The Hot Chocolatier is a cafe in Southside, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Friday and Saturday it stays open to 21:00 for after-dinner chocolate; the St Elmo Avenue shop keeps its own hours.
Address: 1423 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Niedlov's Bakery & Cafe bakes naturally leavened bread and runs a busy breakfast-to-lunch cafe counter on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with a butter-laminated pastry
Tip: A 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery; Saturday serves the brunch menu all day and Sunday is dark.
Frothy Monkey runs an all-day cafe inside the Chattanooga Choo Choo terminal on Market Street, coffee through dinner service with beer and wine.
Signature drink: Drip coffee, roasted by the company's Nashville roastery
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 20:00; it bridges the afternoon gap when most Southside kitchens close between lunch and dinner.
Niedlov's Bakery & Cafe bakes naturally leavened bread and runs a busy breakfast-to-lunch cafe counter on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside.
Signature drink: Drip coffee with a butter-laminated pastry
Tip: A 2026 James Beard semifinalist for Outstanding Bakery; Saturday serves the brunch menu all day and Sunday is dark.
Goodman Coffee Roasters pours its own roasts in Warehouse Row on Market Street in Chattanooga, a fourth-generation coffee family's flagship cafe.
Signature drink: Flat white on the house roast
Tip: Closed Sunday. The St Elmo Avenue outpost is the southern-end alternative when downtown parking is tight.
Rembrandt's Coffee House anchors Chattanooga's Bluff View Art District with house-roasted coffee, hand-dipped chocolates and pastries on a garden terrace.
Signature drink: House-roasted drip with a hand-dipped truffle
Tip: Open to 21:00 nightly, unusual for a Chattanooga cafe; the courtyard tables above the river are the draw at golden hour.
Milk & Honey pulls espresso and churns gelato from 06:00 daily on North Market Street in Chattanooga, with a full brunch kitchen until 15:00.
Signature drink: Espresso 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.
Frothy Monkey runs an all-day cafe inside the Chattanooga Choo Choo terminal on Market Street, coffee through dinner service with beer and wine.
Signature drink: Drip coffee, roasted by the company's Nashville roastery
Tip: Daily 07:00 to 20:00; it bridges the afternoon gap when most Southside kitchens close between lunch and dinner.
Stone Cup Cafe pours espresso and drip on Frazier Avenue across from Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, a North Shore fixture open 07:00 to 18:00 daily.
Signature drink: Cortado at the window bar
Tip: Pet-friendly and steps from the Walnut Street Bridge; grab a window seat for the Coolidge Park foot traffic.
