Is Cracker Barrel open on holidays?
Updated August 24, 2026 · this page carries the 2026 and 2027 dates.
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Open or closed? Check below.
Hours vary by location — check your store before you drive out. Hours vary by location. The days marked closed here are company-wide; everything else is your local store or restaurant’s call, so check before you go.
Cracker Barrel closes for exactly one day a year: Christmas. Everything else — including Thanksgiving, when it serves a full turkey-and-dressing menu to packed dining rooms — is a working day.
The one wrinkle worth knowing is Christmas Eve, when stores wind down in the early afternoon so crews can get home, and stay dark through Christmas Day.
| Day | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2026 January 1, 2027 | Open Open — January 1 is a regular day, and a popular one for a slow breakfast. |
| Easter Sunday | April 5, 2026 March 28, 2027 | Open Open — most locations serve Easter Sunday, and it's one of their busiest days; expect a wait. |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 May 31, 2027 | Open Open — a regular operating day. |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2026 July 4, 2027 | Open Open — a regular operating day. |
| Labor Day | September 7, 2026 September 6, 2027 | Open Open — a regular operating day. |
| Thanksgiving | November 26, 2026 November 25, 2027 | Open Open — Cracker Barrel serves Thanksgiving Day with a holiday menu and adjusted hours. |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2026 December 24, 2027 | Early close Open through the morning, then closing early in the afternoon — 2pm in recent years — and staying closed through Christmas Day. |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2026 December 25, 2027 | Closed Closed — Christmas is the one day of the year every Cracker Barrel closes. |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2026 December 31, 2027 | Open Open — most locations keep normal hours on December 31. |
Is Cracker Barrel open on New Year's Day?
Open — January 1 is a regular day, and a popular one for a slow breakfast.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Easter Sunday?
Open — most locations serve Easter Sunday, and it's one of their busiest days; expect a wait.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Memorial Day?
Open — a regular operating day.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Independence Day?
Open — a regular operating day.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Labor Day?
Open — a regular operating day.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Thanksgiving?
Open — Cracker Barrel serves Thanksgiving Day with a holiday menu and adjusted hours.
Thanksgiving is a headline day here, not a day off: locations serve a full Thanksgiving spread, usually from morning through evening. Hours shift for the holiday, so check your store's schedule.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Christmas Eve?
Open through the morning, then closing early in the afternoon — 2pm in recent years — and staying closed through Christmas Day.
Is Cracker Barrel open on Christmas Day?
Closed — Christmas is the one day of the year every Cracker Barrel closes.
Stores close early on Christmas Eve and reopen December 26 on their normal schedule.
Is Cracker Barrel open on New Year's Eve?
Open — most locations keep normal hours on December 31.
More restaurants
The full chain-by-chain picture is on the restaurants holiday hours page — and the store holiday hours page covers the other half of the errand.
Checked against the Cracker Barrel's own location pages, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses. Hours vary by location — check your store before you drive out.