I went to cracker barrel semi-regularly growing up. Imo, it is pretty good. Certainly better than fast food or, like, a Chili’s. Maybe their food quality has diminished in the decade since I last ate at one. But iirc, they had good pancakes, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese. The hash brown casserole and country fried steak were the reasons to enter the building, plus the gravy. Plus you could play checkers while you waited for your table.
I had the fish one time and also found it to be not great. I assume they just have it on the menu to have it.
Steak and Shake was always a little off putting to me because it alwasys smelled like bleach when I walked in thr door. Imo, decent burgers (def better than fast food) and good milk shakes.
I have extremely mixed feelings about Canes. On one hand, I think their food tastes good. On the other hand, I feel like that restaurant is the result of some kind of sinister corporate science experiments in an underground bunker to create feel-goodery. Every peice of chicken is perfect. The sweet tea is too sweet, just like it should be. The canes sauce is distinct enough to be memorable, but not so different as to feel unfamiliar. Their logo is a golden retriever in a bandana. The name of the restaruant rolls off the tongue, but makes literally no sense when you think about it. It’s kind of unsettling on an existential level to me.
Raising Cane’s is as bland as Chick-fil-A, it tastes like nothing. Somehow they made it as bland as unbreaded, unseasoned chicken. And their special sauce is just mayo ketchup and mustard mixed together. Whoopee. IHOP has a better chicken sandwich.
I went to cracker barrel semi-regularly growing up. Imo, it is pretty good. Certainly better than fast food or, like, a Chili’s. Maybe their food quality has diminished in the decade since I last ate at one. But iirc, they had good pancakes, mashed potatoes, and mac and cheese. The hash brown casserole and country fried steak were the reasons to enter the building, plus the gravy. Plus you could play checkers while you waited for your table.
I had the fish one time and also found it to be not great. I assume they just have it on the menu to have it.
Maybe fish wasn’t their strong suit? Hmmm.
And man, Steak and Shake or Raising Canes or Rosas are great. Way better than the biggest chain restaurants TBH.
Never been to Rosas.
Steak and Shake was always a little off putting to me because it alwasys smelled like bleach when I walked in thr door. Imo, decent burgers (def better than fast food) and good milk shakes.
I have extremely mixed feelings about Canes. On one hand, I think their food tastes good. On the other hand, I feel like that restaurant is the result of some kind of sinister corporate science experiments in an underground bunker to create feel-goodery. Every peice of chicken is perfect. The sweet tea is too sweet, just like it should be. The canes sauce is distinct enough to be memorable, but not so different as to feel unfamiliar. Their logo is a golden retriever in a bandana. The name of the restaruant rolls off the tongue, but makes literally no sense when you think about it. It’s kind of unsettling on an existential level to me.
Raising Cane’s is as bland as Chick-fil-A, it tastes like nothing. Somehow they made it as bland as unbreaded, unseasoned chicken. And their special sauce is just mayo ketchup and mustard mixed together. Whoopee. IHOP has a better chicken sandwich.