COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of the Columbia area locations of the popular restaurant chain Cracker Barrel has shut down.
A note was posted on the door Cracker Barrel in the Village at Sandhill northeast Columbia announced that it was closing permanently. "To our Sandhill community – thank you for more than 15 years in the community. We’ve been honored to welcome guests into a home-away-from-home at our store, and we’ve valued the opportunity to be part of so many special occasions for our guests and community. We are deeply saddened to announce this location has closed," the note read in part.
News19 reached out to Cracker Barrel for for more information.
"As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate the performance of our stores, using various criteria to ensure we are meeting the needs of our guests and our business," the company wrote in response. "We have made the difficult decision to close the Columbia Cracker Barrel location. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is on assisting our impacted employees during this transition."
"We extend our sincere thanks to our employees who worked so hard to keep our fireplace glowing and to the guests who have dined with us, celebrated with us, and made us part of their community. We look forward to reconnecting with them at other times at nearby Cracker Barrels in the future."
Customers are encouraged to go to the store on Legrand Road off Interstate 77 and Farrow Road.
Cracker Barrell was founded in 1969 in Tennessee and is known for its country comfort food. It operates over 600 locations in 45 states.