse one of his waitresses, screaming at her in front of whole restaurant until she ran out crying.
I Will Never Eat At Bob Evans.
These big chains wonder why they do not do as well. I can day food quality, changing of menu items, and not cooking it fresh. If you microwave your food, people know. Money now a days is precious to consumers. If they eat out, they want something better than they can do at home. You microwave it and charge twice as much, consumers will stop coming in and make it instead at home or go to a place that actually cooks good fresh food.
Never even heard of bob Evans
Why are there no more Bob Evans Restaurant 's in IL?
They used to be good but portions and quality of food has gone down and prices went up!! Service is not that great either!
What happened to full size sausage patties in grocery stores?
Whatever happened to Oscar Mayer Smokie links those are absolutely delicious
Cases don't "move up" to federal court. It was probably removed to federal court by Bob Evans for jurisdictional reasons.
There's one in Howell Michigan, and just let me say, it's Actaully good
proud!
Yes we dined at bob Evan's at Reynolds & heather downs the restaurant ( Easter night pretty dead only ove other table in the whole " restaurant "so serveiris was fast , no problem I order the Turkey & dressing " nice u get two sides which I got veg ( corn mash potatoes & I always ask for mine gravy on the side Cause all the bob Evan's gravy are all to " salty it shouldn't because they don't make their gravy from scratch !! It is powered comes in a bag !! U just ad water to it !! So I can only think of two things that goes wrong w/ that !@ First ! Who ever is mixing the gravy isn't falling the direction right ?? Just eyeing " it ? About how much water should go into it ?? " or the cook is a smoker" & their " taste buds are " shot ! Smoking to much !! By " not knowing it is to salty ?? ( can't taste anything !! ?? Or the gravy is left on the steam table where no one watch if the steam table went dry ?? Whic h !! If u leave it at the steam table w/ no water in it !! The gravy will dry up ! & that will make the gravy to " salty !! So if u order anything w/ gravy !! Alway ask to have your " gravy on the side !! This way u can " control how much " gray to put on your food !! Or your diner will be " ruined !! By the gray being to " salty !! & u won't have any problem w/ your dinner !! ( word to the " wise ") like I sad the restaurant was ( dead" that even ) ( Easter night) serveies was nice " I don't care where u go eat at bob evan " their " gravy are " always " salty??? ( go " figure !! ??) " one thing about their " gray ??? " the gravy is " powered " comes in a bag !@ al u have to do is read the bag to know " how " much ! ! Water to ad to it !! ??? I don't know !! ? ( check it out for yourself !! ? I bet u & I win all the " time !! U owe me !! HA" HAVE A " BLESS YEAR EVERYONE & STAY " AWAY FROM THE " GRAVY !! " HAAA " OK ! THIS ONE IS " OUT !! 🤔🙄🤣😅🙄😎
California I don’t know what a bob Evans is but the food looks good
Im fromtexas ive never ever seen a bob evons
Yeah... food looks good on the menu. If you eat the menu it would probably taste better than the bland, overpriced, unimpressive food they sell.
These are all over Michigan
1:37-1:46 Mr. Bean!!! "Rowan Atkinson"
It's pretty good actually.
The farm you showed isnt in lima ohio its in rio Grande ohio 3 hrs from lima.
I did love Bob Evans, BUT that little tip requested thing on take out orders turned me off completely.
Does anyone know what song they used for the particular video?
I worked At bob evans 2 years ago im glad I quite
They closed here a while back. Recently tried there fried chicken at another location and it was awesome.