Honestly I just thought it was funny they got rid of the cracker and the barrel.
Through the course of the controversy, I learned that the “cracker” was the Uncle Herschel mentioned in the menu a few times. He’s a character of theirs, something of a mascot, though a much subtler one than most other restaurant mascots. He’s in the art but his name isn’t widely advertised. A couple menu items have his name in them (e.g. Uncle Herschel’s Breakfast), but the name is not connected to the mascot in the logo.
Oh, I also thought it was funny that they said they changed the logo to be more inclusive (I guess of people who don’t look like Uncle Herschel), but they still don’t operate in California due to that state’s progressive policies, so they can shove their “inclusive” talk. Actions speak louder than words. They do hire women, and people of color, which is a great start for a restaurant so steeped in “Southern values,” but you can’t say nobody is excluded from the table while excluding an entire state based on the politics of its government. That’s just as dumb as rock groups refusing to play whichever Southern state did a stupid thing most recently.
They probably just haven’t seen them since they tend to be just on the edge of civilization. Their schtick is to be a stop on a road trip, so if you don’t go on roadtrips, you probably wouldn’t see them.
Yeah but you’d think someone would at least double check before they wrote a whole ass paragraph about why there aren’t Cracker Barrels in California when there are in fact Cracker Barrels in California lol
Honestly I just thought it was funny they got rid of the cracker and the barrel.
Through the course of the controversy, I learned that the “cracker” was the Uncle Herschel mentioned in the menu a few times. He’s a character of theirs, something of a mascot, though a much subtler one than most other restaurant mascots. He’s in the art but his name isn’t widely advertised. A couple menu items have his name in them (e.g. Uncle Herschel’s Breakfast), but the name is not connected to the mascot in the logo.
Oh, I also thought it was funny that they said they changed the logo to be more inclusive (I guess of people who don’t look like Uncle Herschel), but they still don’t operate in California due to that state’s progressive policies, so they can shove their “inclusive” talk. Actions speak louder than words. They do hire women, and people of color, which is a great start for a restaurant so steeped in “Southern values,” but you can’t say nobody is excluded from the table while excluding an entire state based on the politics of its government. That’s just as dumb as rock groups refusing to play whichever Southern state did a stupid thing most recently.
I’d say that having women and people of color cook for you has been a Southern value for a long time.
There’s 5 cracker barrels in California…
I suppose I should have updated my information before saying that… last I checked, there weren’t, but I don’t know how old that information is.
They probably just haven’t seen them since they tend to be just on the edge of civilization. Their schtick is to be a stop on a road trip, so if you don’t go on roadtrips, you probably wouldn’t see them.
Yeah but you’d think someone would at least double check before they wrote a whole ass paragraph about why there aren’t Cracker Barrels in California when there are in fact Cracker Barrels in California lol
Yeah, I don’t know why you’d assume something like that when it takes seconds to check.
The cracker in Cracker Barrel is that the barrels are “Cracker Barrels”
Exactly! Barrels full of crackers. And the new logo kinda looks like a barrel (it also kinda looks like Denny’s, but that’s neither here nor there).