Ankar's Hoagies is a sandwiches budget eat in Brainerd, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Brainerd closes at 16:00 Monday and Tuesday but runs to 20:00 the rest of the week; the Hixson Pike shop keeps longer evening hours.
Address: 5966 Brainerd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Greg's Sandwich Works stacks fresh-baked bread with homemade soups and sides on E Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, shop-counter prices for scratch food.
Try: Hot sandwich with a homemade side
Tip: The E Brainerd shop runs weekday lunches 11:00 to 17:00; the truck's roaming schedule posts on StreetFoodFinder.
Greg's Sandwich Works stacks fresh-baked bread with homemade soups and sides on E Brainerd Road in Chattanooga, shop-counter prices for scratch food.
Try: Hot sandwich with a homemade side
Tip: The E Brainerd shop runs weekday lunches 11:00 to 17:00; the truck's roaming schedule posts on StreetFoodFinder.
City Cafe Diner covers any craving at any hour on Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga, a 24-hour menu where breakfast plates stay wallet-friendly.
Try: All-day breakfast plate
Tip: The only true 24-hour room downtown; it absorbs the post-bar crowd after 02:00, so daytime is the quieter visit.
Maple Street Biscuit Company fills flaky biscuits with fried chicken and gravy at 407 Broad Street in Chattanooga for breakfast-counter prices.
Try: Fried chicken biscuit
Tip: Doors close at 14:00 weekdays and 15:00 weekends; it is a breakfast-and-lunch operation, not a dinner stop.
MoonPie General Store sells Chattanooga's own 1917 marshmallow sandwich by the box aboard the Southern Belle riverboat pier on Riverfront Parkway.
Try: MoonPie and RC Cola
Tip: The store moved from Broad Street to the riverboat pier in May 2025; the banana MoonPie with a cold RC is the classic pairing.
Champy's Famous Fried Chicken piles quarter-bird plates and Delta tamales on MLK Boulevard in Chattanooga, big portions that undercut its fame.
Try: Quarter fried chicken plate
Tip: Friday and Saturday the kitchen runs to midnight. Expect a wait after Lookouts games; the banana pudding travels well.
Wally's Restaurant plates Chattanooga's honest meat-and-three on McCallie Avenue, a since-1937 counter where breakfast and lunch stay cheap.
Try: Meat-and-three plate
Tip: Breakfast from 06:00 on weekdays; Saturday closes at noon and Sunday is dark. Cash-friendly, counter-fast service.
