Sleepyhead Coffee is a vegan-friendly spot in Downtown, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The pastry menu is fully vegan without advertising it loudly; the Main and Dodds sibling keeps longer evening hours.
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Address: 735 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Sluggo's Vegetarian Cafe has kept Chattanooga's only fully vegetarian kitchen-and-venue combination going on Cherokee Boulevard since late 2009.
TipOpens 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.
TipClosed 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.
TipNearly 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.
TipThe 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.
TipNearly 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.
TipGluten-safe pasta and pizza are on the regular menu. Queue early for a terrace table overlooking the Tennessee River.
