Gate 11 Distillery is a bar in Southside, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: 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.
Address: 1400 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
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.
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.
STIR carves 300-pound ice blocks for cocktails beside its raw bar at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, more than 350 bottles behind the Market Street bar.
Signature drink: Barrel-aged cocktail over hand-carved ice
Food: Full seafood kitchen
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 10:00 to 14:30. The bar stays open to midnight nightly and to 01:00 Friday and Saturday, rare for a Chattanooga seafood room.
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.
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.
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.
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.
STIR carves 300-pound ice blocks for cocktails beside its raw bar at the Chattanooga Choo Choo, more than 350 bottles behind the Market Street bar.
Signature drink: Barrel-aged cocktail over hand-carved ice
Food: Full seafood kitchen
Tip: Weekend brunch runs 10:00 to 14:30. The bar stays open to midnight nightly and to 01:00 Friday and Saturday, rare for a Chattanooga seafood room.
The Rosecomb is the neighbourhood bar Chattanooga's Riverview didn't know it needed, cocktails, unusual wines and Appalachian plates in a cottage.
Signature drink: Craft cocktails and Tennessee beers
Food: Kitchen to 22:00
Tip: Monday is industry night with 30 percent off for bar and restaurant staff; Wednesday is burger and pint night.
