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Nearly 30 years ago I went to cracker barrel with my parents and grandparents, for the only time. I remember that I didn't like the food and I ended up walking through the "country store" afterwards, which I only remember because of the big rocking chair. I hope it goes so woke that it is broke so other 5 year olds don't have to suffer through the same experience.

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[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I went there for the first time like a year ago and thought the food was pretty dang good, as far as a chain joint goes

in general feeling some real grillman energy regarding this whole cracker barrel thing to be honest, feels like one more variation on a joke that got old years ago

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Clueless European question: What is a Cracker Barrel

[–] MrPiss@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago

It's basically an American restaurant themed around being a rustic country general store. It has a shop at the entrance for buying shitty little knick knacks among a few other things.

There isn't really anything good about it. It was founded by a shell executive so that they could have a restaurant chain by gas stations which makes sense based on the one near where I grew up. Recently they changed the logo and American culture is brand worship so the chuds are very upset.

Also, kkkracker barrel.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Southern food served in a resturaunt with a folksy old-timey decor.

So, "chicken fried" everything with mashed potatoes and green beens from a can.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's a sit down restaurant chain where they serve like, biscuits and mashed potatoes and ham and collard greens and "southern" (U.S.) shit like that, with a gift shop attached with an old timey aesthetic meant to appeal to the meemaws meemaw and peepaws chomsky-yes-honey

I'm not sure it's worth any amount of discussion but personally i think changing the logo was kinda dumb because it was like, a very cracker barrel logo, the new one is like they want to be like dunkin donuts or something idk

[–] UrsineApathy@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

It's a gimmicky chain restaurant in the US. They exist in the same general retail space as Applebee's, Chili's, and other similar places with a low to moderate price point and a theme. They specialize in mediocre southern US comfort foods and their main gimmick is that their waiting room is a massive side-of-the-highway gift shop.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

my own experience was as a place we only went while on family road trips and they served some breakfast foods all day, looking at all the bizarre knickknacks and bullshit in the gift shop where you waited until they had a table ready. playing oversized checkers, and those "intelligence" tests with the triangle pegs at the table. totally a solid place to break up the monotony of sitting the backseat on a long, multi-day trip before screens. we're talking pre-game boy O.G, looking out the window and reading billboards or playing "the license plate game". brutal.

later in life, as an adult, i had some friends that lived on a farm in bumfuck near an otherwise sparse interstate exit. when they would host overnight parties and when the roads were good (not winter), the next morning play--when everybody was too hungover--was to hit the cracker barrel and then all part ways. caffeine, greasy, pancakey, sugar action that sits in your gut like warm, setting concrete for the drive home. sometimes they would have a whole breakfast situation dialed in at the farm, but sometimes they would just say, "fuck this, cracker barrel." because they had just hosted an awesome party the night before with incredible food, drink, weed, etc, and had mostly cleaned it up early. who wants to wreck the kitchen again making food for a bunch of hungover bozos you just hosted and let crash all over. it was a pretty good way to get everybody up an at em and out of their house lol.

cracker barrel wasn't good, but that has never stopped me from enjoying something.

[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago
[–] segfault11@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

tired: it's woke because it's different

wired: it's woke because they took out the cracker and the barrel

inspired: it's woke because it's hexagonal hexbear-shining

[–] CommCat@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this whole thing sounds like the latest boomer culture war

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

You only think that because it's true

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

it's literally in the name

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Did you get any shitty boomer toys or weird boomer candy afterwards?

[–] D61@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] radio_free_asgarthr@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

No, all I remember was the rocking chair and thought it was weird you could buy furniture at a restaurant.

[–] DivineChaos100@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago

Lately they were really scraping the... cracker... barrel

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

lol goddamn, is this like a keystone memory for you or something? didn't your family just order you some pancakes or something?

[–] StillNoLeftLeft@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago
[–] moss_icon@hexbear.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

Thank God we don’t have this in my country.