Food

Homestyle proposal: Cracker Barrel has prizes for ‘popping the question’

By Lukas Eggen / Las Vegas Review-Journal

February 6, 2023 - 9:41 am

The exterior of Cracker Barrel is shown at 8350 Dean Martin Drive in Las Vegas on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Can you feel the love tonight? If you pop the question at Cracker Barrel you just might — and win a year’s worth of food while you’re at it.

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The popular restaurant chain will give five couples who “pop the question” at any Cracker Barrel location free food for a year. Couples must upload an original in-feed, publicly viewable video to Instagram between Feb. 10 and 16 depicting the proposal, tag Cracker Barrel’s official Instagram account and include the hashtags #ISaidYesAtCrackerBarrel and #Contest.

The Las Vegas Valley is home to two Cracker Barrel locations at 2815 E. Craig Road and 8350 Dean Martin Drive.

Pride corn, for Pride 2023, from Chica in The Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip. (The Venetian)

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By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

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By John Katsilometes / RJ

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By Johnathan L. Wright / RJ

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