Actual Factual Gwinnett: Yes, Gwinnett's getting its first Cook Out

The good news: Yes, Cook Out — the love-to-gorge-and-have-your-belly-hate-you-later fast food burger chain where you can get chicken nuggets and/or quesadillas as SIDES — is indeed coming to Snellville. To be exact, it's coming to 2019 Scenic Highway, just a few steps away from its intersection with Dogwood Road on the former site of a BB&T bank branch.

This is what that bank branch looked like when they tore it down earlier this year:

It appears the new Cook Out will be the first in Gwinnett County — and a TACO BELL will be built alongside it.

So, all that sounds pretty good...what's the bad news? The construction (and opening) schedule is a mystery!

The old building has already come down (obviously), and the new restaurant has already been listed as "coming soon" on the Cook Out website, but restaurant officials are playing a possible opening date close to the vest.

As in, they're not releasing one at all. Even a vague one. Believe me. I tried.

Disappointing, I know... but I guess you can always revel in the mere fact that deliciousness is on the horizon. And that a Cracker Barrel, a Zaxby's, a Freddy's and a Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q are, too.

And if that doesn't whet your appetite enough, check out The AJC's brand spanking new Gwinnett dining guide — where, among other things, you can check out a list of 19 restaurants you have to try, a round-up of cheap ethnic eats and a heat map showing restaurants that have recently opened or are opening soon.

Cook Out is not included on the latter, but I promise you, Amber — it's coming. IT'S COMING!

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I, Tyler Estep, am a staff writer with the AJC and a Gwinnett County native. To submit “Actual Factual Gwinnett” questions, contact me at tyler.estep@coxinc.com, @ByTylerEstep on Twitter or via the form below.