Growing up we used to Cracker Barrel a lot. Even as I got older I remember traveling through Indiana and going to a Cracker Barrel. Moving to Minnesota there used to be a Cracker Barrel not too far from our house that we had visited before they closed. If I remember correctly all of their locations in Minnesota closed.
The one location that we have known over the years that was still open was the Cracker Barrel in Madison. We drive by several times a year when we are traveling south. This evening we were staying in Madison and we all decided to go to Cracker Barrel for dinner.
One of the memories that we all shared from Cracker Barrel is the shop full of goodies inside and that you can order breakfast all day. Our family loves, loves breakfast so we were pretty excited to check this out.
My nephew ordered the sunrise sampler, I ordered the country boy breakfast, my brother had biscuits and gravy, my wife is weird because she orders chicken fingers EVERYWHERE but we still love her anyways, and my sister in law ordered eggs and bacon. I ordered ham with my country boy and received a couple of very large pieces with my order. We all had grits and biscuits with our meals as well as their famous hash brown casserole. Well our taste buds and memories must have changed. We all felt that our meals were ok. My ham while I had plenty of it was a bit dry and salty. The grits were lacking in flavor and really needed salt and butter. The hash brown casserole was not hot and also just ok. It was just warm. They actually forgot the sausage for my nephew. When we asked about it they did cook it and bring it out right away. Unfortunately it was cooked so much he couldn't even cut it. We were all hungry and did eat our meals, this was just not what we remembered or expected. The meal was good and Cracker Barrel is affordable. They are in a convenient location right off of 90 and provide a good meal at an affordable price.