Maybe the same reason you don't find Bojangles all over Florida not all stores are in all places
Because it's a southern base chain, not a North Eastern Atlantic chain. CA just opened its first Cracker Barrel few months back in the state Capitol. The farther you drive away from southern states the more sparse they become.
The only one in Rhode Island is in Coventry. It's been there for at least 10 years now and is doing fairly well.
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