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Cookeville fried pickles at old train depot cafe are worth the wait

The cafe in Cookeville, Tennessee, sits in an old train depot and draws diners who say the fried pickles justify the line; the train never waited for anyone.

On air: Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on BBN This Morning
Published 8:37 AM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by Fast Food Club: “Cookeville Folks Swear The Fried Pickles At This Old Train Depot Cafe Are Worth The Wait”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 8:37 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFolks in Cookeville, Tennessee, swear the fried pickles at an old train depot cafe are worth the wait, according to Fast Food Club, and people line up for them anyway.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA line, for a pickle. I sit in a merge lane for forty minutes and get nothing but a sore horn hand.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBrock, the depot used to be a train stop, so waiting is basically the building's whole history.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFine, my forecast. New York is fifty-nine and foggy right now, then cloudy tomorrow with a high of seventy-five.
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistChicago is starting clear at sixty-six, then tomorrow's looking fifty-two percent rainy with a high near sixty-three.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd Los Angeles?
Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistFifty-four and clear now, eighty-four tomorrow, zero rain. Zero. Nothing to complain about, and I find that rude.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy pickle wait gets zero honks, and Chicago's rain gets a nine.

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