It blows my mind that people want to eat at Cracker Barrel, like, at all. A "too generic" logo is fitting for the company. The food is all bland and unappealing. We fought wars for spices, y'all, could at least eat em, huh?
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2025
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It’s where old people and conservatives eat. It’s very cosplay. You even exit through the gift shop. I’m amazed they don’t make their waitstaff wear pioneer uniforms or overalls and straw hats.
As the church-going boomers continue to die out, their revenues will continue to shrink.
Cracker Barrel’s CEO seems to be following the Ruby Tuesday playbook — modernizing/updating/genericizing put them out of business.
It's old people food.
Like how all the old ladies have blue hair and think it looks awesome, it's because their cataracts make their vision yellow tinted, so the blue hair doesn't look blue to them.
People don't think about it, but we lose smell/taste as we age like all other senses.
At about 50 it starts happening. So the elderly people that love Cracker Barrel, literally can't tell that it's bland. The look and mouth feel of the food is like what they remember, so their brain is just filling in the gaps and they're "tasting" from memory and not what they're actually eating.
Add in sensitive esophaguses and stomach lining as another normal part of aging, and everything comes out of the kitchen completely unseasoned so the old folks can put as much salt and pepper as they want at the table.
Every time I see the name, I think of Chef from South Park saying, "How are my little crackers, today?" I drive past one on my commute, so this is a near daily thought.