Frothy Monkey is a café brunch spot in Southside, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Pancakes and a drip refill in the terminal hall.
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 20:00; it bridges the afternoon gap when most Southside kitchens close between lunch and dinner.
Address: 1400 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Five Wits Brewing Company opens at 08:00 on weekend mornings for breakfast in its Long Street taproom, where coffee service leads into the day's first pints.
Order: A breakfast plate at the bar before the taps wake up.
Tip: Weekend mornings open at 08:00, unusual for a brewery; food last call is one hour before close.
Bluegrass Grill cooks scratch breakfast on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, potato cakes and homemade bread from a tiny family kitchen.
Order: Eggs with potato cakes and toast from the house loaf.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 06:30 to 14:00 only, and the Saturday queue forms early; solo counter seats turn fastest.
The Rosecomb's Sunday daytime service turns its Riverview cottage into Chattanooga's calmest brunch room, with the kitchen running 11:00 to 15:00.
Order: Brunch plates that can all be made gluten-free.
Tip: Sunday is the only daytime service, 11:00 to 16:00 with the kitchen to 15:00; the 21-and-over door policy still stands.
Five Wits Brewing Company opens at 08:00 on weekend mornings for breakfast in its Long Street taproom, where coffee service leads into the day's first pints.
Order: A breakfast plate at the bar before the taps wake up.
Tip: Weekend mornings open at 08:00, unusual for a brewery; food last call is one hour before close.
Aretha Frankensteins pours batter for Chattanooga's most storied pancakes in a horror-postered North Shore house on Tremont Street, beer optional.
Order: The pancake stack; the house mix is sold to take home.
Tip: Weekends run 08:00 to 15:00 and the porch queue starts early; weekdays after 09:30 are the calm window.
Bluegrass Grill cooks scratch breakfast on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, potato cakes and homemade bread from a tiny family kitchen.
Order: Eggs with potato cakes and toast from the house loaf.
Tip: Tuesday to Saturday 06:30 to 14:00 only, and the Saturday queue forms early; solo counter seats turn fastest.
Milk & Honey plates breakfast tacos, toasts and gelato-capped espresso from 06:00 on North Market Street, Chattanooga's North Shore brunch default.
Order: A breakfast plate chased with a scoop of house gelato.
Tip: The kitchen closes at 15:00 but coffee and gelato run to 18:00; weekend queues move faster than they look.
The Daily Ration writes a rotating seasonal brunch menu on Dartmouth Street in North Shore Chattanooga, the sit-down sibling of The Bitter Alibi.
Order: The seasonal hash of the moment with a house latte.
Tip: Weekend seatings run to 15:00 and fill by 10:30; weekdays it doubles as a quiet laptop room after the breakfast rush.
