Posted on 11/09/2009 4:38:11 AM PST by iowamark
Not even a recession can come between me and Cracker Barrel.
I agree with you. There is plenty I would cut back on but Cracker Barrel would not be one of them.
The one restaurant that does well around here is the Log Cabin. You generally get enough food for two meals at a very reasonable price. I can never finish more than half at a sitting but I often see obese people finish off the two to three thousand calorie meals.
We also like O’CHARLIES and FAZOLIS.
Value meals without drinks seem to be the deal. Lots of water with lemon ordered.
Mcdonalds dollar meals sell well and their stock seems to be rising accordingly.
Applebees 2 for $20.00 sells well.
McCormick and Schmick also Has regular specials under $20.00 that are ver good.
Rhe chains who have changed are doing better then the ones who didnt.
Same here...being Kentuckians stuck in NE Ohio we were pleased to find a Cracker Barrel 4 miles from our house. Apparently the yankees up here like it as well because it’s always packed.
I've eaten there twice. It seems fat and salt were the two things on the menu. Even the kids hated it.
What did I miss?
Here in the Northeast we don’t have O’Charlies but I have eaten at their restaurants in Tenn. & Miss.; very good. They now own the ‘99’ chain in New England and NY (which goes back to the 60s or 70s). I eat at ‘99’ a lot; they’ve had stuff like chicken and sausage al forno (with cheese and ziti) for $10—portion was huge (and they threw in soup or salad and a small dessert for $3 more. The portion size and quality has always been pretty good there.
Aside from Panera, all of the above s-ck.
I try to eat at local places rather than chains wherever possible, my only exception being Famous Dave’s BBQ.
If you think that Cracker Barrel is salty, you should try Texas Roadhouse (mentioned in the linked article). Everything on the menu tastes like it was soaked in brine for a week, and that includes the desserts.
Texas Roadhouse salts the beef down to an incredible degree.
It might even be kashered.
Give me the family run one of a kind place anytime.
Interesting that McDonalds is down in the US but up worldwide.
http://online.wsj.com/article SB10001424052748704402404574525294199176128.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_business
I think this time, under the yoke of the Baraqqis, the US is the economic laggard. But plenty of opportunities elsewhere for investors.
Don’t tell the Rebbe that your eating there!
You missed being herded in and out of the restaurant through a ultra-tacky gift shop disguised as a historic, turn of the century General Store....snark.
Sorry folks, Cracker Barrel is just GROSS!
flame away....
McDonald's always does well in bad economic times and worse in good times. Their service also improves during bad times, as they have a better pool of possible employees to choose from.
RE: Cracker Barrel — “I’ve eaten there twice. It seems fat and salt were the two things on the menu. Even the kids hated it.
What did I miss?”
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CB is not in my area, but several of the fattest people I know in the NE love the place in their locale and if there’s one on their vacation routes they are in hog heaven.
Sounds like you feel about CB the way I feel about Claim Jumper. The WORST!!
The same people who love Cracker Barrel seem to love that stupid souvenir store they’ve got on-site. Not to my taste, thanks... :)
RE ‘99’ restaurants up in New England — I knew there had to be a reason my huge relatives never miss a chance to stop at ‘99’ when on a road trip. PORTIONS!
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