Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across Chattanooga.
Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, halal and kosher options across Chattanooga. including where to go and what to order.
Cashew has cooked entirely plant-based on River Street in Chattanooga since 2013, jackfruit nachos, vegan quiche and a bakery case with no dairy.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Everything on the menu is vegan, including the dessert case; gluten-free bakes are marked.
Sluggo's Vegetarian Cafe serves a fully meat-free, largely vegan menu with punk shows attached on Cherokee Boulevard in North Chattanooga's shore blocks.
Tip: Opens at 11:00 daily and show nights run late; check the venue calendar if you want dinner without a band.
Southern Squeeze builds vegan bowls, cold-pressed juices and plant-based breakfast plates from scratch daily on Dorchester Road in North Chattanooga.
Tip: Nearly everything is vegan and made without seed oils or refined sugar; weekend hours are 09:00 to 16:00, later start than weekdays.
Sleepyhead Coffee stocks an entirely vegan pastry case beside its espresso bar in the 1906 James Building on Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga.
Tip: The pastry menu is fully vegan without advertising it loudly; the Main and Dodds sibling keeps longer evening hours.
Sluggo's Vegetarian Cafe has kept Chattanooga's only fully vegetarian kitchen-and-venue combination going on Cherokee Boulevard since late 2009.
Tip: Opens at 11:00 daily and show nights run late; check the venue calendar if you want dinner without a band.
Cashew's plant-based menu doubles as Chattanooga's widest vegetarian spread, from Buffalo bowls to meatball subs, all of it made on River Street.
Tip: Closed Sunday and Monday. Everything on the menu is vegan, including the dessert case; gluten-free bakes are marked.
Southern Squeeze runs a vegetarian raw-food cafe and juice bar on Dorchester Road in North Chattanooga, with most of its menu landing fully vegan.
Tip: Nearly everything is vegan and made without seed oils or refined sugar; weekend hours are 09:00 to 16:00, later start than weekdays.
The Rosecomb writes its Appalachian menu so that every dish is or can be made gluten-free, a rare assurance for coeliac diners eating in Chattanooga.
Tip: The kitchen states all dishes are or can be made gluten-free; confirm preparation for coeliac-level needs when ordering.
Southern Squeeze keeps its North Chattanooga menu minimal on gluten and dairy by design, with bowls and juices built to skip the flour entirely.
Tip: Nearly everything is vegan and made without seed oils or refined sugar; weekend hours are 09:00 to 16:00, later start than weekdays.
Tony's Pasta Shop & Trattoria keeps gluten-safe pasta and pizza on its regular Bluff View menu, an Italian room Chattanooga coeliacs can use.
Tip: Gluten-safe pasta and pizza are on the regular menu. Queue early for a terrace table overlooking the Tennessee River.
University Pizza & Deli serves halal Middle Eastern plates and pizza on Vine Street by the UTC campus, Chattanooga's one listed halal kitchen.
Tip: Zabihah lists it as Chattanooga's halal option; call ahead for hours around university breaks, when service can shorten.
TableJourney's Chattanooga dietary chapter covers vegan, vegetarian, gluten_free, halal venues, each editor-picked with what to order and how to ask.