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re: Stopped by the Grand opening of Dolly Parton gas station

Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:39 am to
Posted by ultratiger89
Houston, Tx
Member since Aug 2007
4101 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 1:39 am to
quote:

Dolly didn't cotton


WTF?
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20326 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 3:29 am to
Hard to go national with a name like “Tennessean Travel Stop”
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
13365 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 4:15 am to
Instead of having the gas tanks below ground they should put a pair of these out front.



I know those are not oil or gas tanks, but the containment shells of a nuclear plant in California.
Posted by dirtsandwich
AL
Member since May 2016
7455 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 4:31 am to
The Tennessean is my regular stop if I need gas between BHM and Nashville. I ate there a couple of months ago. The renovations since the fire and new branding are a little over the top for me I guess. They have a bar upstairs which seems odd. And a fairly big stage for music, certainly for a gas station. I hope that I’m still able to get in and out easily and that the bathrooms remain clean. That’s about all that I am looking for. But good luck to Dolly. She’s a national treasure.

Anyone see the songbook musical of her life that they were hoping to take to broadway? I saw it at Belmont. Second act needs some work but gotta love the music and her story.
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14449 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 6:11 am to
in East Tennessee and with literacy is incredible. She's given away something like 100 million childrens books.
—-100 million books and they’re still illiterate? Geez
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
117032 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:07 am to
quote:

quote:
Dolly didn't cotton


WTF?


A fairly common Southern expression for those older than 40.
Posted by LSU Grad Alabama Fan
369 Cardboard Box Lane
Member since Nov 2019
14384 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:18 am to
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Lots of experiments going on. Coffee shop, restaurant, bbq store where they make each sandwich to order (brisket and pork butt), a leather couch lounge which is nice.. Off to one side.


Where is the strip club for the lot lizards going?
Posted by KennabraTiger
Kenner, LA
Member since Sep 2013
7859 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:26 am to
Yall disappoint me with the lack of pics


Posted by L1C4
The Ville
Member since Aug 2017
16592 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:38 am to
That's quite the sign on the front of the building.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
104432 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 7:45 am to
Dolly's coffee really should have been called D-Cups.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34699 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:04 am to




Posted by La Place Mike
West Florida Republic
Member since Jan 2004
31743 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:12 am to
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Dolly is one of hte greatest living Americans.


I have always had the feeling Dolly isn't the person her public believes to be.
Posted by jorconalx
alexandria
Member since Aug 2011
11294 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:16 am to
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Mostly customers not employees.


that’s how it goes with successful businesses
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
56546 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:17 am to


Dolly could the new mudflap girl
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
94598 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:20 am to
quote:

have always had the feeling Dolly isn't the person her public believes to be.
and you would be wrong.

LINK

quote:

“Dolly was on tour and she called in to say what can we do and how quickly can we do it?” says Dotson. “Her hometown means so much to her. She always calls it her Smokey Mountain DNA.”



The My People’s fund gave $1000 per month to about 900 families impacted by the fire - regardless of income - for 6 months. But the Dollywood Foundation received so many donations they increased the amount to $5000 the final month. They also opened an additional organization called Mountain Tough to help families on a case-by-case basis and clean up homesites.

Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
21684 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:26 am to
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amazing guitar chandelier


Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
3849 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:30 am to
I remember stopping at the old Tennessean back in the 80s and 90s. It was a great truck stop in a quiet area. Had a good buffet, plenty parking for truckers, nice travel store. That's all I got
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
7123 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 8:36 am to
In your first pic a dude with a sleeveless shirt, tats, and flip flops is getting his picture taken in front of a Dolly Parton truck stop sign

'Merica
Posted by Red Stick Tigress
Tiger Stadium
Member since Nov 2005
21623 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:19 am to
There are plenty of employees there too, many behind the scenes that you don't see. Bigly kitchen.

A friend of mine was working there.
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
9223 posts
Posted on 6/26/26 at 10:59 am to
Another big difference to Buccee's: Dolly's store has chairs where you can sit down. Only place to sit at Buccee's is the restroom toilet.
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