Cracker Barrel Menu Prices

Cracker Barrel is a well-known restaurant chain in America with more than 650 locations all over the country. This restaurant is famous for its breakfast menu, but inside its locations, you can also find a dinner menu, lunch menu, and kids’ menu.

The Cracker Barrel menu includes southern food items and country cooking meals. In order to ensure quality and authenticity, the food is prepared from scratch. Some of the favorites are the hash brown casserole, the mac and cheese, and the meatloaf.

In the table below you will find the latest Cracker Barrel menu prices.

Brand History

The first Cracker Barrel restaurant was opened on September 19, 1969, in Lebanon, Texas, near the I-40 highway, which runs between Nashville and Knoxville. Dan Evins, the founder of Cracker Barrel was working in the gasoline business and had the idea to open a store where he could sell goods and country food for the people who were always on the road.

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In the following years, Cracker Barrel opened new locations that were also positioned close to the interstate highway exists in the Midwest and Southeast. These stores also had a gas station on the site.

In 1981 Cracker Barrel became a publicly-traded company which facilitated the expansion and growth of the business. As of today, there are more than 650 locations in states such as South Dakota, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Georgia, Illinois, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, New York, Louisiana, and New Mexico.

Our review

The Cracker Barrel business includes both a gift store and a restaurant. Here you can order breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and you can choose between a large variety of food items. Also, the restaurant offers a kid’s menu and meals to go.

Cracker Barrel uses traditional recipes and the food is prepared from scratch every day with the freshest and highest-quality ingredients. Some of the customers’ favorites include the grandpa’s country-fried breakfast, the oven-baked chicken, the chicken noodle soup, the hash brown casserole, the green beans, the blueberry pancakes, the biscuits, and the famous cornbread.

The prices charged by Cracker Barrel are reasonable and affordable. For example, you will have to pay anywhere between $7 and $9 for breakfast and around $7 for the lunch specials, while dinner options cost $10 to $15.

The service from Cracker Barrel varies from one location to another, with some restaurants having impeccable service, while others having a really poor one. However, there are large crowds of customers almost every time, so the wait time may be longer.

Cracker Barrel FAQs

At what time does Cracker Barrel open?

In general, Cracker Barrel opens at 06:00 a.m. But the opening hours vary from one location to another. So, it is recommended to verify the schedule of the restaurant you are interested in on their official website.

At what time does Cracker Barrel close?

Most of the Cracker Barrel restaurants close at 10 p.m. every day. However, it depends on the day of the week and location. This is why you should verify this information on their official website.

At what time does Cracker Barrel serve lunch?

Cracker Barrel serves lunch from Monday until Friday, starting at 11:00 a.m. Also, Cracker Barrel offers lunch specials every day, at the price of around $6, including their well-known Chicken Pot Pie.

When was Cracker Barrel founded?

Cracker Barrel was founded in 1969 and until 1977 there were 13 restaurants opened from Kentucky through Georgia. The customers’ favorite was their famous cornbread, which is made from scratch.

Who founded Cracker Barrel?

Cracker Barrel was founded by Dan Evins. He worked in a gasoline business for his grandfather after opening the first Cracker Barrel. Considering that in the 60s, the interstate road system was not that developed, Dan Evins came up with a new idea to improve the services offered to the drivers. So, he thought that it would be better to open a country home store, instead of a fast-food place.

Where was the first Cracker Barrel opened?

The first Cracker Barrel restaurant was opened in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Who owns Cracker Barrel?

Cracker Barrel is a publicly-traded company and nowadays the CEO of Cracker Barrel is Sandra B. Cochran.

How did Cracker Barrel get its name?

Cracker Barrel got its name from the term “cracker-barrel”. These are actual barrels of crackers and appeared in the country stores of that period of time.

How many Cracker Barrel locations are there?

There are more than 650 Cracker Barrel locations in 44 states in America. In the beginning, most of the Cracker Barrel restaurants had had pumps, but the locations that opened after the mid-seventies oil embargo did not have an oil pump. Today, there are around 30 locations that have electric vehicle charging systems.

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