[Cookeville News]

@jmtunafish So what have  you heard about the rumored redevelopment of the current Putnam County fairgrounds? I’ve heard rumors of Target. etc. - Thanks! 

[Nashville food and beverage scene]

13 hours ago, jmtunafish said:

Meanwhile, little Cookeville has two Filipino restaurants, one which is also a Filipino/Asian grocery store / market where I can get my calamansi juice, corn ice cream, prawn crackers, and passionfruit Kit Kat fix.  A Taste of the Philippines (the one that's just a restaurant) has regular Boodle Fights.  There are also four very good, very authentic Thai restaurants in town, a wonderful Korean place, and an excellent Vietnamese restaurant downtown around the corner from an Indian restaurant where everything is homemade by a sweet little Indian grandmother.  There's even a place with Japanese crepes and rolled ice cream.  I grew up in the Philippines and Hong Kong and love having these places around.  It's actually one of the reasons I enjoy Cookeville so much.  I suppose there might be more "authentic" Thai and Filipino places in Nashville, but I doubt it.  We also have Venezuelan and Peruvian restaurants in Cookeville.  Alas, our Egyptian restaurant didn't last through the covid shutdown although the guy who ran it said he might reopen sometime soon.  (The building is now another Thai restaurant.)

I live in Cookeville as well. Do you mind posting a list of your favorite locally-owned restaurants up here? I think I know most of the ones you referenced, but wanted to ask anyway! Thanks! 

[Oracle, 60 acres at River North, 1,200,000 sq. ft. of space, $1.2B Investment, 8,500 jobs]

Did any of you all read the NBJ article about Jennifer Pritzker threatening to pull a company out of TN concerning the anti-LGBT bills currently moving through the legislature this session? The more I read about things like this, the more I worry that Oracle eventually is going to face immense pressure to scuttle the Nashville hub deal. Thoughts? 

[133 KVB (two 49 story towers of 574’ & 512’ featuring condos, apartments, hotel, ground level retail, public park & 8 levels of parking)]

I give Palmer and WES a better chance than this one. 

[Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.]

So no actual construction at all? Hope this isn't going to be the West End Summitt of Cool Springs! 

[Surrounding Counties - Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, Rutherford, Sumner, Wilson, Williamson, Maury, etc.]

So what's the latest info / status on Ovation in Cool Springs? Haven't seen anything in the news about it in quite some time.