| Document and Entity Information | Jul. 29, 2020 |
| Cover [Abstract] | |
| Entity Registrant Name | CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC |
| Amendment Flag | true |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001067294 |
| Document Type | 8-K/A |
| Document Period End Date | Jul. 29, 2020 |
| Entity Incorporation State Country Code | TN |
| Entity File Number | 001-25225 |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 62-0812904 |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | 305 Hartmann Drive |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Lebanon |
| Entity Address, State or Province | TN |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 37087 |
| City Area Code | (615) |
| Local Phone Number | 444-5533 |
| Written Communications | false |
| Soliciting Material | false |
| Pre Commencement Tender Offer | false |
| Pre Commencement Issuer Tender Offer | false |
| Security 12b Title | Common Stock (Par Value $0.01) Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (Par Value $0.01) |
| Trading Symbol | CBRL |
| Security Exchange Name | NASDAQ |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false |
| Amendment Description | On August 3, 2020, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”), filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original Form 8-K”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission to report that, on July 29, 2020, the Company closed a transaction whereby it assigned its right to repurchase 64 properties at which the Company operates stores (the “64 Properties”) to certain affiliates of Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC (“Oak Street”). The Company also reported that it had entered into a Master Lease Agreement (the “Master Lease”), effective July 29, 2020, by and between the Company and Oak Street in respect of the 64 Properties. Additionally, in the Original Form 8-K the Company reported that, on July 29, 2020, the Company and Oak Street entered into the First Amendment to Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property (the “Sale Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell an additional 62 of the Company’s properties (the “62 Additional Properties”) to Oak Street in a sale and leaseback transaction (the “Sale and Leaseback”). |
