Cracker Barrel Old Country Store - Life in America

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[@orangehoof]

It's nice to see one of these stories where the chain continues to succeed instead of getting bought out or fading away. Congrats to the Cracker Barrel family. They've done good and I hope they continue to do well.

[@amytaylor2138]

Hey there Bob that’s true and I agree with that , there sure have done a great job 🤗, Good afternoon to you

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Restaurant bk

[@BeelySalasBlair-uy5wn]

It's sad not seeing them around in some states, honestly

[@mikemasiello9625]

My wife while we dating suggested we stop at Cracker Barrel for breakfast back in the early ninties. The breakfast was delicious and the service was great. However the waitress kept on filling up my coffee cup so I kept drinking it. Not being a big coffee drinker the caffeine hit me like a ton of bricks. My future wife just thought it was the funniest thing that I was so wired. I asked her to drive....

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

🤣❤️🥂nice story

[@susanbrogan3267]

Cute

[@kaifreeman294]

That's funny but that's what I love about that place "unlimited coffee". Unlike I-HOP :-(

[@gregtheredneck1715]

Chicken fried steak with hashbrown casserole green beans and biscuits followed by an apple dumpling. That's my go to lunch after Sunday morning church service.

[@gregggoss2210]

Well gee wiz, thanks a lot! Now I'm hungry. I could go for some fried catfish, hash brown casserole, fried apples, and buttermilk biscuits. Ahhh! Now I'm really hungry!

[@Melinda8162]

@@gregggoss2210 ME too. But they close about 8 here, I think.

[@robertzacharias6815]

I get the Hamburger Steak with extra gravy & that amazing hashbrown casserole also

[@michaelmerck7576]

Mine is the meatloaf with mashed potatoes and brown gravy with the fried okra and mac@cheese and sweet tea

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

If I knew that was waiting, I might actually go to church

[@mikefannon6994]

Cracker Barrel fed me for more than 20 years on the road as a salesman in VA, TN, KY, WV, and NC. Never a bad meal ! Thanks to all the CB cooks and friendly waitresses!

[@Melinda8162]

I'd never been to one until I moved to AZ, but no gas ⛽ there. Don't live in AZ anymore. Pretty good food.

[@1982MCI]

Your lucky then cause I’m in NC and I haven’t had a good meal in a good number of years now. I used to go weekly but the food and service started dropping off so I started going monthly and it never got any better so I gave up and figured I’d give someone who cared my money so I hadn’t been in over a year until this February and only reason I went then is because a buddy of mine gave me a Cracker Barrel gift card and like a fool, I used part of it for a dinner and it reminded me real quick as to why I don’t go anymore!! There’s still some money left on that card but it will never be enough to get me to go back! They’ve burnt their bridge and between the restaurant and the gift shop, I bet I used to spend $6-$8k a year there but evidently that’s not enough to get decent food, and I’m not picky at all!! This chain has fallen off the cliff!!

[@jerrysullivan8424]

@@1982MCI Do you work for a competitor LOL! :) Like IHOP

[@amytaylor2138]

Good afternoon Mike , That’s nice to hear Mike 🤗

[@amytaylor2138]

@@jerrysullivan8424 hahahah that’s hilarious Jerry and Good afternoon to you

[@Gunrunner4532]

Great video! I’m happy to see a story that doesn’t end with a flameout, like Sears, Radio Shack, etc. Thank you!

[@susanst.82]

Well, Cracker Barrel isn’t as old as Sears or Radio Shack was when they flamed out. Give it another twenty years to see if they survive near the seventy-five year mark.

[@vladandlaika]

Thank you for this accurate and timely video! I just retired from Cracker Barrel this past Friday after 19 years and I can tell you that it is a great company with tremendous employees and wonderful guests. I'm going to miss it but will still stop by for the delicious food and fun gift shopping, now as a guest!

[@heatherwhittaker6169]

I love Cracker Barrels. They are good whichever state..Great food, friendly,clean, cozy decor 😍

[@ianmackenzie686]

Sometimes consistency is best.

[@kaifreeman294]

I agree but as far as taste goes Fishkill's, NY. may be the best out of all of them, so far. They do something to there ham that makes it taste so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@phillipburr2627]

I worked at a BBQ restaurant in Lebanon, TN many years ago. Dan Evans' sister came through almost every day. She told me that the "old man" on the sign is their real-life Uncle Herschel. You can find "Uncle Herschel's Favorite" on the breakfast menu. I met Dan Evans a couple times as well and he was very kind and friendly.

[@kaifreeman294]

Oh okay then that explains the Ol' Timer's breakfast probably.

[@catfish24]

I have never had a bad meal at a cracker barrel. Please never change. I can always count on cracker barrel for a good meal.

[@BeingMe23]

Well its turned cheap. Mostly commercial grade food. But a Cool gift shop.

[@robertzacharias6815]

I enjoy a great meal at CB as well!

[@vangogo6819]

My husband and I like their food, never had a bad meal.

[@jkt0924]

Never had a bad meal yet! I feel the same way, hope they never change!

[@vangogo6819]

@@jkt0924 Us too, we have to drive quite a ways to get to one but it's worth it.

[@johnwood551]

As a 70 yr old Tennessean who has loved these from the start ,I was so happy when they started spreading across the country so I could eat good down home food as I traveled all over the country. Good wholesome Southern food makes everyone feel good. Even up north. I hope his family keeps running it and wish them well. Thank you Cracker Barrel for all the good memories.

[@steverodgers8425]

I accompanied my Dad on a business trip to Tennessee one summer in the late seventies. We ate at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, lunch and dinner almost everyday for two weeks. When we got back home we told everybody how great they where. A few years later they came to Texas and Cracker Barrel was our families destination for Sunday dinner for years.

[@GySgt_USMC_Ret.]

One biscuits & gravy, one coffee, thanks! Fair winds and following seas to all.

[@jamesbartoschsr.9474]

It's nice to go sit waiting for your meal looking back and remembering your past.

[@nickhill8612]

Thank you, now I know the history. The portions are never slack, no matter what you order and the staff are always polite.

[@hearttoheart4me]

Even though I live a fair distance from a Cracker Barrel I will go again soon. The last time I went to one was back when a friend and I went many years ago. She has long since passed and I miss her. Going to a CB will bring back sweet memories of her and the good times we had.

[@scottmoore1614]

Just ate there last week. Mom wanted to go there for Mother’s Day. No arguments from me. LOVE those chicken and dumplings!

[@amytaylor2138]

There are quite good for sure🤗

[@MultiRabe]

Cracker Barrel’s are so cool...they let Rvers park for the night as a rest stop, and their food is really delicious

[@Hellyeah88833]

I am a cook at Pensacola's Cracker Barrel and I love it.

[@johnkeim3836]

Chicken and Dumplings, Corn Bread, and Corn, great dinner dessert fried apples. I traveled on the road and in the air for nearly 32 years and never had a bad meal. Always looked forward to my day ending meal.

[@stevemajors7704]

THANK YOU FOR RECOLLECTION ROAD. BRINGS BACK WONDERFUL MEMORIES. I GO BACK IN TIME. CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH

[@raynagel7462]

My all time favorite restaurant

[@annarodriguez9868]

For our 25th anniversary my husband and made a cross country trip from Los Angeles to Washington DC. We discovered Cracker Barrel in Lebanon, Missouri. We had breakfast there and later we had lunch at the next Cracker Barrel we found. My husband noticed the things that were similar and I noticed the different locally handmade crafts. Lol! Beautiful souvenirs! My husband ordered a rocking chair for me to rock our grandbabies. Now I rock the great grandbabies. Beautiful memories!

[@Tiffany-vj1tv]

They have an excellent Ruben !!!! And salad 😋😋 love the gift shop ❤️ love that they have old candies as well! They used to put hand cream in the ladies bathroom way back when. The place is always clean and very friendly.

[@gerardkowalski7683]

The one in Erie pa is always busy. Always wondered where they got their decor from . They have a great fried chicken dinner .

[@StukInBuf]

@Gerard Kowalski(open): My wife and her family hail from Erie, and we can attest to that; every time we make a trip to that location, it's a-hummin'!

[@philiprichards2010]

I went to a Cracker Barrel store and restaurant of upper Peach St near I 90 here in Erie PA. That was several years ago too.

[@roseflowers7641]

After all these years, Cracker Barrel is still my favorite restaurant.

[@christopherjones8517]

Losing its southern charm every day!

[@westonmeyer3110]

Everything is. It comes with the absolute destruction of American traditions as a whole.

[@daniel.d.roberts6850]

I've been there before, such good memories.

[@ettaplace6716]

After a tasty meal ... love those rocking chairs out front 😬🤣

[@c.ranger4748]

I just found your channel a few days ago. Thank you so much for doing these wonderful videos of yesteryear. Like so many folks have commented, I wish that way-of-life had never changed. I really feel sad that everyone cannot experience the kind of childhood we had in the 1950s and am thankful I did. Your videos are the best on KZbin and very much appreciated. Yes, I love reading the comments and am glad to know that I'm not the only one that misses yesteryear.

[@naughtydorf18]

Cracker Barrel is the only chain restaurant that never failed me. Also CB has free entertainment such as tourist meltdowns, family feuds, and hooker fights.

[@Lisa-bl2kg]

😂

[@essaboselin5252]

I stopped in the Lancaster Cracker Barrel today for lunch. Since the line was so long, I asked for an iced tea to go instead. They gave it to me for free. Random tidbit, that location is one of two in Pennsylvania not located on an Interstate; both are on Rt. 30. I don't recall any others that aren't on an Interstate.

[@StukInBuf]

Interesting about those non-interstate locations...

[@paisleyskunk]

There is one in Lynchburg, VA not on an interstate. It's just off U.S. 29, which may be upgraded to one in the future.

[@fs357mag]

Absolutely love your videos. Video suggestion: Charles Chips. As a kid, I remember my neighbor getting home deliveries of big ol’ Charles Chips cans and I was so jealous. Keep up the excellent work!

[@mikemasiello9625]

Great idea! We used to have Charles Chips delivered to our house in Queens NY. We got both chips and pretzels. So fresh and so good....

[@joshuaguenin9507]

you can sometimes get them at cracker barrel

[@redwhiteblue9866]

Good suggestion, my best friend's family growing up had Charles Chips delivered to the house.

[@beegee22]

Love our local Cracker Barrel. Breakfast any time and the candy rack has some old classics that one doesn't see anywhere else. It's a great place to step away from the grind.

[@robertabrams8562]

Cracker Barrel is a great place for RVers to park over-night, and rest up for the next days long drive…much better than a Walmart’s parking lot 👌🏼

[@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503]

The one near my house (South Florida) is always packed.

[@noreenfreeman1658]

Is that the Naples one or LaBelle ? Know them both also Brunswick, Ga.!

[@thetrumpnewsnetwork7503]

@@noreenfreeman1658 I ended up moving near one in Mineral Springs WV

[@davidanger321]

Thank you for all the great memories of a time when days were simpler and we appreciated the simple things in life.

[@michaelinhouston9086]

There is a CB store on the north side of Houston - only place in Houston that I can find maple sugar candy.

[@allen_p]

I go to the CB in Conroe and get the root beer hard candy.

[@Dave-hc6pp]

I’m a CB regular. The trout is my favorite.

[@iusedtoliveinmymothergary9827]

Their chicken and dumplings is very close to my mamaw's.

[@naughtydorf18]

Catfish with grits and fried eggs.

[@sped6954]

I've only been to Cracker Barrel a handful of times, but each time was a great meal and a great time. Half the fun of Cracker Barrel is the atmosphere, and if you aren't taking it in, you're really missing out.

[@luisreyes1963]

Wonderful story about Cracker Barrel & it lasting throughout the years. Hope to see a story about Perkins restaurants. 🥞

[@richkurtz6053]

We had dinner at Cracker Barrel (Naperville IL) last weekend. The stores are open with limited seating. The oil lamps and peg games are missing from the tables for Covid, but the food and service was just as good. The lead time was 50 minutes for a table, but worth the wait. When we travel my wife and I like to count the Cracker Barrel signs as we drive down the highway. Thank you CB.

[@shibolinemress8913]

Cracker Barrel was a standard stop for us on the long drive to and from my grandparents' house. So glad to see that they're still going strong!

[@martinpennock9430]

We have one just down the road from us. It's always been a good place to meet and eat. Lots of history I never knew. Thanks for the video!

[@ds2271]

Great video love your channel. Love the coffee and pancakes

[@BrokebackBob]

You hit another one out of the park! An excellent retrospective on an American institution in the food service industry. How about doing one for my favorite restaurant Bob Evans!

[@joshuaguenin9507]

Bob Evans used to be the place for breakfast, not so much anymore

[@everybodysbud18]

I still have an oversized cloth checkerboard somewhere back home. Still the best souvenir to get on a road trip.

[@olehippy13]

I like our Cracker Barrel in Gadsden, Alabama... and in Trussville, Alabama.. always good food and plenty of good biscuits. coffee is great too.

[@crackerlackingproductions6746]

After dinner like a little kid I have to ask my wife if I can get a couple rootbeer or cinnamon sticks and a bag of those raspberry gummy candies. She usually says yes

[@kenmore01]

What a nice wife! 😊

[@genoclark2041]

Great place to eat and just look at all the items inside each cracker barrel😀👍

[@dieselbronco9247]

Watching this video while waiting on my lemon pepper trout at the lithia springs ga cracker barrel! Always has great food and great service, you just can't beat the old cracker barrel.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

When our kids were growing up, our favorite Saturday morning activity was to fill up the minivan, and have breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Now they’re all gone, and after eight years of cancer, I have diabetes caused by the treatments and can’t eat the food there that I loved. I miss it every time I get driven by the same place we loved so much. Thanks for making these videos which bring back better days.

[@limgreen9766]

This sound like the most wholesome business ever.

[@JohnDoeXYZ]

Do Po' Folks. When I was a kid, my sister went to work there and they asked her to donate some of her family's rustic wares. Every time we ate there, I could look up and see some of our old dishes on the shelves that were placed along the walls.

[@TheJeffyBob]

I love Cracker Barrel....home-style cooking and a "down home" environment. It's like having a home away from home when we are on the road.

[@0blivioniox864]

Been there a few times. Good food, friendly service. Interesting atmosphere.

[@pamelamays4186]

Cracker Barrel was one of my Mom's favorite places to eat. Interestingly, Cracker Barrel stores and Cracker Barrel brand cheese are totally unrelated.🤔

[@jamesdean258]

I have shocking information too. Mars bars are made right here on earth.

[@LindaMz24]

@@jamesdean258 What a smart aleck. 😂

[@rickstalentedtongue910]

@@jamesdean258 Not the same. If we were on mars and eating mars bars you never would expect they were not produced on mars.

[@StukInBuf]

Here in Buffalo, we had two(2) locations, both by the I-90 Thruway... Blasdell/Hamburg near McKinley Mall, and Lancaster/Williamsville near the Airport. The Lancaster location still operates today, and it's pretty much packed all the time. The other location became a sports bar; my wife and I went there after the Eagles(#FlyEaglesFly) whupped the Bills a year and a half ago.

[@vinceruland9236]

My wife worked at the original location in Lebanon TN when we were younger.

[@debbiemclaughlin3460]

I love this place. Our favorite for a good down home breakfast. And the store is so much fun.

[@nancydemoss608]

Uncle Hershel. I loved to have Chicken and Dumplings, Fried Okra and Baked Apples. Yum! Nothing better than to sit near the big fireplace on a cold Winter day.

[@johnericejr.9066]

I used to worked there for 20 years from 1983 to 2003

[@johnericejr.9066]

@@captainamericaamerica8090 what do you want to know?

[@Melinda8162]

@@johnericejr.9066 Is the pay good? I've heard good and bad.... about working there, but, I really like going there, no problem! Just wondering, some people have not liked working there. But, obviously you did! 😁.

[@johnericejr.9066]

Ruby if you like working hard under appreciate it. After 20 I left there at 9.32 not good.

[@Melinda8162]

@@johnericejr.9066 Ahhhh, well. I kind of wondered. We go there a lot, and the servers are great! But, I have heard ‘things’ and then some have been there quite awhile and then gone! That’s really too bad, because they have so many stores all over the country and you would think they would want to keep good help and reputation! Surprised you stayed so long!

[@johnericejr.9066]

Yeah they may do a good job in what they do but they are also mislead in their roll cause they don't understand the management of the operation how under value they are

[@GSONCBEARDAVID]

All you can eat biscuits? I've been going to CB for years and years and years. NEVER. Not once. Have I heard that phrase uttered.

[@stillaboveground2470]

Love Cracker Barrel... So many choices, it'd take a long time to grow tired of it.

[@vanderlustforever7134]

Love Cracker Barrel for many reasons: As an RVer they let you stay overnight and almost any of their stores. They even have designated spaces as long as rude customers don’t park their cars there. Also, we love the food and collecting the exclusively made wooden magnets. It’s just a fun place with good food at a good price.

[@VonFisch1]

We used to meet my now deceased parents halfway between our homes in the Mansfield, OH Cracker Barrel. My kids used to love looking at the neat vintage style toys, sometimes would get something that Grandma and Grandpa purchased for them. I think their Christmas decorations are pretty nice. Still love the spicy grilled catfish sandwich on grilled sour dough, but now they have to make it up for me because they took it off the menu. Their croutons also make the House Salad, although the salad has kind of changed from what it was originally. Another thing they stopped serving many years ago was the cheesy tomato soup.

[@j.landismartin5397]

LOVE Cracker Barrel! One of the few places where we've yet to find something on the menu we didn't like. There are 2 in our county and we stop by one of them at least once a month, even though we pass a bunch of other good restaurants on the way. It's that darn good! And when we are on a road trip it's our first go-to.

[@markushall5855]

MAY GOD BLESS THE FRANCHISE FAMILY!!! Never a Boring meal!!!

[@scratchdog2216]

Pleasant enough place. Predictable food. No complaints. I eat at Sturbridge, MA once in a while.

[@vangogo6819]

We eat at the one in Springfiedl, MA once in a while.

[@jimdowning2094]

CB is by far my favorite place to eat! I LOVE just about everything they serve. My all-time favorite is the Chicken and Dumplins. I like the atmosphere as well. And I appreciate the Company's values - they align with mine.

[@byrons8956]

I love Cracker Barrel, and a always go to place when traveling.

[@markmcmillan443]

Great video !!! Brings back memories of going with my grandparents to the first location in Lebanon Tennessee and regularly to the one in Manchester Tennessee. Great food and great atmosphere. We have had one in West Monroe Louisiana that would not be here if it was not for my dad. We still eat regular on Sunday mornings something i will cherish for the rest of my life. Thanks for the memories you bought back of going as a child.

[@elgnganal3492]

Luv♥️that flava from the c.b. standing the test of time.

[@stevenallmon1112]

A must do when traveling . Thanks for posting.

[@miltoncallan1471]

My favorite place to stop on cross country trips. I have stopped for breakfast in Flagstaff and dinner in Amarillo on the same day. I wish there were more of them in California.

[@rickcalderan6476]

Love their country stores. Stop at many along the I -75 when travelling. Some items on the menu can be hit or miss but generally I stick to their breakfast .

[@gregggoss2210]

There are at least 3 in southern New Jersey. Pennsville , Mt. Laurel, and Burlington City. All are very busy.

[@leedaniels7196]

You are correct!.💯

[@charliekeeling6073]

Very accommodating to RVers, we appreciate the great food & service

[@Doug_M]

This and Po' Folks were favorites of mine. Unfortunately our Po Folks closed years ago.

[@nickhill8612]

I never ate at Po' Folks.

[@Hevynly1]

Po' Folks was great! I think they still exist in Florida.

[@hazcat640]

@@Hevynly1 They do. One down the street from me in St Petersburg.

[@tichdaddy1]

Aw yeah, LOVED Cracker Barrel since I was a kid! Everything about it is amazing. I could eat there 3 X daily and always be satisfied. The fried shrimp dinner is out of this world! Thanks for sharing this gem!

[@FrankG5874]

Went to my first CRACKER BARREL in Williamsburg Virginia in 1991, and the food was great there. In 2003 a CRACKER BARREL opened up in my hometown of Trenton New Jersey in Hamilton Township and eat there frequently.

[@foreverbombshell1]

I am from Canada. iI LOVE CRACKER BARREL RESTAURANTS...My friend had to drive from Toronto to Georgia alone. She begged me to keep her company on the drive. I finally said yes with the stipulation that we would only stop to eat at Cracker Barrels. She got the company and I got a lot of good eating.

[@jefff6167]

I believe you’ll get to 1 million subscribers. Your content is a comfort in these divisive times. 👍🇺🇸

[@JP-yw4wx]

We still have a Cracker Barrel near us one town over. I ate there once a few years back and will never again. Portions are small made mainly for a growing kid. Sorry but true.

[@ettaplace6716]

Such a great concept!! My kids loved them ( esp when we traveled) and now my grandkids 😁

[@Fultonfalcons86]

I'm going by the original Cracker Barrel today for some delicious southern food and yes the employees are always friendly with great service .

[@kittypoppy1773]

There all over here in south Georgia, always good food and great service.

[@CiscoDuck]

Their Southern Fried Chicken is the REAL DEAL! I know - my grandma made it when I was a kid and her recipe dated back to pre-Civil war and her family who migrated from Kentucky and Arkansas via Illinois, down into Oklahoma Territory and in California where the family moved before WWII to escape the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. Grandma's fried chicken was always the same although she made it from scratch as did her daughters who settled in the San Juaquin Valley and Bakersfield. Cracker Barrel has it going on! Their fried okra and turnip greens are authentic as well. I wish they served black eyed peas with it. That's real down home cookin' and real Southern recipes!

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

Went to one a while ago. Not bad. Nice they sold vinyl LP's at the shop I was in.

[@alaskan6384]

I dined at Cracker Barrel in Florida and Arizona, loved it!

[@MrKanjidude]

Cracker Barrel is probably the #1 store I would like to visit if I ever visit the States. We have no chain like that here in Sweden, and I love the old country/Western theme.

[@comfeefort]

We have a few now in Southern California. I haven't been yet, but, a Coworker and Her Husband are big fans of Cracker Barrel, They travel 60 miles to Eat at one on the Weekend.

[@QueenCityHistory]

We eat there all the time. Never once had a bad experience or bad food. If you don't like old fashioned southern cooking...it wont be the place for you. It's not pretentious or trendy..it feels like your southern grandma cooked dinner for you

[@truthbydesign5146]

We’ve all probably shaved a good 5 or 10 years off our lifespan due to all the years of cholesterol intake at Cracker Barrel. Such damn good food, I’d do it again in a skipping heartbeat.

[@yuantheblue]

I moved middle of last year to a state with Cracker Barrel restaurants. It was interesting to learn the history!

[@matthrivnak6572]

One of my all time favorite restaurants, I love brousing the old country store!, I've bought several items from there

[@lindaallen7058]

One of my favorite restaurants 😍 go there every week !

[@johnbales6478]

My family and I have always I loved their food and stopping by their store. Used to rent tapes and then CD's of various audio books as we traversed the country. It made for a much more enjoyable and relaxing long-distance drive can I can remember more than once pulling onto our street and thinking, "oh no we haven't finished the book yet!"

[@michaelkurtz1967]

Cracker Barrel is a nice family resturant where you can get a complete balanced meals at resonable prices. They could elminate hydrogenated oils and preservatives and it would be more from scratch food. Still pretty great.

[@danobrien3109]

I enjoyed my first Cracker Barrel in Florida when I took my grandchildren to Disney. What wonderful place to eat. Great staff, great service, great products and food that reminded me of dinner at grammas house. Yup it was that good. Don’t have them here in Canada that I know of but I always make my way to one when I’m in the U.S. 👍👍🇨🇦

[@danielr4640]

I love southern food and this is a place to go. I live in Salt Lake City, Utah