What is Cracker Barrel?
The '''Cracker Barrel''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Restaurant chain|chain]] of [[restaurant]] and [[five and dime|gift stores]]. They have a [[Southern United States|Southern]] country theme. The company was founded 1969 in [[Lebanon, Tennessee]]. The chain's stores were at first near [[Interstate Highway]] exits in the Southeastern and [[Midwestern United States]]. They expanded across the country in the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite document|title=The Cracker Barrel|publisher=The Securities and Exchange Commission|url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1067294/000114036120021571/brhc10015333_10k.htm|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref> The menu of Cracker Barrel is based on [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern cuisine]]. It also has an appearance and decor designed to look similar to an old-fashioned [[general store]]. ''Destinations'' magazine presented the chain with awards for best chain restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Restaurant Company Continues to Strengthen its Business|publisher=The Westside Gazette|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-496005361.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610175811/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-496005361.html|access-date=May 23, 2021|archive-date=2014-06-10}}</ref> In 2010 and 2011 the Zagat survey named it the Best Restaurant.<ref>{{cite web|title=Zagat Gives Thumbs Up to the Cracker Barrel|publisher=Nashville Business Journal|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2010/08/16/daily17.html|access-date=May 23, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:American restaurants]] [[Category:1969 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:Companies based in Tennessee]] {{Multistub|us|food}}