11 editor picks in Chattanooga.
11 bars in Chattanooga, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in Chattanooga.
The Rosecomb is the neighbourhood bar Chattanooga's Riverview didn't know it needed, cocktails, unusual wines and Appalachian plates in a cottage.
TipMonday is industry night with 30 percent off for bar and restaurant staff; Wednesday is burger and pint night.
The Bitter Alibi stacks three storeys of dive-bar comfort in an old house on Houston Street in Chattanooga, cocktails and late plates until midnight.
TipThe third floor hosts the Dilemma cocktail bar, Thursday to Sunday from 18:00; the porch is the best seat in the house.
Whiskey Thief keeps 100 whiskeys behind Chattanooga's first rooftop cocktail lounge, on top of the Edwin Hotel with Walnut Street Bridge views.
TipThe roof opens at 14:00 on Saturday and Sunday and at 16:00 the rest of the week; for a daytime meal, brunch is downstairs at Whitebird.
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.
TipLive music Saturdays and open-mic nights midweek; closed Sunday and Monday, and seats are few, so arrive at 17:00 open.
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.
TipClosed Sunday; happy hour runs 16:00 to 19:00 on weekdays and the terrace rail tables go first in fair weather.
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.
TipWeekend 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.
Matilda Midnight serves astrology-and-tarot cocktails beneath a twinkling artificial night sky inside the Dwell Hotel in downtown Chattanooga.
TipRevived at the start of 2026 after a pause; nightly 16:00 to midnight, and the velvet front room suits small groups.
Pickle Barrel has poured from a century-old flatiron wedge on Market Street since 1982, Chattanooga's definitive late-night dive with a roof deck.
TipStrictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.
Westbound Honky-Tonk brings line dancing and country bands to Station Street in Chattanooga's Southside on weekends, boots-on and loud on purpose.
TipFree line-dancing lessons Thursday at 20:00; Friday and Saturday it runs to 03:00, among the latest closes in the city.
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.
TipFriday and Saturday the bar pours to 01:00; weeknights it winds down at 23:00, and the kitchen holds to 22:00 every night.
Alan Gold's Discotheque has run drag shows and dance floors on McCallie Avenue since the 1980s, Chattanooga's long-serving LGBTQ+ nightlife institution.
TipThursday to Saturday only, 20:00 to 02:45; drag showtimes post on the club's events page, and the floor peaks after midnight.
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