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Ever been to a Cracker Barrel?

There's one about 20 min north of me and I've been thinking about giving it a try. Can't get any good southern-style breakfast in new england so this could be my best option. But if it totally sucks then I won't go.

Opinions?

>> No.6406441

It is mediocre. If you like pancakes, shredded hashbrown casserole, bacon/sausage/eggs and all the normal stuff, it's okay. You can get different fruit toppings and stuff on your pancakes. The sausage when I had it was pretty dry and bland for some reason. Now if we were talking lunch/dinner..I like a lot of their entrees. The sides for everything are obviously made in large batches and kept warm and they scoop as it's ordered. But over all it isn't bad because their prices are decent and portions pretty big to where I always take a box home.

>> No.6406445

decent food big portions good candy

>> No.6406446

Overrated. I went once and was more impressed with the items in the gift shop.

>> No.6406452

okay food. i litterally only ever got tendies fries and dumplings

so their sweet tea is prolly only good in the soith, crom what i noticed

its really hit or miss but usually its okay

ive been to them mqny times on roadtrips to visit my southern family

>> No.6406486

>>6406429
I'm from california but I spent a semester in Tennessee once. Boy do I miss cracker barrel. I would go if I were you

>> No.6406495

>>6406429
I went there once with my ex fiance.
The food was alright, besides the fact there was one of those flat bread bag ties on the bottom of the bun, good thing I noticed it before I bit that part of the burger off...

>> No.6406500

>>6406429
Don't go to the one in Tewksbury, if that's the one that's closest to you, anon, it's a dump and the service is slow as fuck.

>> No.6408222

>>6406429
i love the little country store they have inside

>> No.6408245

it's old people food

>> No.6408247

>>6406429
Get country fried steak. Thank me later

>> No.6408254

Britbong here. Only went once on a skiing holiday in salt lake city. Best catfish i've ever eaten. Mac and cheese was pretty meh (sure its the kraft shit) but the steak fries reminded me of real chips.

>> No.6408270

>>6408245
>it's old people food
This.

If you get excited about ridiculous "country" breakfasts and dinners like meatloaf or chicken and dumplings you might like it. If you're nostalgic for "country" cooking from the last century and don't know how to make any of that stuff yourself you might love it. To me it's just foodservice versions of dishes my grandmother either cooked or would have cooked if she'd grown up just a little further south. Not something I'd go out of my way for.

>> No.6408300

>>6406429

Definitely go. Get Momma's Pancake Breakfast. Come back and thank me later.

>> No.6408365

Get the veggie plate. Macaroni and cheese, fried okra, hash brown casserole. The cornbread muffins are also great.

>> No.6408374

I think it's pretty pricey. But when I want some "home" cooking, I go there with friends.

Pretty good food. Love the biscuits and corn bread; one time we asked for a couple to take home, and since it was sort of late at night, we got a bag of like 20 each; it was nuts. The chicken fried steak is fucking great too.

Also, their chilled mug cider makes me pee myself just a little bit each time I have it.

I wouldn't call it a standard of cooking or anything like that though.

>> No.6408396

>>6408374
>at too.
>Also, their chilled mug cider makes me pee myself just a little bit each time I have it.
No Yankee gril would ever type that. You got some real red in ya, and I bet you can sing, too.

>> No.6408406

Yes I been u must live in. No were land

>> No.6408417
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Cracker Barrel is comfy as fuck, of course it's not gonna blow your mind, but it sure feels good

Love the one in Shrewsbury PA

>> No.6408420

>>6406429
I went there for breakfast on my 15th birthday, form what i remember it's not that bad, yet i only had their pancakes with bacon, ive been meaning to go back

>> No.6408458

>>6408396
what the fuck are you saying

>> No.6408466

Foods good and you get a bunch for a good price.
Gift shop is where its fucking at though.

>> No.6408558

I haven't eaten there in years since there are none in New York, but I remember the meatloaf being pretty good. And the side of potatoes in butter were amazing, but that's nearly impossible to fuck up.

>> No.6408573

Country fried steak
fried okra
double turnip greens

>> No.6408585

>not always eating at home
>eating fatty comfort food to begin with
What the fuck?

>> No.6408670

Haven't eaten there since my girlfriend decided to homophobic to deserve our patronage (personally, I don't give a shit). Regardless, It's alright home cooking. I had better when I was a boy and I my grandmother's cooking most nights. And now that I can cook most of it for myself, I don't even miss it.

>> No.6409505

>>6408670
>dating a SJW
>ever

>> No.6409513

it's pretty good, not fantastic, but never bad
also, a lot of people like the gift shop

>> No.6409572

>>6409513
good place to get cast iron pans but slightly higher prices. Also, candy from child hood!

>> No.6409622

>>6406429
Cracker Barrel is a shit.

>> No.6409624

>>6408670
>>6409505
>Not saying an sjw and being able to convert her through your sheer masculinity alone
Plebs, the both of you

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>>6406429
Maximum comfy.

>cold winter's morn
>snow flurries
>wake up with gf and decide we want some breakfast
>drive to cracker barrel
>warm fire crackling in the hearth
>wood interior
>servers with homey southern accents
>get a cup of cider and an order of french toast and bacon
>play the pin game they have at the tables


i love it
only good vibes are allowed

>> No.6409674

>>6409505
>>6409624

I really don't care enough. I eat Chick-fil-a behind her back, like a motherfucker.

>> No.6409691

Their breakfast is decent. Pancakes, French Toast, eggs, crappy bacon and sausage, decent ham are your main options. Their dinners are where it's at, though. Huge portions, and decent prices. The catfish is surprisingly good, as is just about everything else I've had from there.

Give it a try, but don't get the breakfast.

>> No.6409692

>>6409641

>Sitting in the rocking chairs by the fire, playing checkers.

So comfy

>> No.6409725

>>6406429
Dunno where all this "hating" on CB is from...it's a staple of roadtrips. They are always off an interstate, and feature a nice restroom and snack+gifts little country store option, where you can find some old timey stuff, old brands of candy and root beer, and stuff. They tend to have great service with a smile, and if something is not right, it's fixed at the register or your next visit, no questions asked plus a ton of apologies. That's rare most places.

Protip on food:
Breakfast: Smoked am and red eye gravy, grits, biscuits n sawmill gravy. Eggs sunny side up.
Pecan pancakes or sourdough french toast. That's all there.
Lunch or dinner
4 veggie sampler: Top faves are fried okra, fried apples, turnip greens, black eyed peas, mashed with cream gravy, baked sweet potato.
Fried chicken livers, chicken fried steak w/gravy or the sampler of 3 meat choices: chicken n dumplin', smoked ham and meatloaf.
For a light lunch, they have cranberry chicken salad served with a salad and blueberry muffin. Like the country sampler which is a great price for a platter of food (planned leftovers), there is a daily blue plate kind of diner food special which is nice such as turkey and dressing thanksgiving style or chicken pot pie...different special each night.
Dessert, whatever cobbler floats your boat. Their vanilla a la mode is decent flecked with vanilla bean type. I never have room but the sundaes are also old fashioned.

p.s. don't play the golf tee jumping game on the table...imagine dirty fingers on it :P

>> No.6412699

>>6406429

It's okay. If that's really the best diner you have though then I feel bad for you.

>> No.6412832

It's fine, it will make you fat, don't be black or gay or single female or dress in any way out of the ordinary and you can enjoy it.

otherwise, they'll treat you like dirt, fuck with your food and harass you

>FACT

>> No.6413906

>>6406429
used to work here, ama

>> No.6413928

>>6409674
You know the CEO or CFO or whatever completely 180ed on his views on gays

>> No.6413932

>>6406445
>big portions

Yea Nah man small portions meh really meh. I ate the chicken fried steak meal btw.

>> No.6413969

>>6406429

its really going to depend on the quality of the staff. there are horrible cracker barrels, and excellent cracker barrels. like most every chain.

>> No.6414084

You can get a lot of Cracker Barrel-type meals at a local diner, and they'll actually be homemade. It's also less likely to smell like the wistful nostalgia of overweight old people.

>> No.6414134

Cracker Barrel is mostly ok. Def better than Denny's or ihop or Perkins. However their pancakes are god tier unquestionably and the serve real maple syrup. I get it everytime I go.

>> No.6414168

Very bland and boring food. Food only white people could love. That's why it's cracker barrel.

I love the smell of the fireplace though.

>> No.6415180

>I live in Lebanon TN birthplace of cracker barrel
They're okay. Cheaper than some other resteraunts, but the food varies form store to store. God tier pancakes though

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I have find memories of the beef stew, been a while though so I don't know if it's still vaguely enjoyable.

>> No.6415204

>>6415200
*fond
On a related note, I remember finding the biscuits kinda dry, though it was probably because I'm really fucking stupid

>> No.6415209

I go for the candy.

>> No.6415213

>>6406429
I went to one when I was like ten in 2002

I remember being really fucking disappointed because I thought they only sold cheese

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>>6415204
don't be so hard on yourself, anon
>their biscuits and cornbread are hit or miss every time I'm forced to go with my wife's backwoods hillbilly family. it's the only restaurant they will go to for birthdays and shit.
i fucking hate cracker barrel. thank god she was raised by her father, otherwise she would have wound up a 400 pound ignorant fool like her kin

>> No.6415230

>>6406429

I've only been a few times and the insta-grits are always soup-like, grits should be thick. The food is really buttery, like everything. I do like their country fried steak is pretty great.

>> No.6415241

>>6415215
test

>> No.6416215

>>6406429
I like them. It's not somewhere i'd consider "special", but i'm Appalachian and if i'm traveling sometimes I just want soup beans, greens, and cornbread. Seems like anyone can find something they'll enjoy, so it's good as a "family" place when you've got old folks along. Prices aren't bad either.