What to order at City Cafe Diner

The dish to know
All-day breakfast and diner cakes
Editor tip
The only true 24-hour room downtown; it absorbs the post-bar crowd after 02:00, so daytime is the quieter visit.
CuisineAmerican Diner
Price$$
Neighborhooddowntown
HoursDaily 00:00-24:00
Open untilOpen 24/7
The dishAll-day breakfast and diner cakes
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Tip: The only true 24-hour room downtown; it absorbs the post-bar crowd after 02:00, so daytime is the quieter visit.

Location

Address: 511 Broad Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

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Pickle Barrel ★ 4.2

American$$downtownMon 18:00-03:00; Tue-Sat 11:00-03:00; Sun 12:00-03:00Until 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.

Try: Burgers and fried pickles

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

1012 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

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Pickle Barrel ★ 4.2

American$$downtownMon 18:00-03:00; Tue-Sat 11:00-03:00; Sun 12:00-03:00Until 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.

Try: Burgers and fried pickles

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

1012 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

Champy's Famous Fried Chicken ★ 4.4

Southern$$mlkSun-Thu 10:30-22:00; Fri-Sat 10:30-24:00Until 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.

Try: Fried chicken and hot tamales

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

526 E ML King Boulevard, Chattanooga, TN 37403

STIR ★ 4.3

Seafood$$$southsideMon-Thu 11:00-24:00; Fri 11:00-01:00; Sat 10:00-01:00; Sun 10:00-24:00; brunch Sat-Sun 10:00-14:30Until 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.

Try: Oysters and late cocktails

Tip: Weekend 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.

1444 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402 Book →

Hi-Fi Clyde's ★ 4.1

American$$southsideSun-Thu 11:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-01:00; kitchen to 22:00Until 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.

Try: Tacos and queso before the kitchen closes

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

122 West Main Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408

Westbound Honky-Tonk ★ 4.1

Cocktail bar$$southsideThu 20:00-24:00; Fri-Sat 20:00-03:00; closed Sun-WedUntil 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.

Try: Drinks only; eat on Station Street first

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

24 Station Street, Suite 106, Chattanooga, TN 37408

WanderLinger Brewing Company ★ 4.1

Brewery$$southsideMon-Tue 16:00-22:00; Wed-Thu 15:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-02:00; Sun 12:00-22:00; kitchen closes one hour earlierUntil 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.

Try: House beer with kitchen plates to an hour before close

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

55 Station Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408

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