Never been to a Cracker Barrel, don’t think we have ’em here….
We used to have… well, about 65 miles from here… the mother of all destination restaurant/giftshop family attractions, known as the Nut Tree.Expensive food, looong waits…. so of course you’d spend all that time ogling the giant sugar cookies (You could get your name on them!), plush animals, honey sticks, adorable dish towels and moo-cows that pour syrup and cream….everything packaged with ribbons or flowers… Fresh “home made” miniature coffeecakes wrapped on little wooden cutting boards, candies and candles in old fashioned containers that cost more than the contents.The thing that made me crazy is….it was good!The gifts were over-priced but of a very nice quality.The food and service, once you actually got a table, were ordinary coffee shop fare, but delicious and fresh…The booths were very comfortable and clean, and the waitresses, even though made to wear uniforms that matched the curtains (!!), were the nicest anywhere.And you could escape some of the wait and some of the “experience” by going to their smaller place across the highway, the Coffee Tree, which was also a bit cheaper.I wanted SO much to hate the place but I couldn’t.
Never been to a Cracker Barrel, don’t think we have ’em here….
We used to have… well, about 65 miles from here… the mother of all destination restaurant/giftshop family attractions, known as the Nut Tree.Expensive food, looong waits…. so of course you’d spend all that time ogling the giant sugar cookies (You could get your name on them!), plush animals, honey sticks, adorable dish towels and moo-cows that pour syrup and cream….everything packaged with ribbons or flowers… Fresh “home made” miniature coffeecakes wrapped on little wooden cutting boards, candies and candles in old fashioned containers that cost more than the contents.The thing that made me crazy is….it was good!The gifts were over-priced but of a very nice quality.The food and service, once you actually got a table, were ordinary coffee shop fare, but delicious and fresh…The booths were very comfortable and clean, and the waitresses, even though made to wear uniforms that matched the curtains (!!), were the nicest anywhere.And you could escape some of the wait and some of the “experience” by going to their smaller place across the highway, the Coffee Tree, which was also a bit cheaper.I wanted SO much to hate the place but I couldn’t.