# All that old stuff on the walls at Cracker Barrel **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 11, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893 "2010-08-11T01:26:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![decbaby232002](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ba0ec/32.png) [@decbaby232002](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/decbaby232002)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/21 "2010-08-11T16:20:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Skammer > Cracker Barrel headquarters are only a few miles from here (Lebanon, TN, just east of Nashville). They have a big warehouse of vintage signs/items which they send out to newly opened stores. A previous co-worker of mine used to work for CB and she said that indeed, they had people on staff who would travel around to flea markets, antique stores and garage sales to collect the stuff. Skammer is totally right. I work at the Cracker Barrel Home Office, and we have buyers who travel the world looking for and purchasing all the antiques in the stores. They are then shipped back to the Home Office where they are cleaned and restored and then put away in preparation for new stores to open. They then pack it all up very carefully and travel to the stores and put it up. I know that all stores have the deer head and I am thinking the shotguns below the heads hanging over the fireplace. I can’t remember if anything else is the same in all stores. You can see more about it here. [http://crackerbarrel.com/about-decor.cfm?doc\_id=51](http://crackerbarrel.com/about-decor.cfm?doc_id=51) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/22 "2010-08-12T01:29:44Z")
Good to know - thanks, everybody! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/23 "2010-08-12T02:20:25Z")
> [@decbaby232002](#): > > Skammer is totally right. I work at the Cracker Barrel Home Office, … This is why the SDMB is so great.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/24 "2010-08-12T02:37:38Z")
I haven’t been in a Cracker Barrel in years, but even out in Asia the TGI Friday’s have all that kind of stuff on the walls. Probably mostly manufactured, but some of the framed diplomas and stuff look authentic. It actually makes me a bit depressed when I think about it. Years from now, all the stuff that’s important to me in my life, in what I think of as the permanence of my home, could be festooning the walls of some 22nd century chain restuarant. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/25 "2010-08-12T02:59:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > > [@decbaby232002](#): > > > > Skammer is totally right. I work at the Cracker Barrel Home Office, … > > This is why the SDMB is so great.🆒 Pssst. Look at the join date. We’re googlable now, you know. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/26 "2010-08-12T03:08:09Z")
> [@decbaby232002](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Skammer > > Cracker Barrel headquarters are only a few miles from here (Lebanon, TN, just east of Nashville). They have a big warehouse of vintage signs/items which they send out to newly opened stores. A previous co-worker of mine used to work for CB and she said that indeed, they had people on staff who would travel around to flea markets, antique stores and garage sales to collect the stuff. > > Skammer is totally right. I work at the Cracker Barrel Home Office, and we have buyers who travel the world looking for and purchasing all the antiques in the stores. They are then shipped back to the Home Office where they are cleaned and restored and then put away in preparation for new stores to open. They then pack it all up very carefully and travel to the stores and put it up. I know that all stores have the deer head and I am thinking the shotguns below the heads hanging over the fireplace. I can’t remember if anything else is the same in all stores. You can see more about it here. > > [http://crackerbarrel.com/about-decor.cfm?doc\_id=51](http://crackerbarrel.com/about-decor.cfm?doc_id=51) There was an episode of American Pickers where a guy was re-selling stuff back and he clearly had a warehouse of these type of things. There is a place locally that I could get pretty much anything to furnish my own restaurant if I needed. And of really no interest to anyone… my Dad went to Castle Heights Military Academy with the Cracker Barrel founder (decbaby may not even be old enough to know about its existence). Unfortunately he decided not to invest in his idea when offered. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/27 "2010-08-12T05:08:09Z")
[quote=“Tabby\_Cat, post:25, topic:549893”] ssst. Look at the join date. We’re googlable now, you know. > [@DrDeth](#): > > This is why the SDMB is so great.🆒 So? I mean, we still got an answer straight from the horses mouth. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Winnipeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a8b319/32.png) [@In\_Winnipeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Winnipeg)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/28 "2010-08-12T13:11:36Z")
Seeing as how they tend to renovate those places with a backhoe, I assume that all of this stuff is taken out when they rip down a location and sent back to HQ, right? ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/29 "2010-08-12T20:33:21Z")
While we’re talking about restaurant customizations, I like how Applebee’s customizes their stores to the city. And I’m not talking about little things, but here they have an entire wall dedicated to photos and an official city sign and everything. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893/30 "2010-08-12T22:04:52Z")
Some of you folks need to check in on ‘American Pickers’. mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-that-old-stuff-on-the-walls-at-cracker-barrel/549893.md?page=1)