Cracker Barrel - it cracks me up!
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
United States
January 25, 2017 11:01am CST
I love Cracker Barrel (Restaurant and old country store) and what cracks me up about it isn't the food - but the people. You see all kinds!!!
Yesterday the waitress took us to a table that was up against a half wall on one side and up against customers at the next table. Well, the man at the next table must have believed he has 10 feet long legs because he had his chair pushed back so far from the table there was no way I could have sat at the next table comfortably.
I asked the waitress to move us and she did give me a strange look but complied. The next couple that she put at that table where much larger folks than us, but they squeezed in anyway. They didn't look comfy at all. It pays to speak up!
The customers seemed to be mostly men. There were tables that were full of men...might be a good place for single ladies to hang out!!! I think some of them were constructions people working on another motel being built next door. The world is turning into restaurants and motels!
The service was fast, and we appreciate that for sure. I had been craving chicken and dumplings and it was very good. My husband had chicken fried steak. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was nice to get out and take a ride, enjoy a meal and be thankful.
Photo is mine
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9 responses
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Is that chicken and dumplings in the photo? :) Looks interesting never had that before!! And oh yes if I am not comfortable at a seating i'd surely asked and speak up to move too!

@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill Looks very delicious!! Never would have thought of that combination :)
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Yes, the only thing I did to is was load it up with pepper I love black pepper!!
This is my husband's meal, chicken fried steak.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
@infatuatedbby Chicken fried steak is another southern thang....LOL!

@sallypup (69227)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Jan 17
I am curious: what is that food sitting up there by that black cup of butter?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
A small baked sweet potato with cinnamon sugar.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
@sallypup the potato was very small do not a big deal with sugar.
@sallypup (69227)
• Centralia, Washington
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill Oh. Wow that dumps sweet onto sweet.

@rebelann (117272)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Jan 17
I never thought about that before but now that you mention it there were usually a lot of men in there when I've gone.
Perhaps they are truckers, they always like good meals if they can get them .... yeah, I know some truckers are women but there aren't as many of them.

@rebelann (117272)
• El Paso, Texas
25 Jan 17
Camo, as in hunting gear @AbbyGreenhill ? Yeah, if that's what your area offers. Here there's nothing left to hunt, they've already killed everything.
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
There were no big rigs in the lot..and they didn't look like truckers, they had camo on LOL!
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
25 Jan 17
we do not have one around here.Mostly down the line in MA area.Food look yummy there
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Food is good, not fancy but reasonable and good.
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@amadeo (111937)
• United States
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill that is why it is good.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Jan 17
I always like their food, good corn bread too, and I rarely like corn bread
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
I never tried their cornbread...I usually get biscuits.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
27 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill I nibbled on one someone else ordered, and was pleasantly surprised
@Brittnyrose (1444)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
25 Jan 17
There's one like 10min from my house and I've never eating there before. How's the food?
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
25 Jan 17
It is basic, good food. I'ts not a high-end restaurant, but if you want good food for a fair price - try it - and they make fantastic pancakes.
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@Brittnyrose (1444)
• Aberdeen, North Carolina
27 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill yummmy I love pancakes! Most definitely got to give them a try.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
16 Feb 17
that brings back memories as the night of M\arch 26 in 1958 we were just married and ate our celebratory dinner at a c racker barrel dinner and it was very good too now I'm widowed lol.
@CookieMonster46 (13453)
• United States
16 Feb 17
I have never been there to eat, we don't have one locally. So you think it is full of men.. lol . The food doesn't look bad at all.
@JudyEv (382542)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 17
Your meal looks lovely although it looks a bit like tripe. Tables are squashed in sometimes aren't they?










