The Ford Barn

Vic Piano · 03-17-2013, 04:12 PM

Cracker Barrels are the Howard Johnsons of the 21st Century... My wife and I always stop at the Cracker Barrel in Macon, Ga. on the drive up to my moms in Sautee, Ga. The food is always good as well as the service. The only differences are no orange roof and no 28 flavors of ice-cream at Cracker Barrel... I remember as a kid in the late '50's and early '60's it was a real treat for my sister and me if we stayed at a Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge on a trip from Long Island to Georgia to visit my Grandparents.

uncle buck · 03-17-2013, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ken ct

Only thing i like in cracker barrel is their pan cakes and meat-loaf. lol. Yea the signs are great but dont think that stuff is for sale. ken ct.

Add their coleslaw and hashbrown casserole to the plate of meat-loaf and I am a happy camper! The closest one I have found to the great STATE of Washington is in Boise,ID.

Bill · 03-17-2013, 05:16 PM

Every Thursday nite my mouth starts watering for the weekly special turkey dinner at the Venice FL. location. Only problem is I'm stuck in NS for the winter this year. Mouth still waters though..... This thread really got hijacked didn't it! Bill

alt63bird · 03-17-2013, 07:01 PM

Mmmm...hashbrown casserole...(drooll) All kiddng aside, chicken'n'dumplings are pretty heavy-er-tasty, too. But since my wife has us on the "scared straight" diet where anything with wheat flour, sugar, starches, etc. is verboten, we don't stop to eat there. In simple terms, the stuff in processed and genetically modified foods is bad for you - it's like the other, notorious form of 'crack' in that you become addicted to it and want more. I think I'd rather die early, happy and fat than live long, be miserable and skinny.

Tim Ayers · 03-17-2013, 08:04 PM

Favorite CB meal? Chicken fried chicken steak with mashed potatoes, biscuits and gravy. Now that's good eatin'!

tom/illinois · 03-17-2013, 08:18 PM

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Ditto that Tim but I always have cornbread. Yum Yum.

ford38v8 · 03-17-2013, 10:39 PM

When we're on a road trip in the B Belt, we look for them. Good food and we rent the audio discs, listen and trade them off at the next CB. Problem is, we wind up keeping the last disc because there aren't any CBs in the west. My wife wants some of their porch chairs but no way to get them home without mucho dinero shipping charges.

ken ct · 03-18-2013, 01:48 AM

You can buy them knocked down in a box i understand?? len ct.

ford38v8 · 03-18-2013, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ken ct

You can buy them knocked down in a box i understand?? len ct.

Ken, yeah, I think so, but for me, I'd feel dumb buying something in a box that I could have the fun of building from scratch anyway. Funny thing is, I used to have time for that kind of stuff before I retirerd...

Rock Hornbuckle · 03-18-2013, 11:45 AM

Try www.garageart.com for all kinds of old ford signs.

Mike51Merc · 03-18-2013, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff/Illinois

Something else that is really a testament to American capitalism....read about HOW and WHY Cracker Barrel came about and what it has done to elevate the lives of the folks that opened them and manage them!

True American success story, what this country is all about. I'll stop here or someone will blow the 'political' whistle.

Google it. Interesting story God bless the creators of Cracker Barrel.

Politics and bold print aside, I've eaten at CB and prefer a local family run diner with fresh made food.

trulyvintage · 03-18-2013, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike51Merc

Politics and bold print aside, I've eaten at CB and prefer a local family run diner with fresh made food.

Cracker Barrel - Bob Evans - Tim Horton's ....

If you have no sense of adventure - no imagination ....

If you are too lazy to drive far off the interstate ....

There is where you will be ....

I am on the road every day and I seek out the local family cafe

Jim

VeryTangled · 03-18-2013, 09:01 PM

Jim, I have to say I agree with you. There is much more adventure to be had than what you can get at Bob Evans. I'm okay with the breakfasts at CB, but I don't order from the menu, all that Uncle Hershel stuff mixes my mind up. I just tell 'em I want eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, and grits.

Be careful on that Cross Bronx Expressway!

-VT/Jeff

GSCOV · 03-19-2013, 10:13 AM

Guess I stop at the one where 84 and Mass Pike merge about 2 or 3 times a year. they always have a display of old car related stuff. Bought some nice Ford V8 coffee mugs (ford licensed) and a lot of good man cave stuff. Good place to drain the human radiator and look around.

ken ct · 03-19-2013, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ford38v8

Ken, yeah, I think so, but for me, I'd feel dumb buying something in a box that I could have the fun of building from scratch anyway. Funny thing is, I used to have time for that kind of stuff before I retirerd...

Yea me too i have less time to do things i want to do on my own 36 than before when i was working and rebuilding on the side. The rebuilding has kinda taken over my life and i need a break.I got to get it running again by June or my wife is going to hound me to sell it as is. LOL ken ct.

ken ct · 03-19-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by VeryTangled

Jim, I have to say I agree with you. There is much more adventure to be had than what you can get at Bob Evans. I'm okay with the breakfasts at CB, but I don't order from the menu, all that Uncle Hershel stuff mixes my mind up. I just tell 'em I want eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, and grits.

Be careful on that Cross Bronx Expressway!

-VT/Jeff

HA HA Jeff you can have your hash browns and grits,i'll take real home fries and NO grits please. lol ken ct.

raceron1120 · 03-19-2013, 10:59 AM

We're not big fans of CB but have gone to a few around the country. Best things we like is their store-full of tourist trap stuff and we've been victimized by some of it, which isn't always a bad thing.

But if we have the opportunity to do so, we opt for the non-chain eateries as much as possible.

Wifey gets a kick outta a couple of those places when she sees the OFs (F not for Ford..

) all sittin' at a big table & looking grumpy

(I don't tell her that if she wasn't with me I'd be sittin' with them!)

Tim Ayers · 03-19-2013, 11:04 AM

Well, if any of you travel to Hershey on Rt. 78 West, you need to go past Allentown and venture into Hamburg, PA and stop at the Hamburg Diner in the center of town. It tops CB IMHO, but I'll always prefer a local over a chain.

The rest of my family, not so much.

GSCOV · 03-25-2013, 03:28 PM

Glad to see you all are connoisseurs of breakfast food, but you are missing the point that Cracker Barrel is like a car show. It educates and wows some people not up to speed with a past culture. All the doo dads there were thrown away in the 50s for Formica and plastic. I actually find it refreshing. Like other things in life- it ain't for everyone.

03-17-2013, 04:12 PM	#21
Vic Piano Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Odessa, FL Posts: 7,611	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Cracker Barrels are the Howard Johnsons of the 21st Century... My wife and I always stop at the Cracker Barrel in Macon, Ga. on the drive up to my moms in Sautee, Ga. The food is always good as well as the service. The only differences are no orange roof and no 28 flavors of ice-cream at Cracker Barrel... I remember as a kid in the late '50's and early '60's it was a real treat for my sister and me if we stayed at a Howard Johnsons Motor Lodge on a trip from Long Island to Georgia to visit my Grandparents. __________________ Imagination is more important than knowledge.

03-17-2013, 05:16 PM	#23
Bill Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 469	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Every Thursday nite my mouth starts watering for the weekly special turkey dinner at the Venice FL. location. Only problem is I'm stuck in NS for the winter this year. Mouth still waters though..... This thread really got hijacked didn't it! Bill

03-17-2013, 07:01 PM	#24
alt63bird Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: outside Omaha, NE Posts: 276	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Mmmm...hashbrown casserole...(drooll) All kiddng aside, chicken'n'dumplings are pretty heavy-er-tasty, too. But since my wife has us on the "scared straight" diet where anything with wheat flour, sugar, starches, etc. is verboten, we don't stop to eat there. In simple terms, the stuff in processed and genetically modified foods is bad for you - it's like the other, notorious form of 'crack' in that you become addicted to it and want more. I think I'd rather die early, happy and fat than live long, be miserable and skinny. __________________ Alan H. Tast AIA, LEED AP BD+C Technical Director/Past President-Editor-Publications Director, Vintage Thunderbird Club Int'l. (VTCI) http://www.vintagethunderbirdclub.net Author, "Thunderbird 1955-1966" & "Thunderbird 50 Years" 35+ year member, Crown Victoria Ass'n.

03-17-2013, 08:04 PM	#25
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,177	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Favorite CB meal? Chicken fried chicken steak with mashed potatoes, biscuits and gravy. Now that's good eatin'!

03-17-2013, 08:18 PM	#26
tom/illinois Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: southern illinois Posts: 155	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Ditto that Tim but I always have cornbread. Yum Yum.

03-17-2013, 10:39 PM	#27
ford38v8 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 6,635	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel When we're on a road trip in the B Belt, we look for them. Good food and we rent the audio discs, listen and trade them off at the next CB. Problem is, we wind up keeping the last disc because there aren't any CBs in the west. My wife wants some of their porch chairs but no way to get them home without mucho dinero shipping charges. __________________ Alan

03-18-2013, 01:48 AM	#28
ken ct BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: stratford,ct Posts: 5,971	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel You can buy them knocked down in a box i understand?? len ct.

03-18-2013, 11:45 AM	#30
Rock Hornbuckle Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Noxon Montana Posts: 532	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Try www.garageart.com for all kinds of old ford signs. __________________ '31 Fordor Deluxe 2W Briggs 170-B / blackwalls '41 Fordor Deluxe / 2-duece flattie '66 1/2 Dodge Charger '14 100th Anniversary Challenger Limited Edition. Semper Fidelis

03-18-2013, 09:01 PM	#33
VeryTangled Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: (Not far enough...) Outside of DC Posts: 3,387	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Jim, I have to say I agree with you. There is much more adventure to be had than what you can get at Bob Evans. I'm okay with the breakfasts at CB, but I don't order from the menu, all that Uncle Hershel stuff mixes my mind up. I just tell 'em I want eggs, bacon, toast, hash browns, and grits. Be careful on that Cross Bronx Expressway! -VT/Jeff

03-19-2013, 10:13 AM	#34
GSCOV Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Connecticut Posts: 953	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Guess I stop at the one where 84 and Mass Pike merge about 2 or 3 times a year. they always have a display of old car related stuff. Bought some nice Ford V8 coffee mugs (ford licensed) and a lot of good man cave stuff. Good place to drain the human radiator and look around.

03-19-2013, 10:59 AM	#37
raceron1120 Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ellsworth Michigan Posts: 1,807	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel We're not big fans of CB but have gone to a few around the country. Best things we like is their store-full of tourist trap stuff and we've been victimized by some of it, which isn't always a bad thing. But if we have the opportunity to do so, we opt for the non-chain eateries as much as possible. Wifey gets a kick outta a couple of those places when she sees the OFs (F not for Ford..) all sittin' at a big table & looking grumpy (I don't tell her that if she wasn't with me I'd be sittin' with them!) Last edited by raceron1120; 03-19-2013 at 07:12 PM.

03-19-2013, 11:04 AM	#38
Tim Ayers Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 6,177	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Well, if any of you travel to Hershey on Rt. 78 West, you need to go past Allentown and venture into Hamburg, PA and stop at the Hamburg Diner in the center of town. It tops CB IMHO, but I'll always prefer a local over a chain. The rest of my family, not so much. Last edited by Tim Ayers; 03-19-2013 at 12:35 PM.

03-25-2013, 03:28 PM	#39
GSCOV Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Connecticut Posts: 953	Re: Honk if you like Cracker Barrel Glad to see you all are connoisseurs of breakfast food, but you are missing the point that Cracker Barrel is like a car show. It educates and wows some people not up to speed with a past culture. All the doo dads there were thrown away in the 50s for Formica and plastic. I actually find it refreshing. Like other things in life- it ain't for everyone.