What to order at City Cafe Diner

Must order
All-day breakfast and a slice from the 90-cake case.
Editor tip
The only true 24-hour room downtown; it absorbs the post-bar crowd after 02:00, so daytime is the quieter visit.
CuisineAmerican Diner
Price$$
NeighborhoodDowntown
HoursDaily 00:00-24:00
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Chattanooga: ChattaBrunch Food Tour

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Location

Address: 511 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

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Pickle Barrel ★ 4.1

$$ AmericanDowntown

Pickle Barrel has fed Chattanooga from a century-old flatiron building on Market Street since 1982, burgers and fried pickles until 03:00 nightly.

OrderThe Signature burger with fried pickles, upstairs on the roof deck.

TipStrictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.

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The Purple Daisy Picnic Cafe ★ 4.2

$ American BBQSt Elmo

The Purple Daisy Picnic Cafe plates barbecue and picnic fare at the base of Lookout Mountain in St. Elmo, Chattanooga, next to the Incline Railway.

OrderThe BBQ plate, or the Rainbow sandwich if you want the local cult order.

TipClosed Sunday. Order at the counter and take the side garden; it is the natural lunch stop after riding the Incline down.

Taqueria Jalisco Ania ★ 4.5

$ MexicanSouthside

Taqueria Jalisco Ania grills tacos, tortas and fajitas served in pineapples on Rossville Avenue in Chattanooga's Southside, a family Mexican kitchen.

OrderTacos al pastor and the fajita served in a pineapple.

TipClosed Sunday and Monday. The Chatt Taste food tour routes through here for good reason; go off-peak for a table.

Ankar's Hoagies ★ 4.0

$ SandwichesBrainerd

Ankar's Hoagies has stacked steamed hoagies and gyros for Chattanooga since 1979, a family-run counter institution still working Brainerd Road daily.

OrderThe classic hoagie, steamed, with the works.

TipBrainerd 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.

Pickle Barrel ★ 4.1

$$ AmericanDowntown

Pickle Barrel has fed Chattanooga from a century-old flatiron building on Market Street since 1982, burgers and fried pickles until 03:00 nightly.

OrderThe Signature burger with fried pickles, upstairs on the roof deck.

TipStrictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.

Hi-Fi Clyde's ★ 4.1

$$ AmericanSouthside

Hi-Fi Clyde's mixes Tex-Mex-leaning bar food, murals and live music on West Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, with a kitchen running to 22:00.

OrderTacos and queso during happy hour, then hold the table for the band.

TipFriday and Saturday the bar pours to 01:00; weeknights it winds down at 23:00, and the kitchen holds to 22:00 every night.

Bluegrass Grill ★ 4.5

$ BreakfastSouthside

Bluegrass Grill scratch-cooks breakfast on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, a family diner trusted for potato cakes and homemade bread since 2007.

OrderEggs with the potato cakes and toast from the house loaf.

TipTuesday to Saturday 06:30 to 14:00 only, and the Saturday queue forms early; solo counter seats turn fastest.

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