Cocktail barHotel cocktail bar$$downtownDaily 16:00-24:00
Matilda Midnight serves astrology-and-tarot cocktails beneath a twinkling artificial night sky inside the Dwell Hotel in downtown Chattanooga.
Signature drink: Tarot-inspired house cocktails
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Revived at the start of 2026 after a pause; nightly 16:00 to midnight, and the velvet front room suits small groups.
Cocktail barDistillery bar$$southsideDaytime tours and tastings; evening cocktails at the indoor and outdoor bars
Gate 11 Distillery pours its own gin, rum and whiskey at the Chattanooga Choo Choo terminal, a family micro-distillery with indoor and garden bars.
Signature drink: Gin cocktails on the award-winning flagship
Food: None; the Choo Choo complex feeds you
Tip: The flagship gin made the Beverage Tasting Institute's world-best list in April 2026; daytime tastings become cocktails after dark.
Cocktail barDistillery bar$$southsideDaily 11:00-20:00; guided tours by reservation
Chattanooga Whiskey pours Tennessee High Malt in the Experimental Distillery bar on Market Street, the city's first distillery in over a century.
Signature drink: Tennessee High Malt flight
Food: None
Tip: Hour-long tours with six pours book out on Tock; the bar serves without a tour if you just want a flight before dinner.
SpanishRooftop bar$$$downtownMon-Thu 16:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 16:00-24:00; closed Sunday
Paloma Bar de Tapas runs a tenth-floor rooftop bar on the Westin Chattanooga, Spanish drinks and tapas floating above the downtown Pine Street grid.
Signature drink: Gin tonicas, Spanish-style
Food: Tapas and conservas
Tip: Closed Sunday; happy hour runs 16:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and the terrace rail tables go first in fair weather.
Wine barWine and vinyl bar$$downtownTue-Wed 17:00-22:00; Thu-Sat 17:00-23:00; closed Sun-Mon
JMac's Vino & Vinyl plays records and pours deep wine flights in a mid-century room on Georgia Avenue, downtown Chattanooga's original listening bar.
Signature drink: By-the-glass wine flights
Food: Charcuterie boards
Tip: Live music Saturdays and open-mic nights midweek; closed Sunday and Monday, and seats are few, so arrive at 17:00 open.
AmericanBar and venue$$southsideSun-Thu 11:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-01:00; kitchen to 22:00
Hi-Fi Clyde's works as Southside Chattanooga's big-room bar on West Main Street, live stages, murals, long bar and games, open to 01:00 on weekends.
Signature drink: Pitchers with the game on
Food: Tex-Mex-leaning kitchen to 22:00
Tip: Friday and Saturday the bar pours to 01:00; weeknights it winds down at 23:00, and the kitchen holds to 22:00 every night.