The Parkway Neighborhood Guide
Where Pancakes Meet Traffic Jams
🧭Generally defined as the area: US 441 running straight through downtown Gatlingburg from traffic light 3 at the north entrance down to traffic light 10 near the Space Needle, basically the entire commercial spine everyone crawls bumper to bumper.
📌The Parkway is best known for: Gourmet pancake houses outnumbering actual residents by triple digits, and numerous coffee and candy shops, plus interesting touristy attractions and eateries. Be sure to visit Blake Shelton's Old Red restaurant near Ripley's Aquarium.
👕You can spot a Parkway local by: They know which back alley actually gets you around gridlock.
👍Locals live here because: Walking to work beats sitting in that nightmare traffic.
👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: The constant smell of fudge mixing with car exhaust.
✨The overall feel is: Vegas met Appalachia and had triplets.
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