Going crackers — The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store has set Feb. 4 as the opening date for its new Bend restaurant. Located just off U.S. Highway 97 North at Robal Lane, it will serve three “country-style” meals daily. The Tennessee-based company, established in 1969, has 658 restaurants in 45 states, including four others in Oregon: three in the Portland area and one in Medford.

— John Gottberg Anderson, for The Bulletin