Bob Evans - St Petersburg, Florida (Tyrone and 66th)

Bob Evans Restaurant
2410 66th St No (Tyrone and 66th St)
St Petersburg, Fl 33710
(727) 347-4545 http://bobevans.com/

December 2008
My father in law was a great one for going out to breakfast. Seems like the first thing he would say in the morning is where do you want to go to eat (he said that in the evening too but that is another story). He often went with his cronies from the Coast Guard Auxiliary or the Over The Hill Gang. One of the favorite places was Bob Evans. One of a number of stores in the chain, this Bob Evans is close to the house and very convenient.

On this particular day we just couldn’t convince him to sit back, relax, read the paper and sip coffee while we prepared breakfast. We all got dressed in our going out duds and went to Bob Evans for breakfast.

Bob Evans has a bit of a reputation for heavy fare, things like sausage gravy and biscuits, three egg omelets and three egg combination breakfast platters to name a few. To be fair, they also offer lighter fare, healthier selections in addition to the traditional meal choices. One has to read the menu and make informed, considered selections…


My wife, Janis, doesn’t really care for egg for breakfast but she does like her pancakes, especially chocolate chip pancakes. Those are not on the Evans menu so she settled instead for Stacked and Stuffed Hotcakes ("You’ve never had hotcakes like these!” says Bob Evans’ menu. “We take two stuffed hotcakes, stack them with vanilla cream cheese, add more delicious toppings, then finish with whipped topping and a sprinkling of powdered sugar.”) As usual, a large breakfast is too much and about half of the pancake stack went into a take-home container. That is normal and she did enjoy the her pancakes that day as well as the next.

Father -in-law Sonny, although born in Colorado, he was raised in Florida since infancy and considers himself to be a genuine “cracker” and no self-respecting cracker would pass up grits for breakfast. That helped him to narrow his selection to the Homestead Breakfast (Named after Bob and Jewell Evans’ original farmhouse, this classic includes all of your breakfast favorites: Bob Evans® Sausage or bacon, two eggs, hash browns, home fries or grits, a cup of creamy sausage gravy and two freshly baked biscuits) It was a large meal and part of it went into a doggie bag. In this case it really was for his dog, a yellow lab named Bo. The part of the meal he did eat he enjoyed.

I enjoy a traditional breakfast of eggs, bacon and potatoes. That narrowed the choice down to the Rise and Shine Breakfast (Our most popular breakfast: Two eggs, Bob Evans sausage or bacon, hash browns or home fries and two biscuits). The only hard decision was whether or not to have hash browns or cottage fries. After agonizing seconds of deliberation I chose the cottage fries. The eggs were ordered over medium. The whites were all set and the yolks soft to runny, just right and what I ordered. The bacon was order crisp and that is what I was served. The toast was nicely browned and there was a selection of jelly cups to choose from. It was what you would expect from bacon and eggs. It tasted fine, was cooked to order and was filling. I certainly was satisfied with my meal.

Bob Evans is a busy place during breakfast and there is a bit of noise but finished ceilings help to muffle some of the background sounds. The serving staff was quick, courteous and seemed to be very efficient.