Paloma Bar de Tapas is a bar in Downtown, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: 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.
Address: 801 Pine Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
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.
Whiskey Thief keeps 100 whiskeys behind Chattanooga's first rooftop cocktail lounge, on top of the Edwin Hotel with Walnut Street Bridge views.
Signature drink: Tennessee whiskey flights
Food: Rooftop small plates
Tip: The 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.
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.
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.
Signature drink: House cocktails and cheap pours
Food: Kitchen until late
Tip: The 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.
Signature drink: Tennessee whiskey flights
Food: Rooftop small plates
Tip: The 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.
