The Farm, located in Delhi Township, is just 10 minutes from downtown Cincinnati, easily accessible to
the tri-state area. Owned by the Elsaesser Family, with over 75 years in the restaurant business, The
Farm has served the Cincinnati area for more than 50 years, accommodating groups from 50 to 600
guests in two versatile rooms.
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Choose The Farm for first-class food and service for your events!
“The food was excellent, the service superb, and your entire staff is to be commended for their enthusiasm and efficiency. We all had a great time and heartily recommend The Farm as the place to have a party.” – WEST SHELL REALTORS
“We appreciate your helpfulness in meeting with us on several occasions, and promptly responding to all our needs and phone calls.” – ST. FRANCIS – ST. GEORGE HOSPITAL
“The food was delicious and the service was tops!” – SETON H.S. CLASS OF ’53
“Your place is beautiful, convenient, and easy to work with. We had a multitude of compliments on the food. Just everything was first class.” – HAMILTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT
“Your advice and assistance in planning the event was essential in making the whole thing run so smoothly” – OHIO NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Read the article about The Farm as printed in The Cincinnati Enquirer below
“The Farm Grows Happy Memories For Partygoers”
The Farm’s Grows Happy Memories for PartyGoers
For Five Decades, A West Side Favorite
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
By Linda Cagnetti
The Cincinnati Enquirer
The Farm is more than a well-known party and banquet hall. It’s a bank of good times for West Siders and other Cincinnati families. It holds 50 years’ worth of fond, celebration memories for several generations.
“It’s a wonderful business being involved with happy, important events in so many people’s lives,” said Dan Elsaesser, Owner . The Elsaesser family has been in the restaurant and hospitality business in Cincinnati since the 1920s.
Located on Anderson Ferry Road, one mile from the Ohio River, The Farm is known for delicious food, honest prices and efficient, family-friendly service. It has hosted hundreds of thousands of wedding receptions, anniversary dinners, community and political fundraisers, school banquets and company parties.
On a busy week, The Farm staff serves 2,500 meals, including private parties and the popular Tuesday night buffet that’s open to the public.
The Farm handles groups of 50 to 600 guests at a time. Two large rooms, each with its own kitchen, bar and dance floor, hold up to 300 each. For large groups, they “open the walls” between the rooms.
The Elsaesser family is almost as well known among West Siders as their landmark party hall. The Farm was started by the late Bill Elsaesser and is operated by his wife, Dolores, and now Third Generation Owner Dan runs the business.
No shortcuts here
There are no pretensions. No shortcuts with customers.
“We major in the basics,” said Owner, Dan. “We answer the phone. We don’t run out of food. We pay attention to detail. We, as owners or managers, are always around.”
Nothing is left to chance, he said. “Many of these events are one-time happenings in people’s lives. We don’t want anything to spoil it.”
That’s why they have three back-up generators and several separate air conditioning and heating systems, lest any wedding day or family event be foiled by a power outage.
“We don’t believe in hidden costs either,” said the late Dolores E. There are no extra charges for such items as cake-cutting.
“Our employees are great and we pay them a fair rate, so everything, including service, is in our price.”
According to the sign posted at the bars, even drink tips are “donated to local charities.”
Nothing is wasted
There’s a data file on every event. When families or groups call to book repeat events, Dan pulls out the files.
“I can predict almost to the single drumstick or dinner rolls, how much food they’ll need, based on past parties and the family’s or group’s eating habits from the past,” he said.
Precise ordering and planning, he said, saves their guests money, provides plenty of food, with nothing wasted.
Matriarch Dolores met her husband Bill in the 1940s at Cincinnati’s Cricket restaurant (a popular downtown meeting place near Fountain Square). The Elsaesser family owned and operated the Cricket and the attached Palace Hotel, now the Hotel Cincinnatian.
Bill Elsaesser, one of the Cricket’s owners, created The Farm as a party site in 1949. He died in 1984.
“I always dreamed I’d live on a farm,” said Dolores, chuckling. “Now I do. I live next door. So I tell everybody, you can make your dreams come true.”
When asked the secrets to The Farm’s enduring success, Dan Elsaesser pauses and ponders his answer.
“It’s the fear of God. We want to use our business to glorify Jesus Christ. We honor our commitments and fulfill our promises to people every way we know. We operate first and foremost on the Golden Rule: In everything, do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
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