I love their turnip greens & ham, especially with the vinegar on the side. I also love their breakfast sausage and the cheese & potato casserole. It may not be healthy food but it's good-tasting food and a wonderful place. My place of work treated their employees to catered food from the local Cracker barrel for Thanksgiving. It's also the only place to find old school sodas and candies. Unless the company does something crazy, I will remain a loyal patron.
@@patrickdurham8393 Or those who've had internet and Facebook since 2017, which is practically the entire country. You don't have to be from Lebanon; that's ridiculous.
My parents love Cracker Barrel. They used to take my sister and I there every Sunday after church. They would let us get candy every time we went. To this day it’s still their Sunday tradition
I worked for cracker barrel 33.5 years . We were treated good . I retired 12 years ago . And i would do it again in a new york minute . . God bless mr evins. T.d. t
It's kinda strange. I look for Cracker Barrel when I'm on a road trip, but there's one not too far from my house, and we never even think about it when we're going out to eat.
Same, for some reason they are never a choice, we have nothing against it, it's just that there is nothing appealing about it, maybe they need an image change or a better publicist.
This is how good this channel is.... This video was so captivating I watched it from start to finish despite the nearest Cracker Barrel being five hours away and I've never been there.
it would be interesting to see the history of a southeastern fast food chain called Bojangles. It is based out of NC and is a tremendous competitor with Popeyes.
I'm from Canada. When my parents visited the US and went told me they went to Cracker Barrel restaurant for the first time, I was like "woow an entire restaurant dedicated to cheese??" 😂 Now I know I gotta check this place out
Same here, Canadian. I heard about the Cracker Barrel Restaurant when I was a teen and I was hoping one day, our family travels would bring me there. But it never happened 😢 But hey, I’m not dead yet!😂
Gotta warn y'all Canadians, don't get too excited. It's not worth going out of your way for. If you're hungry and happen to pass one by, or it's around the area you're staying, sure give it a try. The food is pretty bland, and unseasoned, nothing special. The Decor/Asthetics and the fact it's reasonably cheap is the appeal.
My late step-grandpa loved Cracker Barrel. This was one of the restaurants he would stop by during their annual migration between Georgia and Newfoundland, where Grandma was from. Seeing this video is making me missing him again.
@@zombiasnow15 He definitely is. Grandma passed away right before the Pandemic, and he had been telling me every time how much he had missed Grandma and cannot wait to join her. They had been married for over 65 years before Grandma’s passing. And although I’m still missing them terribly much, knowing that they are now together is definitely making me feel better.
The amount of times someone asked me to buy that damn stove lmao, was told I didn't know what I was talking about and to go get the manager a couple times... the good ol' days.
They had (and may still have) the best-tasting breakfast sausage I've ever had. Whether you go there to shop or eat, it's a wonderful business. Thankfully, the town I moved to has one.
This is just this feel-good story about a guy from a rich family making a restaurant to play on people's nostalgia until 9:10 when it's like, oh. Oh this is the worst company. Wow. What a tone change.
I know right? Using Weird History Food's Yankee logic, Chic Fil A should have suffered massive backlash because of their non-Rainbow mafia friendly executive from a populist ground swell of angry LGBLT customers, yet the upswell came from people who supported Chic Fil A, which undermines his point about Cracked Barrel and only goes to show that the uproar there wasn't natural or from people who form its regular customer base but was entirely a concerted media effort from the top down to dogpile on Cracker Barrel just like the outrage was for Chic Fil A. Seriously, he's the kind of dumb, out of touch New Yorker who thought you could bully a country with as much of a market and customer base as Russia like it was one of the many smaller and less powerful countries that's worked on to any kind of effect.
My boss's boomer brother was going on and on about the impossible sausage and how he's not going to the cracker barrel ever again because they are falling for the "woke" culture and how horrible it is. Imagine having such a good life that the thing that gets you fired up is a vegan sausage patty. But he's a special one, even been kicked out of the old folks breakfast group at McDonald's.😂
Oh look, it's someone here to spread divisivness and hatred among the American people. We're not supposed to be fighting with one another, we're supposed to be united against the real villains: our ruling class. But no, keep the culture war strong! You seem very caring, educated, selfless, and full of common sense. You are dripping with tolerance and understanding for those different from yourself. How did you get duped into thinking you're a compassionate person?
So dumb, no offense. I don't understand why people get so up in arms about things, just don't order it or do it yourself, whatever it is. Who is anyone to tell anyone else they can't have or do what they want just because you don't like it? Sorry, obviously not you personally, just a huge pet peeve of mine 😆
Before podcasts and Audible, I used to like going there to get books on CD. You could rent from one and return to another. Some of those John Grisham books were like 6 CDs long. It was great😁
I am neither a vegetarian nor a vegan, but if they can order something from the same menu as me I do not see that as a problem. Whatever the reason for not eating something it is worse to force someone to consume it than someone else who has to abstain from it for one damn meal. It ain't all future meals.
yeah but then they eat in the same room with me. i can stand rats, cute. cockroaches, not so much but on travel. but a vegetarian in the same room as where i eat, i vomit straight trough your shop
I first visited a Cracker Barrel near Richmond (Mechanicsville, yes that’s the name) on the way to Virginia Beach. My mom is half white and my dad is Korean. The white families sitting behind us kept staring at us in confusion. Whether it’s because we were Asian or because my mom looked white and all her kids looked nothing like her, we would never know. But our biscuits were over salted that day and I’ll never forget that.
Sorry you had that experience. I’m in Virginia Beach and luckily we’re more diverse here than around Richmond. If you take the road trip again, Aunt Sarah’s Pancake House was a favorite of mine while passing through Richmond. Or if you eat in Virginia Beach, try The Beach Pub.
@@mersea.714 Virginia Beach itself was lovely. We avoided the expensive hotel restaurants and went for local food and it was so much cheaper with bigger portions. I just think the ocean has a vendetta with me 😅 once it stole my glasses and the next time I cut my foot on something sharp in the water. I frankly enjoyed the non-beach activities more.
@@toddjenkins2561 actually, I got told that I look very pretty, but specifically because I have white @ss skin. Weirdly, people will either comment that I look Japanese or ask me if I got a nose job done (I have not). My mom often gets mistaken for a Russian and people get shocked when she speaks Korean fluently. However, I don’t think we got too many stares. We were always with groups of Korean relatives, so if anything, they warded off the potential stares.
My 17 year old daughter is a Cracker Barrel waitress. We eat there about once a month I’d say. She likes working there but the tips are all over the place. I think she’s learning a lot about the real world from the job! Their chicken fingers are divine 😋
Every time I see a Cracker Barrel even on a long road trip it makes me feel this emptiness that corporate America has destroyed every intentional nuance even on the road that there is nothing truly special any longer.
Cracker Barrel, if you are reading this PLEASE bring back the fried chicken livers. I miss them so much. I know many people don't like livers. But for people like me who love them you should bring them back to the menu.
I haven't eaten in one in years, despite there being one only a few miles from my house. To me, there was nothing that great or that bad about it. Just nothing in particular that had me or my wife wanting to go back -- especially with so many other better restaurant options out there. The store part is fine for a lot of things that you might buy on a whim and then store in your attic a few months later when you wonder why you bought it.
Yep, the only time I'm at a Cracker Barrel is when I'm on the road. The store doesn't get much of my business, except for candy I can't find anywhere else, lol.
I have never been to a Cracker Barrel. We had one open up here in my city last summer, but the place has been consistently packed every time I pass by.
you should go on Thanksgiving day, generally a 5 hour wait if youre not there when they open. People would be rude af about the wait as if it was personal.
This video must be a little old, or maybe the recent issue with black patrons, was missed. The staff had decided to use the word “Monday” to inform the kitchen the the order was for a black guest. In turn, blacks received smaller portions, and who knows, what else! Seeing this video, this must have been, due to the lawsuit. Now, most recently, some locations, are closing, and the staff was told they were being laid off, on, of all days, a MONDAY. How appropriate.
i had heard about the "Monday" thing, and wasn't sure it was true because i'd never been to a CB. my Middle Eastern bf and i (mostly black) stopped at one on a long road trip just because nothing else was around for many miles except fast food. we stood at the host station and were ignored for a solid 20 mins, until my bf spoke up about it. the waitress said "come on then" andseated us far away from the few other people in the restaurant, and threw the menus down on the table. we were so shocked that we sat in silence for a minute before getting up and leaving...obviously it would not have been wise for us to eat there.
I grew up in Virginia. Calling someone a Cracker means something much different than a home spun country type individual. I have never hear anyone called or described as a Cracker Barrel in a positive way.
I live in Middle Tennessee, about 20 minutes from the flagship store and headquarters. You guys missed the biggest controversy Cracker Barrel ever got involved with. That came when they decided to sell alcoholic beverages at the store. You see, in the south, most conservative Christian Protestant denominations officially are still dry, or, in other words, advocate against the drinking of alcohol. Cracker Barrel is habitually the place where families gather after church, especially those of conservative Protestant Christian denominations. So you can imagine the absolute horror when Sister Bertha and her family arrived for their weekly after church meal and found that beer and wine were on the damn menu. There were actually protesters outside the main Cracker Barrel behind it. And every time you went in passed them, they gave you the evil eye. My husband is from South Africa. When they tried to make a fuss about us going in, he just put on his deepest South African accent and said "but in my country, Christian's drink, rather than judge each other." They all shut up and let us go in.
I'm not a fan of overloaded carbs but I love their gift shops. I once picked up a glass "statue" of a golfer in mid-swing and gave to my late husband. We both used to golf. Now I use it as a doorstop.
Isn't Cracker Barrel known for being racist? Yeah we do need to check them out again. Haven't been there in years because they're so expensive. I want to check out their old fashioned candy and I love antiques!!
I have loved Craker Barrel since they came to Texas so long ago. However, when you choose to make your business reflect controversial religious or political views you become something I tend to avoid. I refuse to give my hard-earned money to these scumbags or to the scumbags who own Chick-fil-a. Sell your goods; keep your mouth shut. No one cares what you think. I do not want to be lectured to while I eat lunch.
I live in Lebanon TN and the original restaurant site still exists as a Mexican restaurant. The new store in downtown Lebanon is designated #2. One of my neighbors worked acquiring the antiques for store decor and flew around the country searching for them. I still love the food but feel adding alcohol lessened the down home family vibe. I also enjoy the vintage candies in the store part.
My sister and her family live in Mt. Juliet and I never knew the first one started there. I also love the vintage candies that are so hard to find (in person cause you can find anything online). I love the candy sticks, bubble gum is my favorite ❤
😅😂😅 The first and only time I went there, I walked into Pedro's grub hut and the smell was absolutely putrid 🤢 To Pedro's credit, South of the Border has been open a LONG time; probably kept in business by millions of first time customers traveling I-95 🌮🫔
Boy I sure love cracker barrel. Over the years this was by far my favorite place to dine and dash. After every crack binge I would be sure to make time for cracker barrel. Even stole one of the rockers right off the porch to give my mom for Mother's Day one year. Wow this sure brings back memories.
@@Padachugi wish I was joking. I've done over 50 eat and go's at cracker barrel alone. That's a conservative estimate. Paying in the country store was a very flawed system so I exploited it. Sure that's how to get people to buy their tchotchkes. The idea was people would shop in the store on the way out while paying their food bill. Yes, I was a real POS growing up.
@@Padachugi It's been in the news lately that Cracker Barrel closed all their stores and pulled out of Portland, Oregon due to massive losses from local residents shoplifting and leaving without paying for their food. It's called "reparations".
I use to work at the CB as a line cook, that is one of the most demanding restaurants to work for as a staff member. I have traveled a lot and worked in over 20 different restaurant. In the state I worked in, you are suppose to get a 30 minute lunch break with two ten minutes break a day for a eight hour shift. Ha! Good luck with that, especially on Sunday and fried chicken days. I'm talking tickets hanging down to the floor from the printers and both lines fully staffed. Yeah, there's two grill lines in every CB. You're scheduled a eight hour shift and 3 hours after your shift you're lucky if you're not still working.. I witnessed so many people breaking down, crying and quitting the CB for this reasons. And it's not just the cook staff, servers and other staff members outside of maybe retail get this same treatment. If you're not a seasoned and harden food staff member, then the CB isn't for you. This fact alone I believe caused a lot of chaos and work place violence...
as some one who worked in a similar situation. I thank you for your comment. Customer service jobs are hard but some are for only the best of the best. Not everyone can do it.
Back in the day, Cracker Barrel had a very bad reputation for being openly racist and homophobic. Recently, they've done a complete 180 and are so gay-friendly that they're angering the right-wing conservatives. Kudos to Cracker Barrel!
Cracker Barrel is as down home as is an Olive Garden is an true Italian cuisine that most people wouldn’t have a clue about. Both probably have fresh food right of the freezer , that came out of a box , that have the same standard ingredients that came out of a factory.
