What's on Cracker Barrel's Thanksgiving to-go menu in Florida? Are they open for dine-in?
Dreading the Thanksgiving dinner ordeal? Why not skip the whole thing and just order an old-fashioned Southern-style family meal like grandma used to make?
Assuming your grandmother made cinnamon roll pie and country-fried her turkeys, that is.
Eating out or ordering a tableful of food to go is a popular choice for Thanksgiving for people who aren't up to spending a day in the kitchen. Tennessee-based chain Cracker Barrel has announced its Thanksgiving menus for dining in, taking home to heat up yourself, or having catered.
So grab your fork and loosen your belt. Here's what's available this year.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Thanksgiving?
Cracker Barrel is open for regular business hours on Thanksgiving Day, but check your local location hours at crackerbarrel.com. If you're dining in, you can use the Online Wait List on their website or through the Cracker Barrel app (iOS | Android) to reduce your wait time.
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Where are the Cracker Barrel locations in Florida?
Out of the 660 company-owned locations in 45 states, 50 of them are in Florida.
Eating there: Cracker Barrel's Thanksgiving Day menu
If you're hoping to meet up at Cracker Barrel and eat there, on Thanksgiving Day they'll have a traditional "Turkey 'n' Dressing" meal with roasted turkey breast, cornbread dressing and gravy, country green beans, sweet potato casserole topped with pecans, cranberry relish and more. Prices start at $16.49 and can be enjoyed right in front of the fireplace there, or you can get one to go on Nov. 23 beginning at 11 a.m.
But if you want to eat there, plan on spending some time browsing the country store side of the building or playing a lot of checkers in a rocking chair out front. Cracker Barrel locations get busy on Thanksgiving. From 2010 to 2019, Cracker Barrel has served up 3.8 million pounds of turkey, 49.6 million ounces of gravy, and 3 million pounds of sweet potato casserole.
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Cracker Barrel offers heat-and-eat meals for Thanksgiving
If you'd rather have your family get-together at home but still don't want to do all the work yourself, you can get a home-cooked meal that just needs to be warmed up.
Once again this year Cracker Barrel is offering "Heat 'n' Serve' dinners that are already prepared and can be served in two hours or less. Do you have to tell your family or guests that that lovely spread came out of a lot of containers? Cracker Barrel doesn't judge.
You have two options, depending on how many people you need to feed.
Thanksgiving Heat n' Serve Turkey Feast: Includes two oven-roasted turkey breasts, cornbread dressing and turkey gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, choice of two country sides, sweet yeast rolls and pumpkin and pecan pies for dessert. Starts at $154.99, serves 8-10 people.
Thanksgiving Heat n' Serve Turkey Family Dinner: Includes one turkey breast, cornbread dressing and turkey gravy, cranberry relish, sweet potato casserole, choice of one country side and sweet yeast rolls. Starts at $104.99, serves 4-6 people.
Heat n' Serve meals are available for pick up Nov. 18-25, while supplies last. You can (and probably should) order now, and orders placed for pickup by Nov. 20-21 will receive a $5 bonus card for a Thanksgiving Dinner or a $10 bonus card for a Thanksgiving Feast.
Prices may vary by location.
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Cracker Barrel can cater your Thanksgiving
Do you feel tired just thinking about having to heat all that food? (I'm right there with you.) Cracker Barrel will bring hot food to you for big get-togethers or individual meals. You can order up a turkey and dressing meal with gravy, cranberry relish, slices of sugar-cured ham, choice of sides and bread, or look at a few of their new options:
Country Fried Turkey: If you want your comfort food even more comfortable, Cracker Barrel has made turkey filets somehow more Southern by breading and frying them and loading them with pan gravy and cranberry relish. Comes with two or three sides and choice of bread. Also available for dine-in.
Broccoli Cheese Casserole: A premium side with cheese sauce and rice, covered with crushed cracker crumbles. Also available for catering or as a heat 'n' serve side item.
Homestyle Holiday Pies: They're back! Pumpkin pie is available until Nov. 26; cinnamon roll pie, apple streusel pie, pecan pie and chocolate pecan pie are available until Dec. 24, while supplies last.
Why wait for Thanksgiving? Cracker Barrel also has seasonal items
If the pictures are making you hungry, you don't have to wait for a holiday. These seasonal items are available now:
Cinnamon Roll Pie Breakfast: Eggs, bacon or sausage, fried apples or hashbrowns casserole, and a slice of what is basically hot cinnamon rolls backed into a pie crust and drizzled with sweet, cream cheese icing. (Or you can buy it by the slice, or the whole pie.)
Pancake tacos: Two buttermilk tacos folded around bacon and a fried egg, topped with Colby Cheese. Served, of course, with syrup.
Glitter Globe Spritzer: Roscato® Moscato wine mixed with a splash of Sprite and a sprinkle of red glitter.
Merry Berry Tea: Iced tea blended with flavors of juicy wild berries.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Cracker Barrel Thanksgiving: What's on the menu, when order in Florida
