Quick answer: The Cracker Barrel breakfast menu runs all day and covers big country plates, pancakes, French toast, and biscuits and gravy. Most full breakfasts cost between $9 and $17 as of October 2026. The Old Timer’s Breakfast sits near $12.99, Grandpa’s Country Fried Breakfast near $16.50, and biscuits and gravy anchor the budget end at about $9.09. Prices vary by location.
Breakfast is the main event at Cracker Barrel, and the kitchen treats it that way. The menu is not a short “morning” insert. It is a full lineup of egg plates, griddled cakes, fried sides, and sweet starters, and every bit of it is available from the minute the doors open until they close at night.
The Big Country Plates
Start here if you are properly hungry. The Old Timer’s Breakfast, typically $12.99, is the standard-bearer: two eggs any style, your pick of bacon or sausage, grits, sawmill gravy, fried apples or hashbrown casserole, and biscuits. It is the plate half the dining room seems to order, and for good reason. Nothing on it is fancy. Everything on it works.
Grandpa’s Country Fried Breakfast pushes closer to $16.50 and earns it. A country fried steak under peppered gravy joins the eggs and sides, and most people split it or skip lunch afterward. Sampler-style platters rotate in and out of the menu with a bit of everything, usually priced in the same $15 to $17 band.
Lighter appetites are covered too. Egg sandwiches, oatmeal with toppings, and yogurt and fruit plates give the table a few sub-$10 options that still feel like a real breakfast. Ask for egg whites if you want them; the kitchen handles that swap without blinking.
Pancakes, French Toast, and the Sweet Side of the Menu
Momma’s Pancake Breakfast pairs a short stack of buttermilk pancakes with two eggs and bacon or sausage for about $12.99. The pancakes themselves are the draw: crisp lacy edges, soft middle, served with a warm bottle of maple syrup. Wild blueberry and pecan versions show up across most menus, and seasonal stacks, pumpkin in the fall, strawberry in spring, come and go through the year.
French toast platters sit in the same price neighborhood, thick slices griddled golden and served with eggs and meat. A word of warning from experience: order the pancakes for the table to share, not just for yourself. A full stack plus a full plate of eggs is more food than it looks like on the menu photo.
Seasonal Stacks and Limited-Time Plates
Twice a year the breakfast menu gets a seasonal overlay, and regulars plan around it. Fall brings pumpkin pancakes and a harvest-style plate with sweet potato touches. Spring leans strawberry, with strawberry pancakes and fresh fruit showing up across the sweet section. A limited-time dish, often a stuffed pancake or a new skillet-style bake, runs for a few weeks at a time, usually priced near the regular pancake platters.
Seasonal items vanish without much ceremony, so if a stack catches your eye in October, do not assume it will be there in January. It will not. The core menu on this page, though, does not move: the plates above are the year-round backbone at the overwhelming majority of stores.
The Under-$9 Corner (and One Plate Just Above It)
Every menu needs a budget hero, and here it is a plate of biscuits and gravy. Two fluffy buttermilk biscuits under a ladle of peppered sausage gravy run about $9.09, a hair over nine dollars, and it is the cheapest genuinely filling breakfast in the building. Regulars know it. College students know it.
A plain biscuit plate or a bowl of grits with butter costs less still, though those are snacks dressed as breakfast. The smart budget move is the biscuits and gravy plus one shareable side for the table, which keeps a two-person breakfast near $12 total before coffee.
Hashbrown Casserole Deserves Its Own Section
Some sides are supporting actors. This one gets fan mail. Hashbrown Casserole folds shredded potatoes into a creamy, cheesy bake with a golden top, and it has been on the menu since long before it became a copycat recipe staple. As a standalone side it runs about $3.89, and it swaps into most breakfast plates in place of grits or fried apples at no drama.
A loaded version, topped with more cheese, bacon, and green onions, appears at many stores for a couple of dollars more. If your table orders one thing to pass around, make it this. The casserole also travels well, which is why it anchors half the family meal orders on weekend mornings.
Breakfast Sides and What They Cost
Sides run $3 to $6 across most locations. These are typical prices as of October 2026, and your store may sit a little above or below them.
| Side | Typical price | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
| Hashbrown Casserole | $3.89 | The signature side; loaded version costs more |
| Fried Apples | ~$3.99 | Sweet, cinnamon-spiced; doubles as dessert |
| Coarse Ground Grits | ~$3.29 | Comes with many plates; butter on request |
| Fresh Fruit Cup | ~$4.29 | The lightest option on the board |
| Thick-Sliced Bacon | ~$4.49 | Three slices, cooked crisp by default |
| Turkey Sausage Patties | ~$4.49 | Leaner swap for pork sausage |
| Country Ham | ~$5.49 | Salty, assertive, very Southern |
Eggs, Meats, and the Fixings Around Them
The egg plates let you build the morning your way. Two or three eggs, any style, then your pick of the meat case: thick-sliced bacon, smoked sausage patties, turkey sausage for a leaner plate, or a slice of country ham with its salty edge. Sugar-cured ham shows up at many stores too, milder than the country cut and better for kids.
Around the eggs sits the starch rotation: coarse ground grits with butter, fried apples warm with cinnamon, sliced tomatoes in summer, or the hashbrown casserole. The sawmill gravy, a peppery milk gravy with sausage bits, comes in its own little bowl on the classic plates. Pour it over the biscuits. That is what it is there for, whatever the gravy skeptics say.
Smaller Plates for Kids and Light Appetites
Not every morning needs the full Grandpa’s treatment. The kids’ breakfast lineup covers a single pancake with a side, a small egg plate, and oatmeal, most of it under $7. Adults order from it more often than the menu designers probably expected, especially the one-pancake option with coffee on a travel day.
Oatmeal deserves a mention of its own: steel-cut style, served with toppings like pecans and fruit, and one of the few breakfast orders here under 400 calories. Yogurt and granola plates rotate seasonally. Light does not have to mean leaving hungry, it just means skipping the gravy boat, a sacrifice we respect but cannot personally endorse.
Coffee, Timing, and Two Ordering Tips
The coffee program is simple and proudly old-fashioned: one price, endless refills, and a pot that seems to circulate the dining room on its own schedule. Tea drinkers get the same refill treatment, and the lemonade, sweet or unsweet tea, and coffee all sit near $3.50 at most stores.
Bottomless coffee is part of the ritual, and the mugs get refilled before they are empty at well-run stores. Arrive before 9 a.m. on weekends if you can; the porch fills up fast after that, and waits of 30 minutes or more are common on Sunday mornings near the interstate exits.
Tip one: breakfast plates come with biscuits, so skip the extra bread order unless your table truly commits to it. Tip two: the weekday daily specials start later in the morning, so a late breakfast can slide into a special-priced lunch if you time it right. Head back to the menu home page for the rest of the guides, or browse the breakfast guide with pictures for plate-by-plate photos and notes.
Breakfast Questions
Until what time is breakfast served?
All day. The breakfast menu is available from open to close, so a 6 p.m. pancake order is completely normal.
What is the most popular breakfast at Cracker Barrel?
The Old Timer’s Breakfast is the longtime best seller, with Momma’s Pancake Breakfast close behind. Both sit near $12.99 at most locations.
Can I swap the sides on my breakfast plate?
Yes. Hashbrown casserole, fried apples, grits, and sliced tomatoes are the usual swap options, and most stores handle it at no extra charge.
Is there anything under $10 worth ordering?
Biscuits and gravy at about $9.09 is the filling pick. Oatmeal, egg sandwiches, and fruit and yogurt plates also stay under $10 at most stores.
Does the Hashbrown Casserole come on regular plates?
It can. Many breakfasts let you pick it as one of your sides, or you can order the standalone side for about $3.89.
Are these prices the same at every store?
No. Prices are set by market and change with menu updates, so your local store may differ by a dollar or so. This page shows typical prices checked in October 2026.
Cracker Barrel Menu Guide is an independent guide and is not affiliated with Cracker Barrel Old Country Store. Prices shown are typical US prices as of October 2026 and vary by location.
Cracker Barrel Breakfast Menu and Prices: What to Remember
However you start the day, this cracker barrel breakfast menu and prices guide keeps every plate in one place. Use the cracker barrel breakfast menu and prices above to compare country plates, pancakes and sides, then check the official Cracker Barrel menu for your local store before you set off.