B&B Restaurant

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The B&B opened April 12, 1926. The original building was moved to Nappanee from Locke. Bernard “Bunk” Widmoyer and Russell “Buss” Hostetter started the business. B&B stood for Bunk and Buss. Their partnership only lasted one year because the restaurant could not support both their families. They flipped a coin to see who would retain the business and Bunk won.

In 1963, the original building was razed and a new building was built. They never lost a day of business during the renovation. In 1972, two more dining rooms were added.

During the depression, the B&B offered 1 cent egg sandwiches. A bowl of soup or a piece of pie for a nickel each. It was a family-type restaurant with home cooked meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They had fifteen varieties of pie that were baked daily. In the restaurant’s history they only had three pie bakers.

The B&B restaurant closed in 1993.