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Sep 21 2020
09:27 am
After 51 years Cracker Barrel is adding beer, wine, and mimosas to most locations. It's no longer just home cooking, you can get a little tipsy as well. Will they next add big screens for televised sports?
Cracker Barrel tested stores in Florida, Kentucky and Tennessee.
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NO sports
Gosh, I hope not. That might tend to attract a crowd of rowdy good ole boys hellbent on causing a ruckus. Seemingly, the mimosas proclamation was designed to attract more favorable clientele. As for getting tipsy - stuff happens!