October 16, 2025 at 4:55 pm

Cracker Barrel Is Getting Dragged Again, But This Time For Maybe Legitimate Health Reasons

by Ben Auxier

Kara talking about an incident working at Cracker Barrel

TikTok/karalynnmartin

You may have seen some of the outrage over Cracker Barrel’s bland interior remodeling, and also the incredibly stupid (somehow ultra politized) tantrums about their corresponding logo change, but that’s all small potatoes compared to the actual things that should matter to a restaurant’s reputation; like, say, sanitation.

A few people are popping up with alleged stories, including this one from TikTok user @karalynnmartin:

Kara talking about an incident working at Cracker Barrel

TikTok/karalynnmartin

In a comment displayed on the video, an apparently former Cracker Barrel employee writes, “I quite my first day when my training manager instructed mt to scrape the vegetables out the lil white bowles left on the tables back into the pots.”

Kara talking about an incident working at Cracker Barrel

TikTok/karalynnmartin

“I am screaming right now. One of our girls found a roach in the bottom of a biscuit that was like cooked into it. And she found it whenever she had like flipped it over into the basket.”

Kara talking about an incident working at Cracker Barrel

TikTok/karalynnmartin

“They didn’t even throw the pan out. They just kept using the same pan. Just threw that biscuit.”

@karalynnmartin

Replying to @Lesbianfriends #crackerbarrel #fyp

♬ original sound – Kara

Some started looking for alternatives.

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Others had horror stories.

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Or other complaints.

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Then there’s this take…

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Not sure what that says about the state of restaurants in general.

If you liked that story, check out this one about a Costco customer who got their cart stolen… so she hatched a plan to get it back!