Photo: Thomas Angermann from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0 8 brunch places in Chattanooga we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chattanooga | Brunch across every city .
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$$$$ Breakfast Southside
Bluegrass Grill scratch-cooks breakfast on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, a family diner trusted for potato cakes and homemade bread since 2007.
Order Eggs with the potato cakes and toast from the house loaf.
Tip Tuesday to Saturday 06:30 to 14:00 only, and the Saturday queue forms early; solo counter seats turn fastest.
$$$$ Breakfast Downtown
Maple Street Biscuit Company layers fried chicken on flaky biscuits at 407 Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga, a Southeast biscuit-house favourite.
Order A fried chicken biscuit with house-made pepper jelly.
Tip Doors close at 14:00 weekdays and 15:00 weekends; it is a breakfast-and-lunch operation, not a dinner stop.
$$$$ Brunch North Shore
The Daily Ration cooks creative brunch and lunch with proper coffee on Dartmouth Street in North Shore Chattanooga, sister cafe to The Bitter Alibi.
Tip Weekend seatings run to 15:00 and fill by 10:30; weekdays it doubles as a quiet laptop room after the breakfast rush.
$$$$ Breakfast Downtown
Maple Street Biscuit Company fills flaky biscuits with fried chicken and gravy at 407 Broad Street in Chattanooga for breakfast-counter prices.
Order Fried chicken biscuit
Tip Doors close at 14:00 weekdays and 15:00 weekends; it is a breakfast-and-lunch operation, not a dinner stop.
$$$$ Breakfast North Shore
Aretha Frankensteins pours batter for Chattanooga's most storied pancakes in a horror-postered North Shore house on Tremont Street, beer optional.
Order The pancake stack; the house mix is sold to take home.
Tip Weekends run 08:00 to 15:00 and the porch queue starts early; weekdays after 09:30 are the calm window.
$$$$ Breakfast Southside
Bluegrass Grill cooks scratch breakfast on E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, potato cakes and homemade bread from a tiny family kitchen.
Order Eggs with potato cakes and toast from the house loaf.
Tip Tuesday to Saturday 06:30 to 14:00 only, and the Saturday queue forms early; solo counter seats turn fastest.
$$$$ Brunch North Shore
The Daily Ration writes a rotating seasonal brunch menu on Dartmouth Street in North Shore Chattanooga, the sit-down sibling of The Bitter Alibi.
Order The seasonal hash of the moment with a house latte.
Tip Weekend seatings run to 15:00 and fill by 10:30; weekdays it doubles as a quiet laptop room after the breakfast rush.
$$$$ Breakfast Downtown
Maple Street Biscuit Company hands over flaky biscuit stacks and shots of maple at 407 Broad Street, downtown Chattanooga's fast brunch fix.
Order A fried chicken biscuit with house-made pepper jelly.
Tip Doors close at 14:00 weekdays and 15:00 weekends; it is a breakfast-and-lunch operation, not a dinner stop.
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