" It’s neither old nor a country store, no matter what the signs say." - The Atlantic

Cracker corp, Inc. is apparently a ruthless competitor, and over the years has crushed dozens of mom-and-pop, family-style restaurants -- crushing the real America with a fake corporate IMAGE for the sake of profits for a few.

That's the rumor in my kitchen this morning

Try to get three distinctive colors in your plate. It’s harder than you think.

Convenient familiar road food.

are pretty distinctive aren’t they?

That pretty much covers the chicken and dumplings, chicken fired steak and gravy, and biscuits and gravy portion of the menu.

Greens and cornbread to soak up the pot liquor, black eyed peas, sweet potatoes, my faves on their menu. I'll probably boycott them if they turn out to bend the knee to MAGA, but I can't fault their food.

perfect sausage bits and spice.

I got sick to my stomach. Threw up in the parking lot while customers walked around me to get in. I had taken my spouse and 2 tweens to eat there, They were still inside eating. I had finished and went to my car to get my cell.

I love biscuits and gravy, pulled pork with greens. Oh, I love southern greens. But the way the crackers barrel make it make me sick. When I cook it at home, it's fine.

The only other chain restaurants that are worse are Applebee's and Waffle House. Applebee's served me frozen fish and rock hard broccoli, then refused to take it back and cook it. Waffle House has great food but I always find a black hair in it. No matter which one I go to, there are black hairs in my eggs.

The sandwich I ordered was described on the menu as having a "slice" of red onion. When the order arrived i had a single ring from a red onion. When the wait person couldn't satisfy my complaint the manager came into things. He actually argued that the ring was the same as a slice.

Corporate restaurants suck.

Oh, after much argument I finally got the "slice".

I'm totally sympathetic with your stomach distress. It has happened to me also ... but it usually ends up as a case of the runs. And I don't go to Cracker Barrel, this is various local places around western Pennsylvania I'm talking about.

What's more important than the type of food is the quality of the restaurant's preparation and storage of the ingredients. Most restaurants take short cuts whenever they think it will save time and money, and that's where customers can end up getting sick. (Not necessarily food poisoning, often it's just a little distress and it's over quickly.)

But the last two times I went the food quality was quite poor.

Superior pancakes with 50% real maple syrup...exceptional bacon. Wish they had home fries or regular hash browns instead of that stupid "casserole" (which I haven't even tried). Good fried catfish (if you can tolerate fillets). New ribeye is about $20 and available medium rare. Their convenience is unparalleled along the interstates. We'd rather support independents, but they require a detour through the downtown area when traveling. On the other hand, if they say one positive thing about tfg fuck'em!

Although it closed a few years ago, the IHOP in South Burlington, Vermont was unique as the only IHOP where pure maple syrup was an option.

either it is not maple syrup (maple "flavored&quot or it is half maple syrup. One place used the half stuff and when we complained that it was not maple syrup, the waitress had the owner come over. She showed us the can of maple syrup but admitted they used half-and-half. We told her it was not honest. She actually let us have the full real stuff but after we had already put the other on our pancakes, we just left them.

We never went back.

In some places, honesty "is the rare policy".

Home Goods with a dark interior. And the food is your basic bland.

Lard and salt are staples of the crackers’ diet.

and got the typical dumb comments from her friends like "go woke, go broke"... these people are such ridiculous snowflakes.

Cracker Barrel has a long history of racial discrimination directed both at customers and their own employees.

is a barrel of monkeys more intelligent than a barrel of crackers?

brain poisoning is Machiavellian by nature, pitting Americans against each other for political advantage. This in itself is anti American. The overreaction to the Cracker Barrel logo change is a reflection of the victimization Pox casts on its audience.
We will only be united when Pox News is a rotting carcass on the political media landscape.

I've seen both the old and new logos. What's the problem? How is it "woke"? Are they trying to say old white guys sitting next to barrels are getting canceled, or what?

Maga has too much time on their hands if this is the type of thing they are worried about.

Gourmet G.O.P. luxury golffe -- and bigly tax breaks -- for rich republicons.

Certainly not something demanded by woke liberals. To my knowledge, the original logo was never subject to criticism of being objectionable.

I suspect this high level of outrage was ginned up by people wanting to create this intense outrage and feeling of being persecuted by people who self identify with going to Cracker Barrel.

Given that it was the corporation that made the change essentially simplifying the logo considerably, but leaving it identifiable even at a distance, it is hard to see any real reason for hurt. Was the menu substantially changed, outlets closed, or even the decor inside changed?

It's like we have nothing else to worry about...

To generate buzz like New Coke. Sales are slumping and they wanted to get points with the MAGA Sunday church crowd.

During a cross-country drive, I decided to give it a try.

I don’t care about their logo.
I don’t care about their name.
I don’t care who their primary customers are.

The food was lousy.
The service was lax.
The atmosphere wasn’t any better than any other fast food joint.
The bathrooms had not been cleaned.

Never again will I eat at Cracker Barrel.

Enjoy eating shit, MAGA!

You are sounding bitter and old here. Your disdain for white people is palpable.

I am old and white, but not definitely not bitter. I am often posting here against bitter doomers and "America is over" posters. I am certainly disdainful of "much of white America", which is far from all. In particular, younger people tend to have wider broader tastes (except in movies).

Soft doughy tRump with the McDonald's burgers and ketchup is a prime example of much of white American tastes, as is Cracker Barrel. You hear about many of them never having eaten lamb or just once or twice, as if it were some exotic substance. They think going to Taco Bell is being adventurous. It shows up in their fear of the "other": brown skins, ethnic culture clothing, different music, trans, drag queens, DEI, pride parades, universities, books, climate activism, change of any kind, ....

America is on the brink of a progressive inclusive future (how's that for not bitter?), but it has been set back by fearful insular maga whites and those adjacent.

All of the places you named are among my favorites. However, I do not have "fear of the 'other': brown skins, ethnic culture clothing, different music, trans, drag queens, DEI, pride parades, universities, books, climate activism, [or] change of any kind". None of that describes me at all. In fact that is the polar opposite of me.

I am a white male age 75. I guess I don't quite fit your narrative.

PS. I am a major swiftie. Is that a problem as well?

My take on most chain restaurants is that they tend to neither feature:

a. The absolute best food you will ever find anywhere

nor

b. Inedible slop

Most chain restaurants deliver a known commodity--Average to above average food, usually at prices that are not exorbitant.

Therefore, they are typically a "safe" choice if you are looking for an efficient and not too pricy meal, usually with family, and for no real special occasion other than having dinner. Where you don't want to cook, and you aren't necessarily in the mood to gamble with an independently owned restaurant that might be really great but might not be.

Cracker Barrel isn't real Americana? No shit!

Next you'll tell me Olive Garden isn't actually an authentic Italian cucina nestled deep in some Tuscan village.

Only idiots would think that Cracker Barrel and Olive Garden are authentic, fruit of the earth regional culinary experiences.

On the other hand, people who act like complete snobs about chain food places are equally as irksome to me.

They're chain restaurants, neither of them are bad nor are they phenomenal, and you take them for what they're worth.

I will say, however, Cracker Barrel really did have a great sausage biscuit platter. It's a shame they don't have that as an entree any longer.

however, if you like non-sweet cornbread, they're about as delicious as any.

Whatever brand of sausage they use, however, is the best.

Gives just enough spice for a nice kick, without being too overpowering. Worked great in concert with the biscuit.

Their cornbread isn't bad, either.

I'm not a big fan of gravy with my sausage biscuits, but that's a personal choice.

Surely you jest!?? Say it ain't so!

Surely you jest.

Most chain restaurants contribute to the fattening of the American public.

I really can't recall off the top of my head ever being served truly awful food at a chain restaurant to the point where it was practically inedible.

Mediocre and uninspiring? Sure, I've had my fair share of those.

And there have been times where I have been pleasantly surprised.

Like I said, usually it's average to above average in terms of taste.

In terms of nutrition? Sure...most of it isn't that particularly great health-wise. I wouldn't suggest going to eat out at those places on a daily basis.

But that's not really unique to chain restaurants.

Yesterday, I had lunch at a little hole-in-the-wall family-owned BBQ place that serves arguably the best BBQ pork sandwich I've ever tasted. I don't get there that often, but when I do, it's a real treat.

Yet I can't say that if I went there every day it would have any positive impact on my health and nutrition. Quite the opposite, rather.

Most of my healthy eating happens at home, which is also where most of my eating in general takes place. Eating out is a semi-occasional indulgence.

Why the right thought it was “woke” that the label was changed? Do they really think we hate the label because it has a white guy in it? I never in my long life had a political thought regarding the old guy. That logo just meant “fake country stuff here” to me.

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it sort of begs the question as to why it's taking up so much oxygen here.

This bullshit of jumping at every drop of chum the RW drops in the water, even as they are blowing up key institutions and shredding the Constitution, is just baffling.

Not about her body; not about her husband's role in the family; and certainly not about what we see as we drive down the interstate.

In addition: to them, change is bad in general. It takes away your right to do things like own other human beings or work children to death. It seeks to curtail your god-given right to a gun if you want it. It threatens to overturn gender roles that keep the world you know in its little lane of comfort. It pushes the world towards equality and diversity that really really makes you uncomfortable.

This was never about a logo on a billboard on the side of the interstate. It was always about the slippery-slope of allowing anything to change--because when you are working so hard to push America back to a thankfully bygone era, you can't allow anyone--but especially a woman--to change anything that reminds you of the good-old-days now can you?

I consider it a treat when I make the drive to the one nearest me and have my "usual" while I read my newspaper. I do not find it to be "stinking" or bland.

I really don't care what their logo looks like.

controversy to make news.

It's their fake gold standard

Lived in the area for decades and wanted to try it out, but never did for some reason. I like Meatloaf quite a bit so thought it was time to give it a try. The worst excuse for meatloaf I have ever had. Burnt and all dried out. Won't be going back.

On the other hand, Cracker Barrel meatloaf is pretty good. There is another diner in Toledo that has been there for many years I want to try. Unfortunately just had a small fire and are closed for awhile, so I'll have to wait for their meatloaf

Given that “cooking” at Cracker Barrel involves the employee simply opening up a plastic pre made pouch and heating the menu item up. It’s easier to achieve the same level of “mediocrity” they’re known for on a consistent basis that way. Chili’s and Applebees do the same thing.

eaten at Cracker Barrel probably 100 times, I like their food and never once got sick. If Cracker Barrel had a banner outside
saying Trump is a traitor we would be saying they have best food on the planet. The only place I ever got sick was at McDonalds.
I had a McDouble, threw up before I got to my car. I always say it McDoubled me over. I have no idea what the political views of
the McDonalds corporation is and don't care. I have seen people of all races at Cracker Barrel and never saw them discriminated against.
Sometimes I like fried catfish, greens, fried okra, grits, pinto beans, green beans and bacon and biscuits and gravy. I don't care if MAGAs
eat there or not.

When Cracker Barrel came here about 30 year ago, they created a big buzz. So many people were raving about their food. We tried their breakfast and it was awful. Soggy tasteless pancakes - horrible! So mom and dad wanted to go there for dinner, so we took them. I don't remember what we had, but it was awful. I do remember the green beans that were so overcooked they fell apart. Never went there again and never would.

Cracker Barrel food is the worst! It made me sick the one time I ate there.

I would never eat there, it’s beneath me. I only dine in five star Michelin rated restaurants.

Southern people who like that type of food are ignorant racists.

People who eat at chain restaurants are ignorant rubes. Never associate with them.

Can you believe it? That plumber I called wanted $200 just to come to my home. Why, the nerve!

Yeah. We have a great message.

It's simply different opinions about a restaurant.

I lived in Germany as a teenager. A beautiful country, historic buildings everywhere, amazing food, picturesque cities and villages. I loved it.

Near where I currently live is a "theme" town based around a German theme. Its quite popular with the tourists who constantly visit there. IMHO its a ridiculous place and is no where close to the beauty I saw all around me in Germany.

A few years ago I was working out of town. I had shared a ride to the job with a co-worker with a plan to ride a bus back home after the job was over. The bus route passed by this theme town. On the bus was a young German couple who were visiting the United States on vacation. When the fellow bus riders around them found out the couple were German the other passengers began animatedly talking up how wonderful this German theme town was. "We'll be driving right through it. Just wait until you see it!" was the general tone of conversation. The highway goes through a narrow river valley with steep mountains on either side of the road. The town is not visible from the road until you drive around a final curve in the road. Once around the curve the small valley the town is located in becomes visible. The anticipation level went up amoung the passengers eager to show off the town to the German couple. We rounded the curve. The German couple were looking out the bus window. A WTF look came over their faces. They looked at each other and started laughing quietly in an obvious attempt to not insult the fellow passengers.

Cracker Barrel and other similar businesses and theme towns in this country are an attempt by a lost country to recreate a quality that no longer exists in this lost delusional society.

Who cares what their logo looks like?

It would probably kill me (faster) if I ate it every day, but you know... a couple of times a year is an indulgence we can afford. The fatty-buttery salty deep-fried beef-y bacon-y egg-y cheesy cholesterol-y sugary processed-meats and biscuits (with GRAVY) ... mmm... so good!

But from all I've read it's just another bland chain restaurant with mediocre food; Applebee's or Culver's with a faux-"country" vibe, and I don't get what all the controversy is about - except that some people obviously need something to get pissed off about (as if there weren't enough things to get pissed off about already). A chain restaurant logo? Seriously?

(not really, but y'know... )

folks who only frequent Michelin star restaurants. That's for sure.

...the FAKE outrage manufactured by the G.O.P., Whine-o-ganda machine.