Cracker Barrel
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is a unique American restaurant and retail chain founded in 1969 by Dan Evins in Lebanon, Tennessee. The concept combined a full-service Southern-style restaurant with a country-themed retail store, creating a distinctive experience that evokes nostalgia for a simpler, rural American past. Evins, who worked in the gasoline business, originally conceived the idea as a way to attract interstate highway travelers. The first location was built near Interstate 40, ...