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In Downtown Cookeville, you'll find an eclectic blend of coffee shops, restaurants, boutiques, museums and galleries that combine small-town Southern charm with some serious uptown ambience. They populate a well-manicured trail that runs all the way from the Square that encircles a circa-1900 courthouse to the Depot Museum on the old Nashville & Eastern line. Along the way, be sure to stop off at Dogwood Park, where you can spread out a blanket, splash in a fountain, enjoy music or drama in the amphitheater or sit a spell along a quiet, rose-lined path. And be sure to bring your appetite — Downtown offers everything from Cajun cuisine to sushi and from Detroit-style coneys to donuts!