Cracker Barrel is expected to announce plans in 2011 for a Covington restaurant, and it could be followed by a few other national chains, providing positive signs for a county seeking commercial growth in a depressed economy, as well as more consumer options. The popular restaurant chain, known for its homestyle food and country gift shops, has reached an agreement with Ewing Southeast Realty to locate at the corner of Georgia. Highway 142 and Lochridge Boulevard, near the Hampton Inn, Morris Ewing Jr., with Ewing Southeast, said on Wednesday.