Originally Posted by
mbstone
Bob Evans was a sausage maker from Ohio who founded the restaurant chain that bears his name.
The restaurants are common in so-called "red state" America and feature Gosh-darn down-home cooking, not unlike Cracker Barrel restaurants.
They are rare in any part of the US that you would want to visit.
Recently, the company (NASDAQ ticker symbol BOBE) purchased Mimi's Cafes, a West Coast-based chain of French restaurants. Thankfully, BOBE hasn't messed with Mimi's. The company has yet to respond to my suggestion that they convert the remaining Bob Evans restaurants to Mimi's Cafes, and to rename the company's ticker symbol to MIMI.
First of all I find your post condescending and snobbish. I live in Michigan and we have Bob Evans here and have traveled extensively in Ohio and there are Bob Evans all over the place there. Both ar generally thought of as blue states and maybe you don't want to visit here but that's your issue.
Regarding the chain, where I've had breakfast dozens of times over the years, the food is decent of good quality and consistent. No different than Shoney's, Denny's or the like. I prefer local diners for breakfast these days but would have no problem eating at a Bob Evans.
Thanks, Mike.