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Bob Evans Farm is cooking up some major improvements

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Cincinnati Best Value Travel Examiner

The Bob Evans Farm, in Rio Grande, Ohio (near Portsmouth), is a popular and rewarding destination for families and other travelers, and an affordable option for trips from the Cincinnati area. The family homestead of the famous restaurateur was once a stagecoach stop and inn that now offers horseback rides, an Indian burial mound, Revolutionary War cemetery, and reconstructed cabins and schoolhouse for visitors’ enjoyment. It is also the site of the annual Bob Evans Farm Festival each Fall.

Now, beginning this month, The Bob Evans Farm will receive a three-million-dollar upgrade focused on renovating a barn to host receptions, construction of a new amphitheater for concerts and performances, and relocating the historic Adamsville log cabin closer to the homestead for easier access by visitors.

The improvements are slated for completion in advance of the 41st annual Bob Evans Farm Festival to be held October 14-16, 2011.

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The restaurant and general store on the historic site are open year round. The Farm and Homestead Museum opens daily on April 1, 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.    

The master plan for The Bob Evans Farm shows the location of the reception barn, planned amphitheater, and other features of the property.
The master plan for The Bob Evans Farm shows the location of the reception barn, planned amphitheater, and other features of the property.
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Photo courtesy of The Bob Evans Farm

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Bob Hostetler (www.bobhostetler.com) is a writer and speaker from southwestern Ohio whose twenty-six books include the novel, The Bone Box. He has been a disc jockey, pastor, editor, executive, and foster parent to eleven teen boys (though not all at once). He grew up in Cincinnati and has lived...

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