Cracker Barrel to Booze: "We Surrender"

My mouth is connected to taste buds that are connected to my brain so OF COURSE I loves me some Cracker Barrel country fried steak. So while a year ago I was shocked - SHOCKED! - to learn they'd never added fried chicken to their menu before, now they've really upped their game: booze.

Loosened liquor laws and alcohol sales have helped keep some restaurants afloat during the pandemic, with eateries selling cocktail kits, bottles straight from the inventory, and drinks to-go over the past six months. It seems even Cracker Barrel, which has long held onto its old-fashioned, family-oriented, “old country store” image — to the point where it once prohibited the hiring of LGBTQ workers and has been sued for racial discrimination — is no longer immune to the financial allure of booze.  

Still no word yet though on the mystery re: why they have cheese hash browns, but not regular hash browns. Hmm.