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7 american places in Chattanooga we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chattanooga | American across every city.

Universal Joint ★ 4.2

$$AmericanNorth Shore

Universal Joint fills a converted gas station on Lookout Street in North Shore Chattanooga with burgers, tacos, draft beer and a wraparound patio.

OrderA smash-style burger and whatever local draft is pouring.

TipWednesday trivia and Thursday Mario Kart nights pack the bar; the garage doors open the whole room in good weather.

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.

Pickle Barrel ★ 4.2

$$AmericanDowntown

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.

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 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.

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.

Pickle Barrel ★ 4.2

$$AmericanDowntown

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.

OrderBurgers and fried pickles

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 holds the Southside's late shift on West Main Street in Chattanooga, the bar pouring to 01:00 on weekends with the music going.

OrderTacos and queso before the kitchen closes

TipThe kitchen closes at 22:00 even when the bar runs late; order food before the band's second set.

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