• RagingRobot@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I gotta meet up with the old people in my family somewhere. I’m not having them in my house are you crazy

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        Have you tried literally anywhere else? Every few years my wife convinces me to try it again and it’s always the worst. Are there really no local breakfast places around?

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          Some people out there are really reluctant to branch out and try anything different. There’s a million places around me selling the same food but better, but some people just want to go to cracker barrel.

          Old people especially, but also some people with, for example, autism, ARFID, etc. can be really picky about where they’ll eat, and sometimes it’s just not worth the aggravation of trying to get them to try something new.

          Hell, I have some friends who aren’t even particularly picky who can be reluctant to try out new places. Restaurants aren’t cheap, I can understand being reluctant to spend money on food you’re not sure you’re going to like.

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            Restaurants aren’t cheap, I can understand being reluctant to spend money on food you’re not sure you’re going to like.

            That and sometimes you have to go to the same restaurant a few times until you find the dishes that are good there…

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          I don’t know. I don’t eat there often, but pretty much everything they make is good. I can’t even think of another place that makes chicken and dumplings… For that style of food, I would always take a higher end one off restaurant in the Carolina. But for something ubiquitous, it is pretty much the only option, and it isn’t as expensive as Shatley Springs or something.

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          Honestly, I would have tried it again more recently if it weren’t for the fact that they don’t seem to have any interest in accommodating vegetarians at all. Also, I think a few of them closed in Denver area.

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        LOL, that’s been the only reason I’ve ever set foot in one. People who were very much older in my extended family liked the place…and so for whatever reason, I kind of thought of the place like Grange halls - something the older bunch have an affinity for, but I don’t quite understand how it fits into my life in the here and now. :/

    • Novaling@lemmy.zip
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      Uhhh, there’s a shit ton of Cracker Barrels in NY, going to Cracker Barrel for family meet ups and shit was a staple in my family and made precious childhood memories for me, and we’re black as hell. Plenty of non conservatives love CB. There’s a shit ton black people makes jokes online rn about missing the “segregation” vibes of CB.