Everyday east-side Chattanooga, where long-running counters, lazy susan Southern tables and taco trucks outdraw any tourist strip.
Bea's Restaurant spins all-you-can-eat Southern cooking on lazy susan tables on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga, four generations of one family at the stove.
Order: Fried chicken and whatever vegetables land on the lazy susan.
Tip: Wednesday to Sunday 11:00 to 20:00 only. Tables are shared-spin; go hungry and let the staff keep the bowls refilled.
Ankar's Hoagies has stacked steamed hoagies and gyros for Chattanooga since 1979, a family-run counter institution still working Brainerd Road daily.
Order: The classic hoagie, steamed, with the works.
Tip: Brainerd closes at 16:00 Monday and Tuesday but runs to 20:00 the rest of the week; the Hixson Pike shop keeps longer evening hours.
Greg's Sandwich Works bakes its own bread for shop and truck sandwiches in Chattanooga, a family operation trading daily from E Brainerd Road.
Try: Hot sandwiches on house-baked bread
Tip: The E Brainerd shop runs weekday lunches 11:00 to 17:00; the truck's roaming schedule posts on StreetFoodFinder.
Miss Griffin's Footlong Hotdogs dresses its classic footlongs from a counter in the Eastgate Town Center food court, a Chattanooga name since 1939.
Try: Footlong hot dogs, fully dressed
Tip: The stand relocated from Main Street to the Eastgate food court on Brainerd Road; it is a weekday lunch stop only, closed weekends.
Brainerd Farmers Market sets up Saturday mornings in the Grace Episcopal Church car park in Chattanooga, a small neighbourhood produce market.
Tip: Two hours only, 10:00 to 12:00; arrive at open for eggs and bread, which sell through before the final hour.
Bea's Restaurant loads lazy susans with all-you-can-eat fried chicken and vegetables on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga, one family price per person.
Try: All-you-can-eat lazy susan spread
Tip: Wednesday to Sunday 11:00 to 20:00 only. Tables are shared-spin; go hungry and let the staff keep the bowls refilled.
Ankar's Hoagies steams overstuffed hoagies and gyros for Chattanooga lunch money on Brainerd Road, largely unchanged family value going back to 1979.
Try: Steamed hoagie
Tip: Brainerd closes at 16:00 Monday and Tuesday but runs to 20:00 the rest of the week; the Hixson Pike shop keeps longer evening hours.
Greg's Sandwich Works stacks fresh-baked bread with homemade soups and sides on E Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, shop-counter prices for scratch food.
Try: Hot sandwich with a homemade side
Tip: The E Brainerd shop runs weekday lunches 11:00 to 17:00; the truck's roaming schedule posts on StreetFoodFinder.