A bluff-top pocket of Victorian houses above the river where one family runs the trattoria, coffee house and bakery.
Tony's Pasta Shop & Trattoria hand-cuts pasta in the Victorian carriage house of the Bluff View Art District, a Chattanooga family staple above the river.
Signature: Meatballs, Meat Lasagna
Order: Meatballs from a Sicilian family recipe over fresh-cut pasta.
Tip: Gluten-safe pasta and pizza are on the regular menu. Queue early for a terrace table overlooking the Tennessee River.
Rembrandt's Coffee House anchors Chattanooga's Bluff View Art District with house-roasted coffee, hand-dipped chocolates and pastries on a garden terrace.
Signature drink: House-roasted drip with a hand-dipped truffle
Tip: Open to 21:00 nightly, unusual for a Chattanooga cafe; the courtyard tables above the river are the draw at golden hour.
Rembrandt's pastry kitchen supplies eclairs, biscotti and hand-dipped truffles to its Bluff View Art District coffee house in Chattanooga daily.
Tip: Open to 21:00 nightly, unusual for a Chattanooga counter; pastries ride on Bluff View Bakery bread from next door.
Worth the queue: Hand-dipped chocolate truffles