Cracker Barrel

I know some people really like Cracker Barrel - but man their food is greasy... I think there are better places for breakfast.

Thermoguy wrote:
I know some people really like Cracker Barrel - but man their food is greasy... I think there are better places for breakfast.

LOL At the end of the day traditional breakfast is supposed to be greasy.
Make no mistake about it Bacon, eggs, sausage, grits, pan cakes and biscuits are greasy foods!

As others have said, pre departure, spend a few minutes checking out 3 or 4 potential options for stopping at say 3 hrs 4 hrs or whatever suits you? Then just google earth quickly to zoom in on the parking so you can see how much/easy for access and exiting.

For us we do a huge combination of Walmarts, CB's, HDs, Lowes, Cabelas (one of our preferred) and many other businesses that we can usually frequent to thank them for their hospitality of overnighting. We aren't great eating out folks so restaurant or not is not a requirement.

Thermoguy wrote:
I know some people really like Cracker Barrel - but man their food is greasy... I think there are better places for breakfast.

Tell us where we can get a breakfast that's comprised of eggs, bacon, sausage, and the like that's not greasy? Face it, restaurants serve greasy food -- if it wasn't greasy (especially those breakfast items) it would be pretty tasteless!

Lantley wrote:

Thermoguy wrote:
I know some people really like Cracker Barrel - but man their food is greasy... I think there are better places for breakfast.

LOL At the end of the day traditional breakfast is supposed to be greasy.
Make no mistake about it Bacon, eggs, sausage, grits, pan cakes and biscuits are greasy foods!

Glad were not the only one's, LOL last time we ate there we went with a group so we went just to be polite. We both got the home made Dumplings... yeah greasy,soggy didn't even look like dumplings.

Mike

When we travel the CB breakfast is the meal of the day till we stop after 8 to 13 hours of traveling. As stated I like to start at 4 am and by the time I wake up and it becomes daylight I am ready from a meal. We will then travel to our spot for the night. Long drives I have become accustomed to as we cross the US and go back before stopping at our winter spot.
CB always offers the same food , quantity, and quality time after time.
The one other place we go is Dennys, they are often are our fuel stops and they do a good breakfast especially in October when you can get pumpkin pancakes.

Most have RV parking but it tends to be about 35-40 foot long sites. My rig is 38' plus towed. You can see the problem.

Last time out at a Truck Stop (love's across from where I am now) I parked the car beside the Rig protecting the main slide.

cracker barrel by my house has some of the worst food and service I've ever seen anywhere. Locals hate the place. They get enough transient traffic to stay open.

philh wrote:
cracker barrel by my house has some of the worst food and service I've ever seen anywhere. Locals hate the place. They get enough transient traffic to stay open.

I think a lot has to do with management of a particular location, as well as the local labor pool. After all, every CB serves the same exact food, so it 'should' be consistent, but when poor management and incompetent employees enter the mix, it can indeed be terrible.

A1ARealtorRick wrote:

philh wrote:
cracker barrel by my house has some of the worst food and service I've ever seen anywhere. Locals hate the place. They get enough transient traffic to stay open.

I think a lot has to do with management of a particular location, as well as the local labor pool. After all, every CB serves the same exact food, so it 'should' be consistent, but when poor management and incompetent employees enter the mix, it can indeed be terrible.

We have been to CB twice.Both places we were able to fit,but it was tight.
We will not have that problem again.
We stopped the first time because we bought all that marketing hype. Service was slow, the food sucked. Figures that place might have been an aberration, so we tried again in a different locale. Nope was not an aberration food really sucks!