Vehicles pulled in and out of the parking lot at a brisk pace around lunchtime on Wednesday at Colorado Springs’ only Cracker Barrel Old Country Store and restaurant off North Academy Boulevard.

Colorado Springs resident Richard Gallegos said he’d sworn off the homestyle meals after the national Southern chain that originated in 1969 announced earlier this month it was changing its nearly 50-year-old logo and unveiled a new design with the name only.

But Gallegos said he wanted to patronize the business once again after hearing Tuesday’s news.

Public backlash over what some saw as the company caving to liberal political influence — and presumably the expensive drop in its stock value — led Julie Felss Masino, CEO of the publicly traded company, to reverse the decision and keep its origi

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