Updating the Debut of Cracker Barrel and More at the Silverton

Cracker Barrel will be debuting two Old Country Store's in Las Vegas this summer and their location at the Silverton is well on its way to meeting a promised July 25 debut date, the first of a series of major upgrades to the resort's huge exterior footprint.

The 9,113-square-foot restaurant will land on a 40,179-square-foot section once used to sell watercraft close to the Bass Pro Shops retail complex. Alongside Cracker Barrel's familiar Southern-themed breakfast, lunch and dinner menus, they will be including the chain's famous retail store.

Also planned for the Silverton, a retail center on the opposite site of the resort. New paperwork has been filed to add a 4,400-square-foot Panera Bread, plus a 1,600-square-foot Starbucks in the first wave of tenants. A separate 7,500-square-foot building is also far along in the permit stage, with tentative plans for a "pizza shop, a sandwich shop, a smoothie shop" plus one bonus tenant yet to be considered. No timetable for these arrivals has been announced.

And look out for a brand new "decorative water feature" to be constructed between the timeshare building and the main hotel entrance.

The second Cracker Barrel at 2815 E. Craig Road, across from an In-N-Out Burger in North Las Vegas, appears to be lagging behind in construction, but still hopes to debut in July.