I agree that the re-modeling of cracker barrel sucks. Its unique old time personality is gone. But it seems to be the only way this corporation can compete in the marketplace- by turning into a generic, woke and boring fast-casual restaurant. The current restaurants are usually very dimly lit, even dark and they definitely give a 'for white people' only sort of vibe, hence all the unpopularity of the chain with blacks etc. The original character of chain fast casual restaurants have largely been destroyed one by one, Planet hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe, TGIF, Chilis, Outback, etc. to the point where they look like they are all owned by the same multi-national publicly traded corporation.