Shallow Thought Wednesday
I like to think that this Shallow Thought Wednesday was inspired by my trip last week to Tennessee. (After all, the first Cracker Barrel opened in Lebanon, Tenn.)
Multimedia Editor and Resident Cheeseburger, Wing and Crab Ball Expert John Lindner has the most unusual friends. ...
I just learned of an interesting life goal.
A friend of mine, I’ll call him 'Randy' – that’s his name, after all. Retired early (no comment). He and his wife, Terry, are traveling the country in a motor home. When asked about his retirement goals, he jokingly said he wanted to visit all the Cracker Barrel locations across the country. Apparently, he repeated that claim too often and it became a serious quest.
There are 577 Cracker Barrel locations across the country (when does a chain become a blanket?), with more openings planned for this year.
Monday, Randy visited his 52nd CB.
And to think I used to envy him.
What restaurant have I chosen for my post-employment perlustrations?
Chart House.
Yeah, Chart House.
Do better than that."
(AP photo)
Comments
Perlustrations--now there's an SAT word if I ever saw one!
Posted by: Dahlink | June 25, 2008 6:34 AM
I'd start with a list of all the offbeat eating establishments featured on the Food Network's "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" -- the hangouts in places with names like Whereami, Wisconson and Catatonia, California that the local folk slavor over. Then I'd pile into my trusty Taurus and roam the two-lane byways of the country, dining on the sky-high burgers, artisan omelets, chicken fried T-bones, pancakes made from recipes so secret the cook would have to kill you if he told you and other culinary concoctions found only in one out-of-the-way cafe.
Posted by: Michael A Gray | June 25, 2008 8:11 AM
I guess I'd better stop joking about visiting all the IKEAs...
Posted by: Lissa | June 25, 2008 8:40 AM
Roy's
Posted by: Mark | June 25, 2008 9:02 AM
I don't care what the restaurants are called as long as they are in either the Carribain or the Meditarrian Seas.
Posted by: Frequent Little Italy Restaurant Visitor | June 25, 2008 9:37 AM
Did you ever notice that there is usually a Waffle House near a Cracker Barrel?
Posted by: MB | June 25, 2008 9:52 AM
Being from the east, you may not know what In-N-Out Burgers are. But that's my quest. Eat at every In-N-Out Burger. (They are in CA, AZ and NV).
The catch: I live in Colorado.
So I got a part-time job with an airline, so I would have flight benefits, allowing me to go to the west coast whenever I wanted.
I'm, maybe, half-way through my quest at this point.
Wow. That's really impressive. As you can see if you use the search function on this blog, many of us are also dedicated to In-N-Outs. Just maybe not that dedicated. :-) EL
Posted by: Bucky | June 25, 2008 10:11 AM
I LOVE Michael Gray's quest! I enjoy watching DDD too, and some of the recipes set me to droolin'. Ah well...I'm better off where I am. I'd be too big to fit in my car within a month if I ate that stuff!
Posted by: Dottie | June 25, 2008 1:25 PM
We're famous!! Thanks for the plug, John.
Posted by: Randy & Terry | July 2, 2008 10:42 AM
Speaking of Shallow Thought Wednesday, will jl be favoring the Sandbox with some factory-fresh new content today?
Posted by: hmpstd | July 2, 2008 11:05 AM
Ignore the last comment -- by the time it was posted online, so was this week's STW (haiku).
Posted by: hmpstd | July 2, 2008 11:21 AM