Southern Squeeze is a gluten-free spot in North Shore, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
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.
Address: 1301 Dorchester Road, Unit 101, Chattanooga, TN 37405
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
