Cracker Barrel

FSSL said:
Smaller portions. Ham is small and potatoes are half the size.


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The fried apple's portion I had the last time we went there was 3 slimy little portions in a good sauce I couldn't quite find a clean name for. My country fried steak was more French fried, and the sawmill gravy was lumpy and sticky. The kitchen must have been managed by an alcohol swilling moron experiencing his second hangover of the day.... sheesh, I have had better food from a service station vending machine! 🤬🤬🤬
 
Baptist Renegade said:
They had a "Po' Folks" in Buena Park, CA right next to Knotts Berry Farm that I loved going to. Don't get no more "Down Home" than that!
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Wow. Wish I noticed that... I was always going to Mrs. Knott's for the chicken dinner and the boysenberry cobbler.
 
Po' Folks was one of the best! The one we had in Martinez Georgia was there for 10 years, but it disappeared overnight! Several people got sick on the catfish and the health department put them on notice....the company closed them down. 😔
 
Looks like Cracker Barrel caved in the face of withering criticism, at least on the logo front:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1960475658116632865

Except I thought they were saying reception of the rebranding was overwhelmingly positive just before that. Oh well.

From this thread and elsewhere, I guess the answer to my question is somewhere between resistance to change, and this rebranding effort being the last straw after a gradual series of "progressive" accommodations that don't sit well with the clientele. Still feels like an overreaction, but less so with a little context.
 
Tarheel Baptist said:
In the proverbial vacuum, CB’s rebranding would be barely relevant, but (as we all know) the cultural climate is anything but a vacuum. Companies rebrand regularly, usually because of a response to a downturn in sales, negative PR or by expectations of future problems. But, as we saw in the Bud Light and Sweeney’s Jeans campaigns, politics permeates almost everything today. The rebranding appears to be a deliberate move to affirm a new executive’s political predilection. It has also put a spotlight on CB’s promotion and support of gays and gay rights.

Personally, I’d just as soon eat at our local diner.
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I guess I'm a fan of Cracker Barrel. I live in the south and through the years have probably eaten there a hundred times. The food is ok. You're right, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO GO in a given locale, there is likely a better fare elsewhere. But the problem with traveling by auto somewhere out of your area is that you don't know where the good food is.

Once I traveled a lot by automobile and I would try out the local dives. More times than not, the food was garbage. So, I started going to the Cracker Barrel when I was in unknown areas. Because the food was decent and I always knew what I would get. AND you can get breakfast any time. I'm a big fan of breakfast and frankly, it's hard to mess up breakfast.
 
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