Where to eat in Chattanooga after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.

After-hours picks

City Cafe Diner ★ 3.8

$$ American DinerDowntownUntil Open 24/7

City Cafe Diner never closes on Broad Street in downtown Chattanooga, 388 menu items and towering cakes available at 03:00 just as readily as noon.

TryAll-day breakfast and diner cakes

TipThe only true 24-hour room downtown; it absorbs the post-bar crowd after 02:00, so daytime is the quieter visit.

Pickle Barrel ★ 4.2

$$ AmericanDowntownUntil 03:00 nightly

Pickle Barrel pours and fries until 03:00 every night of the week in Chattanooga's flatiron wedge on Market Street, the city's benchmark late kitchen.

TryBurgers and fried pickles

TipStrictly 21 and over at all times. The wedge-shaped roof deck is the best people-watching perch downtown.

Champy's Famous Fried Chicken ★ 4.4

$$ SouthernMlkUntil 24:00 Fri-Sat; 22:00 Sun-Thu

Champy's Famous Fried Chicken runs its MLK Boulevard fryers to midnight on Friday and Saturday, Chattanooga's late-night bird with cold beer.

TryFried chicken and hot tamales

TipFriday and Saturday the kitchen runs to midnight. Expect a wait after Lookouts games; the banana pudding travels well.

STIR ★ 4.3

$$$ SeafoodSouthsideUntil 24:00 Sun-Thu; 01:00 Fri-Sat

STIR shakes cocktails until midnight or later nightly at the Chattanooga Choo Choo on Market Street, the raw bar running late for downtown Chattanooga.

TryOysters and late cocktails

TipWeekend brunch runs 10:00 to 14:30. The bar stays open to midnight nightly and to 01:00 Friday and Saturday, rare for a Chattanooga seafood room.

Hi-Fi Clyde's ★ 4.1

$$ AmericanSouthsideUntil 01:00 Fri-Sat; 23:00 Sun-Thu

Hi-Fi Clyde's holds the Southside's late shift on West Main Street in Chattanooga, the bar pouring to 01:00 on weekends with the music going.

TryTacos and queso before the kitchen closes

TipThe kitchen closes at 22:00 even when the bar runs late; order food before the band's second set.

Westbound Honky-Tonk ★ 4.1

$$ Cocktail barSouthsideUntil 03:00 Fri-Sat; 24:00 Thu

Westbound Honky-Tonk two-steps until 03:00 on Friday and Saturday nights on Station Street, the latest dance floor in Chattanooga's Southside quarter.

TryDrinks only; eat on Station Street first

TipFree line-dancing lessons Thursday at 20:00; Friday and Saturday it runs to 03:00, among the latest closes in the city.

WanderLinger Brewing Company ★ 4.1

$$ BrewerySouthsideUntil 02:00 Fri-Sat; 22:00-23:00 otherwise

WanderLinger Brewing Company keeps its taps flowing to 02:00 on weekend nights on Station Street in Chattanooga, the city's latest-closing brewery.

TryHouse beer with kitchen plates to an hour before close

TipKitchen closes an hour before the bar; Friday and Saturday it runs to 02:00, latest brewery close in the city.

Alan Gold's Discotheque ★ 3.9

$ Cocktail barMccallieUntil 02:45 Thu-Sat

Alan Gold's Discotheque keeps Chattanooga dancing to 02:45 from Thursday to Saturday on McCallie Avenue, with drag shows at the centre of the night.

TryDrinks only

TipThursday to Saturday only, 20:00 to 02:45; drag showtimes post on the club's events page, and the floor peaks after midnight.

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