Bob Evans Farm
791 Farmview Drive
Bidwell, Ohio 45614

bob evans farm

Bob Evans, founder of the company, lived on the Bob Evans Farm in southeastern Ohio for nearly 20 years. He and his wife, Jewell, raised their six children in the large brick farmhouse known as the Homestead . The Homestead , now on the National Register of Historic Places, was once a stagecoach stop and an inn. Today, the Homestead serves as a company museum and historical center.

He began making sausage on his southeastern Ohio farm in Rio Grande, Ohio .

At first, he served samples of sausage to his guests in the Homestead kitchen. As more people came, the company opened a little sausage shop on the farm to better serve them. The Sausage Shop, which is now a Bob Evans Restaurant, was the company's first venture into the business.

Today you can visit the original Bob Evans Restaurant and experience the traditions of an all-American farming community. Hay, corn, sorghum, wheat and tobacco are grown on this nearly 1,000-acre working farm.

RV and primitive camping are also available.

Call 800-994-FARM or 740-245-5305 for more information. The farm is open April 1 to Dec. 23 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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