Care for some antiques with your meal?
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As decor manager, Larry Singleton collects and refurbishes antiques for Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a chain of over 500 home-style restaurants. (Alan Poizner/Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Wade Winfree assembles a "mock-up" of what the interior of a new Cracker Barrel restaurant will look like. Cracker Barrel's warehouse of antiques, which includes over 100,000 items, is located in Lebanon, Tenn. (Alan Poizner/Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a chain of over 500 home-style restaurants, spends roughly $25,000 on antiques for each of its locations. (Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a chain of over 500 home-style restaurants, spends roughly $25,000 on antiques for each of its locations. (Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a home-style restaurant chain with over 500 locations, uses many farming tools and household appliances in its decor. (Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a chain of over 500 home-style restaurants, spends roughly $25,000 on antiques for each of its locations. (Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a chain of over 500 home-style restaurants, spends roughly $25,000 on antiques for each of its locations. (Courtesy of Cracker Barrel)
TGI Friday's spends between $15,000 and $20,000 on antiques for each of its locations. In a recent redesign, TGI Friday's got rid of artifacts from the 1930s in lieu of more modern antiques such as Harley Davidson apparel and MTV moon men. (Courtesy of TGI Friday's)
Ever wonder why so many chain restaurants have antiques up on the walls? Many companies have extensive decor teams that use authentic antiques to generate a nostalgic atmosphere for diners.
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