Cracker Barrel Menu Prices 2026: Breakfast, Country Dinners & Family Meals

The Old Timer's Breakfast is priced around $11.49 at most U.S. Cracker Barrel locations as of May 2026. It includes two eggs cooked your way, choice of bacon or sausage, fried apples or grits, and a buttermilk biscuit with real butter, homemade jam and apple butter. It's been the chain's signature breakfast plate since the first location opened in 1969. Some Northeast and California markets run $12.49–$13.49.

Yes — Cracker Barrel serves its full breakfast menu all day, every day. Old Timer's, Sunrise Sampler, Country Boy, pancakes, French toast, Eggs in the Basket and every other breakfast plate are available from open to close at every location. Standard hours are typically 6am to 9pm or 10pm; a small number of highway-adjacent locations stay open longer. All-day breakfast has been part of the chain's identity since founding in 1969.

Hashbrown Casserole is Cracker Barrel's most-famous side — shredded hashbrown potatoes baked with cheddar cheese, onion, butter and cream until the edges crisp. It's the default Hashbrown choice on most breakfast plates and comes free with any entrée that includes country sides. À la carte it's $4.99. It's so popular that Cracker Barrel sells it as a frozen retail product in the attached country store and at many grocery chains, so you can bake it at home.

Family Meal Baskets — Cracker Barrel's take-home family meals — run from about $36.99 to $44.99 depending on the entrée. The Meatloaf, Pulled Pork, Country Fried Steak and Chicken 'n Dumplings baskets sit around $36.99–$39.99; Sunday Homestyle Chicken, Roast Beef and Pot Roast baskets run $44.99. Each Family Meal Basket includes the entrée, three large country sides, six biscuits with butter, and a Double Chocolate Fudge Coca-Cola Cake for dessert. Designed to feed 4 to 6 people.

Country dinners — Country Fried Steak, Meatloaf, Sunday Homestyle Chicken, Pot Roast, Chicken 'n Dumplings and the rest — include your choice of three country sides plus biscuits or cornbread, all at no extra cost. The 12+ sides to pick from include Hashbrown Casserole, Fried Apples, Mac and Cheese, Mashed Potatoes & Country Gravy, Sweet Corn, Sweet Whole Baby Carrots, Pinto Beans, Coleslaw, Turnip Greens, Steak Fries, Sliced Tomatoes and Country Vegetable Soup (cup). Hashbrown Casserole and Fried Apples are the two most-ordered sides.

No — Cracker Barrel is not a 24-hour chain. Standard hours are typically 6am to 9pm Sunday through Thursday and 6am to 10pm Friday and Saturday, though hours vary by location. The chain leans into a sit-down, family-restaurant model, not the late-night daypart that competitors like Denny's and IHOP own. Breakfast is served the entire day they're open. Use the store locator on crackerbarrel.com for exact hours at your nearest store.

Yes, in many — but not all — locations. Beginning around 2020 and rolling out broadly through 2022–2024, Cracker Barrel began offering beer and wine at participating restaurants. Where available, you'll find domestic beer ($5.49 range), select craft options and house red and white wine by the glass ($6.99 range). Roughly half of locations now carry alcohol. Confirm at your local store — the addition was a notable departure from the chain's traditional family-restaurant positioning.

Cracker Barrel is slightly higher-priced than Denny's and Bob Evans on a like-for-like comparison. Old Timer's Breakfast at $11.49 sits about $1 above Bob Evans' Country Biscuit Breakfast (~$10.49) and roughly even with Denny's Grand Slam (~$11.49). Country dinners run $13.49–$15.99, modestly higher than equivalent Bob Evans plates ($12.99–$14.99) but with three included sides versus two at Bob Evans, narrowing the gap. The Family Meal Baskets ($36.99–$44.99) are competitively priced against Denny's family packs.

Yes — and that's part of what makes Cracker Barrel unique. Every Cracker Barrel restaurant has an attached country gift shop, and the gift shop sells frozen Hashbrown Casserole (and other take-home Cracker Barrel pantry items like jams, pancake mix, candies and apple butter). Frozen Hashbrown Casserole is also stocked in the freezer aisle at many grocery chains nationally. Family Meal Baskets to-go from the restaurant also include Hashbrown Casserole as one of the side options.

The Country Fried Steak is a hand-breaded tenderized beef steak coated in seasoned flour and fried golden, then topped with peppered sawmill (white country) gravy. The dinner version ($14.99) is served with three country sides plus biscuits or cornbread. A breakfast version, Grandpa's Country Fried Breakfast ($13.49), adds two eggs, Hashbrown Casserole, grits and a biscuit. The Country Fried Steak Sandwich ($10.99) puts the same steak with white cheddar, sawmill gravy and crispy onion strings on Texas toast.