<P> The company operated a Mexican - themed restaurant called Cantina del Rio in the mid-1990s, a move which Bob Evans called "a disaster" in 2003 . </P> <P> The Evans family controlled daily operations of the company until 2000 when Dan Evans 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 . After operating for several months under interim CEO Larry Corbin, the company hired Steven Davis, former president of Long John Silver's, as CEO in May 2006 . </P> <P> In July 2004, Bob Evans Farms purchased the California - based Mimi's Cafe restaurant chain (operating under SWH Corporation) for $182 million . Mimi's Cafe had 144 locations throughout the U.S. at the time . They featured casual dining and American food with a French emphasis and decorative elements . Bob Evans Farms sold Mimi's Cafe to the U.S. branch of Groupe Le Duff in 2013 . </P> <P> On August 17, 2009, Bob Evans opened a prototype restaurant in Xenia, Ohio . This restaurant has a more farm - like feel and resembles the Bob Evans farm . </P>

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