Food destinations within easy reach of Chattanooga, worth the early start.
Food destinations within easy reach of Chattanooga. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.
Famous for: Lodge Cast Iron's hometown and the National Cornbread Festival each April
South Pittsburg is Lodge Cast Iron's company town near Chattanooga, and each April the National Cornbread Festival fills its main street with skillets.
Famous for: Jack Daniel's distillery tours and Miss Mary Bobo's family-style boarding house lunch
Lynchburg pairs Jack Daniel's cave-spring distillery tours with Miss Mary Bobo's boarding-house lunch, a Chattanooga day trip built around one square.
Famous for: The RC Cola-MoonPie Festival every June, honouring Chattanooga's own snack pairing
Bell Buckle throws the RC Cola-MoonPie Festival each June, a small-town salute to Chattanooga's snack pairing with races, a parade and giant MoonPie.
Famous for: The Tennessee Strawberry Festival each May, berries sold across the county
Dayton celebrates Rhea County's berry harvest with the Tennessee Strawberry Festival every May, an easy US-27 run up the valley from Chattanooga.
Famous for: Tastings at the Chattanooga Valley's oldest winery, minutes over the state line
Ringgold sits just over the Georgia line from Chattanooga, where the Georgia Winery pours complimentary tastings daily on Battlefield Parkway.
Famous for: Cambridge Square's restaurant cluster and a Thursday farmers market
Ooltewah's Cambridge Square gathers a suburban evening of eating near Chattanooga, Il Primo's second room plus a Thursday-afternoon market nearby.