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My mom liked Cracker Barrel, and dragged me to one. Now, I have a rule about restaurants where you walk through a STORE to get to the restaurant, especially one that sells "Kountry Klutter"....just say no.
But my mother swore it was good...and it was. We don't have them near us,so I've only been once.
Regarding salads? The thing with salads is, once you know the pertinent numbers you need to know, you can pretty much predict what you're going to get. There's a place we go where I get a crispy chicken salad...it's got a sliced battered chicken tender on top. It's really good, and I budget about 35 carbs for the salad. I get my dressing on the side, because, if you don't, often, you get dressing with a side of salad. And if the piece of chicken is huge...part of it comes home, or I pick off the coating.
I've never been to one of these restaurants, but isn't the point of chains to make all of them as close to identical as possible? Or, to put it another way, I really can't see a point to this endeavor.
The layout and menu and service are all alike, but the decorative items around the dining room are different. So it is a familiar place, but interesting.
A key feature is the gift shop where you wait before being seated.
My mom liked Cracker Barrel, and dragged me to one. Now, I have a rule about "restaurants" where you walk through a STORE to get to the "restaurant", especially one that sells "Kountry Klutter"....just say no.
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That is a good description of DisneyWhatever and every theme park in the word. Just substitute "restaurant or ride".
Okay, first of all, how cute are they!?!!? ADORABLE! Look at their smiles! Love it!
My only experience at a Cracker Barrel went like this: (Keep in mind that I'm Canadian.)
The year: 2003. I was doing a contract job in Wichita, Kansas but, first, we were having a few meetings in Kansas City, Missouri. (Kansas the state, Kansas City the city, Kansas the band... Anyway.) My colleagues from Los Angeles arrived in KC hours before I did. By the time I flew in, it was late, we were all tired, but we were hungry. Wanting something quick, one of them suggested Cracker Barrel. I'd never been, I didn't care, I just wanted food and then bed. Anyway. We got there, we ordered, and while were were waiting, I was looking at the plates passing by as they were being carried by the waitstaff. And then I saw it. I thought someone had vomited on their plate. I gagged and covered my mouth. When one of my colleagues asked what was wrong, I told her what I'd seen. She looked over. "Oh! That's white gravy! Haven't you ever seen that before???" No. No, no, no, I had not. And that was it, I was done -- I didn't eat my meal (I don't even remember what I ordered) nor have I gone to Cracker Barrel again because I can't scoop that barf-on-a-plate memory from my head.
But that couple is adorable.
ETA: Purely coincidence that blueherons and I both called them adorable. I was typing my SAGA while the previous post was posted.
My reaction isn't that extreme but I don't like the white wallpaper paste that they call "gravy".
I ate at CB once when I was having a medical procedure; done in two parts - fast for the first part, go have something to eat and then return for the second part. Nearest restaurant was CB so that's where I went. Half the breakfast was left on the plate.
Years later, my #2 son insisted on taking me there for breakfast, despite my protest that I would rather eat dirt. He assured me that I had just "ordered the wrong thing" on my previous visit. Turns out I hadn't and I'm not going back for another try.
Have had this before. It wasn't bad, but you've got to be really in the mood for serious greasy/fatty eats. If memory serves, it's most often encountered in Quebec. Definitely not a food to make one's cardiologist happy.
I imagine they thought it would be a good way to see a lot of America. Obviously they must be big fans of the place too!
Just some simple math......644 visits (#645 was complimentary).....even at $40 a stop that is over $25,000 in Cracker Barrel spending.
They probably would have been better off getting hired by the company to give their opinion on each store as an "undercover shopper." They clearly would see the stores better than even the most seasoned store manager would.
Even getting $50 per store (plus food reimbursement) would have been over 32K in income and given CB corporate some serious feedback!
We've eaten at Cracker Barrels in CT, VA, NC, GA, FL, TN, my wife enjoys them (probably more for the gift shop), food is OK, but pretty much cookie cutter. Why visit all of them? Hey, not on my bucket list, but if these folks got some enjoyment from crossing it off theirs, good for them! I hope it brought a smile to their gravy stained faces.
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