Old Man Rivers Table & Tavern serves a Sunday-only brunch in a century-old North Shore house in Chattanooga, Southern plates with no deep fryer.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Whatever seasonal vegetable plate the kitchen built that week.
Tip: Sunday brunch is the only Sunday service, 11:00 to 15:00; the rest of the week runs lunch and dinner Wednesday to Saturday.
Address: 118 Cross Street, Chattanooga, TN 37405
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.
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.
Maple Street Biscuit Company hands over flaky biscuit stacks and shots of maple at 407 Broad Street, downtown Chattanooga's fast brunch fix.
Order: A fried chicken biscuit with house-made pepper jelly.
Tip: Doors close at 14:00 weekdays and 15:00 weekends; it is a breakfast-and-lunch operation, not a dinner stop.
Frothy Monkey keeps all-day brunch plates coming inside the Chattanooga Choo Choo terminal on Market Street, pancakes to burgers with proper coffee.
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.
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.
