Which interstate-exit restaurant has worse food? Shoney's, Stuckey's, or Cracker Barrel?

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My vote would be Shoney's. I ordered the "Half-o'pound" burger, and, not only did it not weigh Half-o-pound(more like quarter-of-o
ounce), the thousand-island dressing tasted more like three-mile-island, and the meat looked so rubbery you could bounce it off the wall. The fries had a greenish-tint, and had a "we were just frozen an hour ago" look to them. The side pickle looked as if it was lying
under a chair on the floor for a few months, and someone decided to toss it in the plate. The coke was so watered down that I
couldn't decide if it was coke, dr.pepper, or tab.
Stucky's is beyond awful, and has these nasty little pecan logs
that they are supposedly famous for. The waitress swears that
southern truckers "live on 'em". All I can say is that Pecan logs
give ME the runs, but if you are out of laxative, they are a marvelous substitute

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cracker barrel is strange because everything besides the menus seems to be for sale. It's a somewhat bizarre experience, almost like eating a meal inside a gift shop. And why would I give anything in there away as gifts? What would anyone want to do with "How to speak southern" books, or cheap wooded
toys that look like Milton Bradley rejects from the 30's?
The food is awful cause they know 90% of the customers are travellers, and will never be back. You have more of a chance seeing a local in a cracker barrel than a car in a car wash during a thunderstorm!

So, which of the three is worse.
Who wins this dubious honor?
I've enclosed menus of all three to help jar your memories.

http://www.shoneys.com/menu/classics

http://www.crackerbarrel.com/menu-dailyspecials.cfm?doc_id=692

Stuckey's does not provide an online menu, which is readily understood if you've tasted their food. I can only link you to
their laxative/pecan rolls.

http://stuckeys.reachlocal.com/

BTW, shoney's and stuckey's are down south and in florida...shoney's is also in SOME midwest states, but stuckey's is 100% southron(how the confederates say its properly spelled!). Unfortunately, the entire USA is blessed/cursed with Cracker
Barrels from sea to shining sea.

extra, the "big boy" is still very much around, and spreading indigestion from coast to coast. While you proceed to kidnap "Big Boy", could you please hold
the new Burger King mascot for me as well?
Would be much appreciated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Boy_%28restaurant%29

http://otherself.chattablogs.com/archives/burger%20king%20god%20is%20dead.jpg

John T, what a great slogan for cracker barrel...."Hey, we're in the middle of nowhere, and the only place open, so
stop on by.....and get the runs from our
imitation food, lovingly popped frozen into the microwave by Hispanic short-order
cooks from Nicaragua"

Gary F, do those books on tape tell me about the real food I can look forward to eating when I get home?
"The food you just ate at cracker barrel
was 100% imitation shoe leather, though
it shur did taste good wid the secret
sause we gooped all oer evertythin'.
We hope ya git a chance to eat sum real
food right soon. Thank you fer yer support."

Answer 1

Cracker Barrel's food isn't awful. I ate there when I was in Nashville and loved their chicken fried chicken w/ mashed potatoes.

I vote for Stucky's.

Answer 2

The fact that I had to stop at every rest stop between Charlotte NC and Tampa, FL because the people in my car got the runs from the famous country bacon at Cracker Barrell should tell you something.

You forgot to say Bob's Big Boy, if they're still around. The best part was going there and because the service/food was so bad and conspiring in front of the waitress and manager on how we were going to tie a rope around the Big Boy and take him away in retaliation.

Answer 3

In order of nastiness:

Shoney's - vile and nasty. I won't even go in anymore.
Stuckey's - Also nasty. I once got something halfway decent there, which is once more than Shoney's.
Cracker Barrel - Bad, but if you are in the middle of nowhere and need to eat, it beats the other two.

Bob's Big Boy has terrible service, but the food is OK, so I'll always take one of these places over any of the above.

Answer 4

Stuckey's.

Cracker Barrel is the best - the food is edible and you buy books-on-tape that you can return to any other Cracker Barrel and get all but $5 back.

Answer 5

Well, for me personally, I haven't heard of Shoney's or Stuckey's, and obviously haven't been to the two. Although, I have been to Cracker Barrel, and it is not good at all. I hear people say it's so good, but I think it's bad food. So, pop a vote for me under Cracker Barrel for having the worst food at an interstate-exit!

Answer 6

you people are crazy!! Shoney's is da bomb-diggity...me and my friends used to always skip school in high school and hit the shoney's breakfast bar, and then go bowling...good times. And Cracker Barrell is amazing, some real comfort food...never had stuckey's though

Answer 7

I have stopped at all three in my travels, and I have found that Cracker Barrel does not taste good at all. They make some of the nastiest food around.

Answer 8

All of the above!

I brown bag it when I travel!