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| - I have eaten at Cracker Barrel once or twice before (long ago), and just had to visit one before heading back home to Los Angeles where we don't have any nearby.
It is a store with lots of knick-knacks and a restaurant with good old-fashion country food.
There are a bunch of rocking chairs you will see as you walk down the long porch/patio to the front door. There are some for sale. Such a cool country feel to it. Sit a spell and relax. You can play checkers while you wait. We had to wait for our entire party to arrive before we could put our name on the list to be seated. Once they arrived, we were seated rather quickly.
They were busy and our food arrived at the table cold. We had 7 in our party. The service was okay, I think our waitress was there and then disappeared and then reappeared later on.
My husband ordered a breakfast combo with scrambled eggs, sausage, & hashed browns. It was rather basic. I got the Blueberry Pancakes, they were really, really, really delicious! They bring out individual bottles of maple and blueberry syrups. I got the blueberry syrup and was surprised that the syrup contained real blueberries! It was deliciously awesome! My daughter ordered french toast with maple syrup. If the food had arrived promptly to the table, it would have been ideal!
When you are ready to settle your bill, you have to take the ticket to the cashiers in the store to pay.
The store is full of cute things! There were a few items I would have bought, but I restrained! The pig salt & pepper holder was cute! I would have liked to taste the Divinity although it would not compare to my mother-in-law's fresh divinity!! They had their Easter items out as well as a religious section of goodies. There was a big poster announcing the sale of the new Casting Crowns CD, which I thought was rather neat.
If I ever return to this Cracker Barrel, I sure hope the food is hot when it is brought out to the table! I should have told the manager when she walked by and asked us how things were. We asked for more syrups and she then went and had the waitress bring them out. I guess she herself doesn't get things for guests. I was really hoping this would warrant 5-stars, but it just didn't measure up.
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