Cracker Barrel has permanently closed its remaining two locations in the Portland metro area, citing the pandemic.

A spokesperson for Cracker Barrel confirmed the closure of their Beaverton and Tualatin restaurants on Monday. …

“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. With that, we are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Beaverton, Tualatin, and Bend locations.”

[The pandemic? Tough to imagine that the pandemic is still holding down business anywhere, even in Portland. I wonder what else might be the problem? Hmmmm …. — Ed]