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02-20-2022, 07:56 PM
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It's not just one store. We use Cracker Barrel a lot when traveling and see cars & pickups parked in the bus/rv slots at almost every place we stop  . My rig can't fit in the bus/rv slots due to our length when towing our car trailer so I park long-ways across regular car parking spaces but as far away from the building as possible or sometimes in an adjoining hotel or shopping center lot.
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Originally Posted by twinboat
1 store, a few issues.
Don't hold that against the whole chain.
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02-20-2022, 08:17 PM
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02-20-2022, 08:51 PM
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Whos got the silver 4 door and charcoal SUV there a RV about ready to sideswipe both your vehicles trying to get in. Oh.... he must have squeezed by and left. I was right behind him coming in. Seen him with a bag of sugar and a funnel too , not sure what he was up to.
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02-21-2022, 04:26 AM
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I like the RV parking at the Ocala Cracker Barrel. It's a separate lot about half a block from the restaurant with plenty of large spaces. At nearly every other CB, the spots are just big enough for a small rig and, like the OP states, the are usually taken by cars unless you pull in after hours.
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02-21-2022, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Old-Biscuit
Last time I was in a Cracker Barrel our table was sticky, our order was wrong after waiting over 40 minutes and then the lady next to us had a cockroach INSIDE her biscuit.
We left and have never been to once since.
Parking ,,,,,,,not an issue. Food/Service trumped that
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Hmmm… we have a Cracker Barrel about 2 miles from our home and the parking lot is mostly packed. Must be a lot of people who love them cockroaches…. Lol
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02-21-2022, 07:00 AM
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Meanwhile at the Cracker Barrel...
I’ve never tried to park at a Cracker Barrel during business hours because we normally are towing something, it’s always been late at night and with a towed we park as far away from the building as possible across car spaces on the other side of the rv parking. Always get breakfast early and out of there before the lots fill up.
That fireplace feels pretty good during winter months, and breakfast is always great.
Service lately has been iffy only because they are under staffed. Everyone is having trouble finding help because of the “free”money available…. [emoji52]
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02-21-2022, 08:27 AM
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Yeah, I just don’t get the buzz about Cracker Barrel. RV sites might work for a Class C, but not for a 40’ Class A with toad. Narrow too so no slide. Food was ok when we ate at one, but not great. Cute interior, but I don’t go to restaurants for “cute.” And now for all the CB fans to come out of the woodwork …
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02-21-2022, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by UTTransplant
Yeah, I just don’t get the buzz about Cracker Barrel. RV sites might work for a Class C, but not for a 40’ Class A with toad. Narrow too so no slide. Food was ok when we ate at one, but not great. Cute interior, but I don’t go to restaurants for “cute.” And now for all the CB fans to come out of the woodwork …
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OK I’m all ears… Name another restaurant chain that has better food and better spur of the moment overnight RV parking and I will try them out.
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02-21-2022, 10:21 AM
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Anyone else having a craving for biscuits & gravy? [emoji39]
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02-21-2022, 10:27 AM
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I guess I'm a real odd ball! I've never parked our RV at a Cracker Barrel. We pulled a 36' 5er for 12 years before getting the 40' MH and I shudder to think about trying to maneuver around a Cracker Barrel parking lot and parking there! 
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02-21-2022, 11:10 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by George Schweikle
It's not just one store. We use Cracker Barrel a lot when traveling and see cars & pickups parked in the bus/rv slots at almost every place we stop . My rig can't fit in the bus/rv slots due to our length when towing our car trailer so I park long-ways across regular car parking spaces but as far away from the building as possible or sometimes in an adjoining hotel or shopping center lot. |
.... so basically, you're doing the same thing. 
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02-21-2022, 11:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by George Schweikle
It's not just one store. We use Cracker Barrel a lot when traveling and see cars & pickups parked in the bus/rv slots at almost every place we stop . My rig can't fit in the bus/rv slots due to our length when towing our car trailer so I park long-ways across regular car parking spaces but as far away from the building as possible or sometimes in an adjoining hotel or shopping center lot. |
We are 42’ + towing a car. We fit quit well in the rv spaces at CB, but call us crazy, we unhook the car and put it in a car space 
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02-21-2022, 11:26 AM
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Cracker Barrel - fast lane to a heart attack!
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02-21-2022, 11:26 AM
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When I see examples of signs being ignored, it also brings to mind this Far Side cartoon:
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