this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2025
314 points (96.2% liked)
People Twitter
7992 readers
501 users here now
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
RULES:
- Mark NSFW content.
- No doxxing people.
- Must be a pic of the tweet or similar. No direct links to the tweet.
- No bullying or international politcs
- Be excellent to each other.
- Provide an archived link to the tweet (or similar) being shown if it's a major figure or a politician.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Southerner here:
Cracker Barrel is literally the worst restaurant I have ever been to. By far.
It was years ago, and I got fried fish and mashed potatoes, and it was so bad I couldn’t eat it. I am not picky: I have never skipped a plated meal at a restaurant, or even at home unless I’m deathly ill. But it was like a tv freezer dinner someone had dipped in water.
…And this is bizarre, as you have no idea how much food is part of the culture down here. Maybe it’s because my family in the south is suburban, not rural, but I have no earthly idea how that chain would get idolized.
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.
I went to one couple of years ago. Order a chicken fried steak dinner. Fucking thing was tiny, and only got one scoop mash potatoes. It was shit to. Glad I wasn't paying, and have no plans on returning.
Their pancakes and hashbrowns slapped when I was a kid. Has it just gotten worse or do I have rose tented glasses because of how old I was at the time?