[dandelion]

"The Cracker Barrel is currently being sued for 100 million dollars for claims that they are racist to black customers. No proof, just the world of black customers against the word of Cracker Barrel management. I'd guess that the odds are very favorable that the black customers will win this lawsuit.'

Not necessarily. I present to you the very item which got a Houston Denny's out of this same predicament - a surveillance camera. They have them all over the restaurant, and when they went back over their material, voila! There were the customers on the day in question, being served without delay and in a most expedient manner. Needless to say, the court case was ruled in favor of the defendent, and the plaintiffs had to pay court costs.

I'd suggest that Cracker Barrel peruse their tapes, and see what THEY can dig up. However, if they do find discriminatory behavior, then all bets are off...

[cascademountaineer]

I asked a friend once who was taking pre-law what was the most important factor in a litigation that she had run across.

Her answer- Document, Document, Document.

It was good advice then, and it is now.

[Zorobabel]

If I were a black person, the LAST place I'd be eating at would be a restaurant called the CRACKER Barrel! LOL

[azhenfud]

Good point.
In the Cracker Barrel case, it is my observation of CB's normal operations to sign in parties to be seated in their restaurants in the order they come considering the customer's request of non-smoking or smoking as well as the number of persons in the party according to the available seating. CB also sanely has a time cut-off at which they no longer take reserves to be served. Without such guidelines, they'd be serving all night. I think you'll see this policy will be used also to rightly vindicate CB and prove who the real culprits are....
Az