California Cracker Barrel Now Open

Posted on February 4, 2018 by vanbraman

The first Cracker Barrel in California is now open. Technically as I write this it is not open as it officially opens on February 5. However, it has had a soft opening and by the time anyone reads this it will be February 5 🙂California Cracker Barrel, First California Cracker Barrel, Now Open

The Cracker Barrel website now lists the Victorville, Calfornia location as open.

Victorville, California, Cracker Barrel, First California Cracker BarrelHowever, if you click on the link it says that it is opening Feb. 5, 2018. In any case, now that the Victorville Cracker Barrel is now open California has been removed from the list of states that don’t have a Cracker Barrel.  Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming are now the only five states without a Cracker Barrel.

Victorville California, First California Cracker BarrelHere you can see on a map where the first California Cracker Barrel is located. I am sure it will get a lot of business from people on their way to and from Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

Cracker Barrel, Victorville, California, Nostalgia, AntiquesI do not plan on making a road trip down to Victorville, but if for some reason I have to head to Southern California by car it might be tempting to make a detour.

California Cracker Barrel, 1000 Howe, Eden-Arcade, CaliforniaI am more excited about the second Cracker Barrel that will open in California. It will be on Howe Avenue in the Arden-Arcade area of Sacramento. It will only be a little more than an hour drive away and worthy of a road trip.

I did see in a news article that my distant cousins Ray and Wilma Yoder have already eaten at the Victorville Cracker Barrel during a VIP preview breakfast . They have eaten at every Cracker Barrel restaurant and plan to come back for the opening of the five other planned Cracker Barrel restaurants in California. I may need to do a bit of family networking and try and meet them at one of the openings.

Steven

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Chocolate Covered Strawberry CupCakes II

Posted on February 3, 2018 by vanbraman

This year Hostess has again released a limited edition of Chocolate Covered Strawberry CupCakes.

Chocolate Covered, Strawberry, CupCakes, HostessThere are some differences in the package art. The colors are a bit darker and a few things have moved around.

Chocolate Covered, Strawberry, CupCakes, HostessThe chocolate is about the same as it was last time, but the cake seems a bit darker.

Here you see the individually wrapped cakes.

Chocolate Covered, Strawberry, CupCakes, HostessOne interesting thing is that the piping of the squiggle is narrower and more defined than in the past.

Chocolate Covered, Strawberry, CupCakes, HostessOf course the important thing is how does it taste. I had liked the one before and it was my favorite of the three different Valentine’s Day offerings that year. So far this year this has been the only one I have seen.

Chocolate Covered, Strawberry, CupCakes, HostessI took a big bite and it definitely tasted good. The cake is denser than most of the Hostess CupCakes and also a bit smaller. They must make it a bit smaller to keep the calories the same. There is definitely a nice strawberry flavor to the cake but I would rather have a less dense cake.

I don’t see the special edition Hostess CupCakes as often as before, but this is mainly because I no longer shop at a grocery store that carries as wide of a selection of Hostess products. I usually only find them during rare trips to Wal-Mart, which has a unique distribution agreement with Hostess.

Happy Valentine’s Day later this month 🙂

Steven

 

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