My wife and my dog left me, but I opened this restaurant
By Jonathan Bender in News
Thu., Nov. 5 2009 @ 10:30AM
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The Alan Jackson Collection at Cracker Barrel includes 40 items covering his personal tastes in music, apparel, home decor and spices. It's an effort to generate new revenue from customers who are already in the store, similar to what Starbucks has done with book and music sales.
Meanwhile, Country Crossing Alabama is an entertainment complex that sounds like the Legends if you added in apartments and a host of country music stars. John Anderson is behind a traditional cafeteria; Darryl Worley is lending his name to high-end bar food at the Worley Bird Saloon; and Lorrie Morgan's Hot Chicken is a chicken joint.
The development is like a hyper-focused Hard Rock Cafe with several different styles of food. In part, it's the same formula as Dollywood -- without the rides. But whether the concept is more Dollywood than Kenny Rogers Roasters is up to country fans to decide.
And speaking of that original offshoot of a country's singer's fame, Kenny Rogers Roasters lives on at Nathan's Famous franchises and stand-alone stores across Asia.
[Image via Flickr: d'arcy norman]
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