re: Anybody Here Still Eat at Cracker Barrel?

I think you can say, more than any other restaurant, COVID and Bucees have really hurt Cracker Barrel.

Never really went to Cracker Barrel that much but like others it was usually a road trip stop. Bucees has truly taken their place as the road trip stop for people traveling in the south.

Besides that, since COVID, for the ones I've been to, both the quality of the food has gone down and the service has gone down. Last few times it's taken forever to get food. The food also just isn't what it was. I used to absolutely love their Mac n Cheese and Dumplings, not it's 50/50 if the Dumplings are even warm.

With their costs now I'd rather go to Bucees to use the restroom or get a quick brisket sandwich or snacks. If I want good breakfast food, I'll go to Waffle House.

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t’s usually if I’m meeting someone born in the ‘30s or ‘40s and they suggest it.

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My 95 year old dad wanted to eat there the day we went.

He had to see his cardiologist at 7:30 yesterday morning, so we didn't eat breakfast until afterwards. I live in Ruston. We don't have an IHOP. That's where my dad wanted to go. I'm 65. At 9:30 yesterday morning, I was 10 years younger than anyone else eating there.

They can vary from location to location.

Ate at one a year ago on a road trip. I could barely get it down and I'm not that picky. Food was horrible. My friend ordered a hamburger and didn't eat it. Tasted weird. Won't go back. I miss the chicken fried steak

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Why would anyone from La eat at that shite Hole

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This. Especially if you are in the BR area. Franks for the win. Waffle House is a better option if travelling the south. Plus you might get to see a ghetto fight.

It has fallen off at a pace I’ve never before seen a restaurant do. Everything is awful now. Biscuits, chicken, breakfast, etc… the employees are shite, food is shite, it’s usually dirty, the parking lots have trash blowing around. It’s just not what it used to be at all.

Out of all the places to eat, I don’t think I’ve ever craved to go and ear at a Cracker Barrel

Utterly dependent on location; I live less than 10 miles from 2 of them, one of them is absolute dogwater now, after being a solid spot for a decade.

The other is completely unchanged, and is still a pretty good breakfast experience.

The same is also true of Waffle Houses. Breakfast food is hard to get completely wrong, though.

Few times a year because the kids can all be happy there, some with breakfast and others with fried chicken. I just get the fried chicken, it's usually pretty good.