Photo: Renee Comet (photographer) · Public domain 7 american places in Chattanooga we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chattanooga | American across every city .
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$$$$ American North Shore
Universal Joint fills a converted gas station on Lookout Street in North Shore Chattanooga with burgers, tacos, draft beer and a wraparound patio.
Order A smash-style burger and whatever local draft is pouring.
Tip Wednesday trivia and Thursday Mario Kart nights pack the bar; the garage doors open the whole room in good weather.
$$$$ American Downtown
Pickle Barrel has fed Chattanooga from a century-old flatiron building on Market Street since 1982, burgers and fried pickles until 03:00 nightly.
Order The Signature burger with fried pickles, upstairs on the roof deck.
Tip Strictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.
$$$$ American Southside
Hi-Fi Clyde's mixes Tex-Mex-leaning bar food, murals and live music on West Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, with a kitchen running to 22:00.
Order Tacos and queso during happy hour, then hold the table for the band.
Tip Friday and Saturday the bar pours to 01:00; weeknights it winds down at 23:00, and the kitchen holds to 22:00 every night.
$$$$ American Downtown
Pickle Barrel has poured from a century-old flatiron wedge on Market Street since 1982, Chattanooga's definitive late-night dive with a roof deck.
Tip Strictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.
$$$$ American Southside
Hi-Fi Clyde's works as Southside Chattanooga's big-room bar on West Main Street, live stages, murals, long bar and games, open to 01:00 on weekends.
Tip Friday and Saturday the bar pours to 01:00; weeknights it winds down at 23:00, and the kitchen holds to 22:00 every night.
$$$$ American Downtown
Pickle Barrel pours and fries until 03:00 every night of the week in Chattanooga's flatiron wedge on Market Street, the city's benchmark late kitchen.
Order Burgers and fried pickles
Tip Strictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.
$$$$ American Southside
Hi-Fi Clyde's holds the Southside's late shift on West Main Street in Chattanooga, the bar pouring to 01:00 on weekends with the music going.
Order Tacos and queso before the kitchen closes
Tip The kitchen closes at 22:00 even when the bar runs late; order food before the band's second set.
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