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Thank you, that's interesting.

When I did a google search before asking the question, I found hits like "Cherry Pie Farm" and "Apple Pie Farm" - some of those might have been farmer's markets, but I read their names like a farm named after a dessert, not a "Pie Farm" named after a fruit.

The person asking me about the whereabouts of a "Pie Farm" might have meant a farmer's market, but I think that would have been strange for late at night. Maybe he was hungry and looking for produce.

"Pay phone" with a rather thick accent or speech impediment?

As far as a speech impediment goes: I had asked him to repeat himself because I didn't know what he was talking about. He was saying, at least phonetically, "pie farm". I even repeated it and he said "yes, a PIE FARM!". At that I didn't want to ask him what a pie farm was. As to why I'm asking now, I guess because I just found this show.

Repeating can be unreliable when an accent is involved. I was once involved in a phone conversation where someone from West Virginia was asking for "Mr. Radder." I didn't know any Mr. Radder, and I repeated "Radder" which the caller confirmed. Still, we talked for a while, and I eventually keyed in on the accent. Rider! When I asked if it was "Mr. Rider" they wanted they again confirmed.