Sassafras on Main

Bluffton, United States

3.9

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9 reviews

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Telephone:
+1 260-824-8112
Website:
www.sassafrasonmain.net
Address:
218 S Main St, Bluffton, IN, 46714
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Takes Reservations
Yes
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
Free
Has TV
No
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
Yes
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Bluffton) 04:34 Saturday, 7 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Tuesday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Primarily American Fare – gastro pub type of goodies – scratch made breads and desserts, fish, steaks, pasta, hand-​pattied burgers, inventive salads, crazy good Reubens and one of the best tenderloins around! OH and the Paninis! Plus wine, beer and cocktails available!

We also have space for private meetings, banquets, business meetings, holiday parties, wedding receptions plus beer and wine tastings!

Monday nights – we feature pub grub and a live broadcast of the Wells County Coaches Show on 92.7, featuring athletes from our 3 local schools! Following that – it’s Monday Night Football!

History

Established in 2012.

The original home was built in 1902; what is now the dining was added in the 1930’s and the banquet room/​courtyard area was added on in the 1980’s. The Rittenhouse Restaurant opened in the 1970’s and operated until 2011.

Chuck and Sue purchased in April of 2012 and re-​opened late May 2012 as Sassafras on Main!

Meet the Business Owner

Chuck and Sue K.

Business Owner

Chuck is the chef and has 25+ years in and around the food industry. Originally from Wisconsin, his family was transferred to Indiana in the 1970’s. After attending college, he was off to Chicago and landed a job at the Drake. From there, he moved to Vail, CO, to complete his training at Marriott. He then moved back to the Midwest and continued working in the industry with various roles from chef to General Manager.

Sue grew up on a farm in Steuben county and has a very diversified work background, including several years working in food and beverage! She oversees the bar, the front of the house, all the scheduling and you can frequently find her battling the weeds in the front garden beds!

Nearby

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9 reviews of Sassafras on Main

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Place rating: 5
San Antonio, TX
Love this place! Each time I come to Bluffton I stop by. The tenderloin is fantastic, but if you’ve overdone it on pork for the week, they also have great salads. Today I got the California salad and it was excellent. The soups are good, with the best being the broccoli cheddar soup. Owners are really sweet and are constantly concerned with the diners and their experience.
Place rating: 5
Bluffton, IN
This little place is just great. Best salads in town. Great owners. Great chefs. Just everything you could want in a small town restaurant. I eat here 3 – 4 times a week. If you ever have any problems, Sue will get everything straightened out. They also have a Thanksgiving buffet and that’s fantastic, too. 5 stars, easily. Plus, the prices are fair.
Place rating: 4
Washington D.C., DC
I have been to Bluffton for family events many times over the past thirty years, and I have become inured to disappointment when eating outside the home. Imagine my surprise when, having gathered with the family to celebrate my father-in-law’s life, I had a fine meal at Sassafras a couple of weeks ago.
The restaurant is usually closed on Sundays, but it opened specially for our family’s post-​funeral dinner. The dining area is a large room with a lovely tin ceiling, reminding my of my beloved DiRobertis in New York (but in much better condition). The meal began with a salad of greens with wedges of mandarin orange; the main attraction was a pork tenderloin that had been roasted with a maple-​bourbon glaze over a bed of vegetables; the tenderloin was sliced and served over a bed of the roasted vegetables. We also had whipped potatoes — not my favorite way to eat potatoes, I confess, but this was very well done for what it is.
Service was pleasant — attentive but not cloying.
It will be interesting to find out, on a future visit to Bluffton, how this restaurant is on one of its normal opening days.
Place rating: 5
Traverse City, MI
Sassafras on Main is a fantastic restaurant and Susan and Chuck were VERY gracious hosts and cooks for our family’s special occasion. The glazed pork was amazing as were the garlic mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon, salad and homemade bread. We could not have asked for better service and attention. Thank-​you SO much for everything!
Place rating: 4
Bluffton, IN
My wife and I have been to Sassafras about once a week for the last month. The stately house it’s located in has class and lends the restaurant a unique atmosphere.
I’ve tried one of their specials, beef brisket. Cooked in a rich brown sauce possibly with wine in it, besides being a great dish, the serving was ample and the garlic smashed potatoes a great side. I like that the prices are fair.
The last time I went I got a hamburger that the waitress suggested and not ‘officially’ on the menu. It had pepper jack cheese and onion straws on a pretzel bun, homemade BBQ sauce on the side and jerk fries. The fries had a sweet, spicy seasoning that I really liked. I asked for the burger medium and it tasted great. Awesome combo.
We’ve also had the banana cream pie (yum!) and bread pudding (yum too!).
Wait staff is attentive and friendly, offers helpful dinner advice.
Why there aren’t more people eating here is baffling. To me Sassafras easily bests the other sit-​down restaurants in town. Try it and see for yourself!
Place rating: 2
Bluffton, IN
I hate to rag on one-​off restsurants, but every restaurant has the responsibility to serve good to excellent food. Sassafras falls woefully short of even decent food. Well, for their Sunday buffet anyways. Got here early, because I have come later in another visit, and all the food had been picked over, so no excuses this time.
Meat was dry. Uneatable really. How can pork tenderloin be turned into shoe leather? Ask their cook. Beef, same way, while swimming in aujus. All the rest of the food was poorly cooked, and not very good.
I wish I could write a good review. Wanted to. Nice people here. At least if you try this place out, the cost is acceptable.
Place rating: 1
Orlando, FL
Not impressed. Ordered salad and a fish sandwich. When the salad was delivered, the lettuce was so brown, I immediately asked for it to be taken away. Frustrating that the server would deliver a salad that looked like that. After that, the rest of the lunch was questionable.
On the bright side, the owner was very pleasant and attempted to correct the salad/​experience.
Place rating: 5
Bluffton, IN
Very good food at a fair price with generous portions. Smokehouse chicken is awesome. If you can get past the antique styling of this historic building I’m sure you will come back
Place rating: 4
Warsaw, IN
One of the best Italian roast beef panini sandwiches I’ve had. It was a special offered for lunch and they had a banquet room full, but the service was still good. Can’t wait to get something else off the menu when I’m in the area.