Why Do Your Parents Love Cracker Barrel So Much?
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Weird History Food is talking about the history of Cracker Barrel. We're pulling off on the next exit because we saw a billboard for the Cracker Barrel. Originally built as a filling station, we're going to show you how Cracker Barrel built its empire and explore why you see so many Cracker Barrels off the interstate. Let's not forget to visit Cracker Barrel's antique store as well.
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What menu item is your Cracker Barrel go-to?
I love their turnip greens & ham, especially with the vinegar on the side. I also love their breakfast sausage and the cheese & potato casserole. It may not be healthy food but it's good-tasting food and a wonderful place. My place of work treated their employees to catered food from the local Cracker barrel for Thanksgiving. It's also the only place to find old school sodas and candies. Unless the company does something crazy, I will remain a loyal patron.
pancakes, and biscuits and jelly.
Pancakes!!!
The chicken fried chicken with turnip greens, mac n cheese, and hashbrown casserole. eatin it rn
They're closing here. ua-cam.com/video/xcQvdGvh410/v-deo.html
I still can’t believe they fired Brad’s wife
This ol boy is stormin
Maaann that was a huge deal back in the day.
Same. Justice for Brad's wife.
Right?!
Brad's wife was the best.
You know Cracker Barrel’s famous motto “ when you’re here,make sure you set your watch back 75 years”
"When you're here, it's too far, turn back the way you came. "
@@Xecutioner. hey, nice...Trump Derangement Syndrome in person :D
More like 150 years
I was told by an employee in Nashville. They have antiques in the store but one in each store is always upside down.
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My parents love Cracker Barrel. They used to take my sister and I there every Sunday after church. They would let us get candy every time we went. To this day it’s still their Sunday tradition
My late step-grandpa loved Cracker Barrel. This was one of the restaurants he would stop by during their annual migration between Georgia and Newfoundland, where Grandma was from. Seeing this video is making me missing him again.
May your Granddad Rest in Peace❤
@@zombiasnow15 He definitely is. Grandma passed away right before the Pandemic, and he had been telling me every time how much he had missed Grandma and cannot wait to join her. They had been married for over 65 years before Grandma’s passing. And although I’m still missing them terribly much, knowing that they are now together is definitely making me feel better.
@@michellechou2659 That gut punched me hard. I'm glad they are at least together in whatever comes after.
I worked for cracker barrel 33.5 years . We were treated good . I retired 12 years ago . And i would do it again in a new york minute . . God bless mr evins. T.d. t
It's kinda strange. I look for Cracker Barrel when I'm on a road trip, but there's one not too far from my house, and we never even think about it when we're going out to eat.
Same, for some reason they are never a choice, we have nothing against it, it's just that there is nothing appealing about it, maybe they need an image change or a better publicist.
@@robertkennedy8503 damn
Likewise! There is one on the way to my folks' house and we have never eaten there!
It’s only for road trips!
@@knockeledup Right?! It's like an unwritten law. You only go to Cracker Barrel if its not local.
This is how good this channel is.... This video was so captivating I watched it from start to finish despite the nearest Cracker Barrel being five hours away and I've never been there.
@RinnovaRaine Well, what are you waiting for? It's ONLY a 5 hour drive!
Same, but 4 hours from me
It’s worth driving 5 hours for! I promise! If you love biscuits and gravy, they do a damn good job!
The severance package joke had me laughing out loud. Thanks!
You should do a video about girl scout cookies! They just left a flyer at my door and I was wondering what's the history behind it.
The history of the organization as a whole is actually pretty interesting they have a lot of information easy to find online if you’re curious
@@hazeltade3679 yeah like how the support an “organization” that kills kids.
@@hazeltade3679 but we need it narrated by this guy with a bunch of corny jokes sprinkled in.
@lookoutforchris Absolutely. I refuse to listen to any other narrator when it comes to this channel. This guy is great!
Cracker Barrel is one of my all-time favorite restaurants to go eat at... And getting to shop in their Old Country Store I love it
My kids love it on a road trip for a candy and a cheap toy
I'm from Canada. When my parents visited the US and went told me they went to Cracker Barrel restaurant for the first time, I was like "woow an entire restaurant dedicated to cheese??" 😂 Now I know I gotta check this place out
Same here, Canadian.
I heard about the Cracker Barrel Restaurant when I was a teen and I was hoping one day, our family travels would bring me there. But it never happened 😢
But hey, I’m not dead yet!😂
👍 same here. I just thought it was a brand of cheese
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Gotta warn y'all Canadians, don't get too excited. It's not worth going out of your way for. If you're hungry and happen to pass one by, or it's around the area you're staying, sure give it a try. The food is pretty bland, and unseasoned, nothing special. The Decor/Asthetics and the fact it's reasonably cheap is the appeal.
@@TakBonez Its a tourist trap.. sorry Canada !
it would be interesting to see the history of a southeastern fast food chain called Bojangles. It is based out of NC and is a tremendous competitor with Popeyes.
They have good fried chicken. Generous pieces and not overloaded with salt.
Oh I love this place! Yes, please do the history of a big regional favorite
I love me some Bojangles!
I love Bojangles
yeah but popeyes was black-ist so it still exists
They had (and may still have) the best-tasting breakfast sausage I've ever had. Whether you go there to shop or eat, it's a wonderful business. Thankfully, the town I moved to has one.
Cracker Barrel was always a favourite stop during our road trips. Always good to come back and the menu is still the same.
I worked at an Indiana Cracker Barrel for ten years and I can say our tiny retail section is missing out on that old stove
The amount of times someone asked me to buy that damn stove lmao, was told I didn't know what I was talking about and to go get the manager a couple times... the good ol' days.
I worked as a host a Cracker Barrel and it was an awesome job! I wish they had them on the west coast. I miss it.
Just heard they closed all the Cracker Barrels in Portland Oregon.
I dunno if the Crackle Barrel would do too well on the west coast though. Maybe in central california but other than that.
There is one in Rancho Cucamonga!
There's one in Santa Maria, California that's piqued my interest when I pass by. Not really much of a restaurant guy though.
@@holyflamelegendvargas2804 try it once and you won’t be disappointed. Make an exception for Cracker Barrel
You guys should do a video on Ponderosa, Church's chicken and taco maker, I'd love to see the history
Yes Ponderosa . I miss that
They have I miss Churches ⛪️ chicken 🐔 😢
Jalapeños on the side
+1 for Ponderosa, I have childhood memories of the one in West Hartford, CT.
churches chicken was the best! KFC is junk compared to them
Before podcasts and Audible, I used to like going there to get books on CD. You could rent from one and return to another. Some of those John Grisham books were like 6 CDs long. It was great😁
Oh I love their food!!
"The name 'Cracker Barrel' has a double meaning..."
It sure does where I grew up! And son, it ain't good!
My 17 year old daughter is a Cracker Barrel waitress. We eat there about once a month I’d say. She likes working there but the tips are all over the place. I think she’s learning a lot about the real world from the job! Their chicken fingers are divine 😋
I gave a like simply for describing a chicken finger as divine. 😂❤
MILF
Unless you're white. Lol Mostly I worked with in the past are racist as fuck
@@Jay-my5fb in my opinion they really are that good 😂
I love their apple butter and fortunately, they sell it in their stores.
Mmmm I'll need to have my hubby try some :D
Dairy Queen might be worth a video on!
Would love to see you guys do a video about the history of the Dairy Queen chain
I'm not a fan of overloaded carbs but I love their gift shops. I once picked up a glass "statue" of a golfer in mid-swing and gave to my late husband. We both used to golf. Now I use it as a doorstop.
Only been here once, it was sinfully delicious
I didnt know my parents love this place? Never even seen them set foot and they already love it?! Wow!
10:36- Shout out to Stephen Lee: Wheels on Meals! That was a great day, reviewing the controversial Cracker Barrel Impossible Sausage!
Seems pretty shady that you used his clip but won't let him drop his link Weird Food History. 🤔
Right? I tried also. Got taken down each time. Be real, Weird History. Support other creators, especially if you are going to use their content.
Now, it’s time to do Buckees!
I didn’t know about the discrimination stuff. But I love their food and their store! ❤ it’s my favorite breakfast place!
I love Cracker Barrel so much, and they have an awesome old school candy selection.
Yes. This is where I found Skybars again.
And the Classic Sodas!
1:28 - Remember folks, "Leb-Anon" is a country in the Middle East. "Lebn'n" is a small city in Middle Tennessee, and birthplace of Cracker Barrel
I'm not gonna lie but that thumbnail made me hungry AF
I have never been to a Cracker Barrel.
We had one open up here in my city last summer, but the place has been consistently packed every time I pass by.
That should tell you it's good and worth the wait lol ;)
you should go on Thanksgiving day, generally a 5 hour wait if youre not there when they open. People would be rude af about the wait as if it was personal.
Please come and eat with us . The food is great
I loved you opening with that short clip from the Cracker Barrel episode of "Julia Tries Everything" on Delish. That series will make you super hungry!
Please do The History of Golden Corral
Very interest backstory. TFS! ❤
Boy I sure love cracker barrel. Over the years this was by far my favorite place to dine and dash. After every crack binge I would be sure to make time for cracker barrel. Even stole one of the rockers right off the porch to give my mom for Mother's Day one year. Wow this sure brings back memories.
Wait, what? Lmao
@@Padachugi wish I was joking. I've done over 50 eat and go's at cracker barrel alone. That's a conservative estimate. Paying in the country store was a very flawed system so I exploited it. Sure that's how to get people to buy their tchotchkes. The idea was people would shop in the store on the way out while paying their food bill. Yes, I was a real POS growing up.
I'm an old man now and of course don't do these sort of hijinks anymore. This was all from the time I was like 18-25 years old
@@Padachugi It's been in the news lately that Cracker Barrel closed all their stores and pulled out of Portland, Oregon due to massive losses from local residents shoplifting and leaving without paying for their food. It's called "reparations".
@@Heike-- i bet you miss the “good old days” huh? 😂
It opened up in our town and so far popular!
I'm not ashamed to say that I love Cracker Barrel!!
This the most boomer comment I’ve seen on UA-cam in awhile
Good for you! Personally, I like the food in their dumpster better
You should be 😂
@@narwhalorder7279 ???
They are crap compared to 30 years ago
my new fav channel to watch while I'm eating, beeeeell dinged and subbed
I first visited a Cracker Barrel near Richmond (Mechanicsville, yes that’s the name) on the way to Virginia Beach. My mom is half white and my dad is Korean. The white families sitting behind us kept staring at us in confusion. Whether it’s because we were Asian or because my mom looked white and all her kids looked nothing like her, we would never know.
But our biscuits were over salted that day and I’ll never forget that.
Sorry you had that experience. I’m in Virginia Beach and luckily we’re more diverse here than around Richmond. If you take the road trip again, Aunt Sarah’s Pancake House was a favorite of mine while passing through Richmond. Or if you eat in Virginia Beach, try The Beach Pub.
@@mersea.714 Virginia Beach itself was lovely. We avoided the expensive hotel restaurants and went for local food and it was so much cheaper with bigger portions. I just think the ocean has a vendetta with me 😅 once it stole my glasses and the next time I cut my foot on something sharp in the water.
I frankly enjoyed the non-beach activities more.
Try going to Korea, you'll get even more stares
@@toddjenkins2561 actually, I got told that I look very pretty, but specifically because I have white @ss skin. Weirdly, people will either comment that I look Japanese or ask me if I got a nose job done (I have not).
My mom often gets mistaken for a Russian and people get shocked when she speaks Korean fluently. However, I don’t think we got too many stares. We were always with groups of Korean relatives, so if anything, they warded off the potential stares.
@@MikaelaKMajorHistoryinteresting.
Cracker Barrel nailed Covid operation in MN. They did a great job with cleaning and separation of tables.
Chicken and dumplings, fried okra, Mac and cheese,and of course mashed potatoes 😋
Still love them. When traveling during the summer, me and my parents always stopped at one.
This is just this feel-good story about a guy from a rich family making a restaurant to play on people's nostalgia until 9:10 when it's like, oh. Oh this is the worst company. Wow. What a tone change.
I know right? Using Weird History Food's Yankee logic, Chic Fil A should have suffered massive backlash because of their non-Rainbow mafia friendly executive from a populist ground swell of angry LGBLT customers, yet the upswell came from people who supported Chic Fil A, which undermines his point about Cracked Barrel and only goes to show that the uproar there wasn't natural or from people who form its regular customer base but was entirely a concerted media effort from the top down to dogpile on Cracker Barrel just like the outrage was for Chic Fil A. Seriously, he's the kind of dumb, out of touch New Yorker who thought you could bully a country with as much of a market and customer base as Russia like it was one of the many smaller and less powerful countries that's worked on to any kind of effect.
Speaking of Cracker Barrel…Can you do a Denny’s video next?
Yay! Now I get my answer to my favorite Sunday breakfast place origin story.
Would love to see a video on buffet chains and their history if you haven’t done one yet!
I have yet to eat there,but I’m looking forward to it for sure
I haven't been to a Cracker Barrel in many, many, many years! There used to be one here in my hometown, like back in the 70's, for quite a few years. My dad used to take us there every now and then. It was good and, it was fun.
Not sure why they closed it down. It was located right next to the express way/toll way. So, there were/are travelers always driving by that area. I wish it was still here. There are a some scattered in a few suburbs away from me. The closest one is some 16 miles away (which is not really too far). Maybe one day I will get over there.
I love Cracker Barrel and their good old fashion morels.
It's spelled 'morals', and there's nothing immoral about being homosexual. But it is immoral to discriminate against homosexuals and people of color, which is exactly what Cracker Barrel did.
@@timothyivey5497 You obviously don't have the same beliefs as I do or the Bible. As for color people I love what my father in heaven loves. And he so loved the world. And I love having morals. Not prefect. But I will not lie to you and say gays will go to heaven. Anyone tell you otherwise is lying to you. Leviticus chapter 20, verse 13
Road trip must!!
Speaking of gasoline stops/food franchises, could you talk about Bucc-es's?
I never ate at cracker barrel but my house growing up looked like that store
I live in Lebanon TN and the original restaurant site still exists as a Mexican restaurant. The new store in downtown Lebanon is designated #2. One of my neighbors worked acquiring the antiques for store decor and flew around the country searching for them. I still love the food but feel adding alcohol lessened the down home family vibe. I also enjoy the vintage candies in the store part.
My sister and her family live in Mt. Juliet and I never knew the first one started there. I also love the vintage candies that are so hard to find (in person cause you can find anything online). I love the candy sticks, bubble gum is my favorite ❤
been waiting for a cracker barrel one 🥺🥺🥺
I love Cracker Barrel Restaurants , i stop at them when possable, thanks,
I've watched every video! The history of Krystal's or Whataburger would be cool
I love Cracker Barrel! They are my favorite restaurant for when going to visit my grandparents in Illinois. The fried okra and chicken and dumplings are amazing. But then I just really like their food, period.
It's a great place to eat love the food there especially the breakfast
I like Cracker Barrel. The food is not figure friendly but I don't eat there for health reasons.
So once more I'd love love to hear about the Ground Round .. please.. hehehe
Yep, the only time I'm at a Cracker Barrel is when I'm on the road.
The store doesn't get much of my business, except for candy I can't find anywhere else, lol.
I love the Cracker Barrel!!! Unfortunately I live 140 miles away from it
I just went to cracker barrel a couple of days ago 😂 it's one of our family get-together restaurants!
Besides the great food, my favorite is the candy in the country store. They have some candy I grew up on...and I'm 73 years old. 🙂
We love racket Barrel and visit every chance we get
I love CB! When my family & I go on vacation we always eat at a CB. My favorite is the one in Daytona at the Daytona Raceway. It's decorated in all things NASCAR.
I live in Middle Tennessee, about 20 minutes from the flagship store and headquarters. You guys missed the biggest controversy Cracker Barrel ever got involved with. That came when they decided to sell alcoholic beverages at the store. You see, in the south, most conservative Christian Protestant denominations officially are still dry, or, in other words, advocate against the drinking of alcohol. Cracker Barrel is habitually the place where families gather after church, especially those of conservative Protestant Christian denominations. So you can imagine the absolute horror when Sister Bertha and her family arrived for their weekly after church meal and found that beer and wine were on the damn menu. There were actually protesters outside the main Cracker Barrel behind it. And every time you went in passed them, they gave you the evil eye.
My husband is from South Africa. When they tried to make a fuss about us going in, he just put on his deepest South African accent and said "but in my country, Christian's drink, rather than judge each other."
They all shut up and let us go in.
Whenever we went on a vacation when I was a kid/teen we would eat here at least a couple times. This year we are getting our Turkey day meal from them. 2 turkey breast, dressing, rolls, mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, a pumpkin pie, a pecan pie, and 2 slices of Dutch apple pie. And pancake tacos for breakfast.
Brad's Wife would have made Cracker Barrel better.
(Obligatory Brad's Wife comment)
Only those from Lebanon understand!
@@patrickdurham8393 Or those who've had internet and Facebook since 2017, which is practically the entire country. You don't have to be from Lebanon; that's ridiculous.
Love to go there
I love cracker barrel. The food is delicious and the service is always amazing. Unfortunately I only get to go there about once a year.
As an Australian, this kind of store is sorely missed in a nation that has never had such a thing.
Also, brad's wife something or other.
I agree with one of the other posters on here.
Please do a video on the history of Ponderosa
Fun Fact: Cracker Barrel was the maiden sponsor for Atlanta Motor Speedway's 500 Mile spring event from 1999-2001 in which saw 2 of the most iconic finishes in NASCAR History where in 2000 The late Dale Earnhardt Sr edged out eventual Champion Bobby Labonte and one year later Kevin Harvick who ironically was not only the driver who replaced Dale Sr after his fatal crash in the Daytona 500 earlier that season, Harvick was driving the very same Car Dale Sr raced in the very same event the year prior edging out eventual Champion Jeff Gordon
Cool story hansel
Cracker Barrel is as down home as is an Olive Garden is an true Italian cuisine that most people wouldn’t have a clue about. Both probably have fresh food right of the freezer , that came out of a box , that have the same standard ingredients that came out of a factory.
Doesn't matter. It's cheap and tastes good.
@@bagnomeThat's the most American response possible.
@@tapatton9 America practically invented the whole “cheap and tastes good” standard lol
Love the candy 🍬 😋
Adam Devine is at 0:09 on the video....
I used to go downtown in Lincoln, Nebraska and I once met Adam Devine at a bar named Brothers. He is from Omaha and liked to go out on the O Street strip.
Being from Canada I’ve never even heard of this restaurant. I’ve only heard of the cheese sold in stores. But it was interesting to learn about this restaurant.
There's a Cracker Barrel on Kent Island where I grew up, and it's always busy. Nice place to go though. Lol
Cracker Barrel, if you are reading this PLEASE bring back the fried chicken livers. I miss them so much. I know many people don't like livers. But for people like me who love them you should bring them back to the menu.
This was fascinating. Some super clever marketing and work there - but like $44m in rocking chairs! Crazy.
Have to drive a hour away but luv their meatloaf 😻👍
It's Leb-a-nun, TN
good video
I would be interested in seeing info on either Ponderosa, Golden Corral, or even Shoney's.
A+ video!
It is really impressive what strategies and ideas it used, I had never heard about that before.
That peg game looks very difficult too.
Love to know about pop tarts!
I used to be able to do the peg game down to one standing when I was little. I never can anymore even though we even have one at home now for my little ones.
You had me at "Depression-era Batcave."
I love it
"roadside mashed potato dispensary" yeah that's spot on.
That was one of the last national sit-down restaurants I went to, the environment was probably my favorite part about it.
That's whyte😂
@@squirrelcovers6340 I can train you to be a better follower.
Cracker Barrel is the only place in my town where I can get southern style food.
I'd like to know about Apple Bee's chili's and that group of restaurants, including Bonefish maybe!?!
Every time I see a Cracker Barrel even on a long road trip it makes me feel this emptiness that corporate America has destroyed every intentional nuance even on the road that there is nothing truly special any longer.