Public House is a southern restaurant in Downtown, Chattanooga.
Editorially verified August 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Southern plates, Craft cocktails
Must order: The rotating Southern plate lunch built from local farms.
Tip: Closed Sunday except Mother's Day. The bar menu runs all day between lunch and dinner services, handy for off-hours eating.
Address: 1110 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Boathouse Rotisserie & Raw Bar shucks Chesapeake and Murder Point oysters on a Tennessee River deck in Chattanooga, plus wood-grilled fish and ribeye.
Signature: Raw bar oysters, Half rotisserie chicken
Order: A dozen Murder Point oysters and the half rotisserie chicken.
Tip: Monday is half-price Chesapeake oysters and Wednesday runs a $12 catfish special; the river-deck tables go first at sunset.
STIR pairs a cold seafood bar with cocktails over hand-carved 300-pound ice blocks at the Chattanooga Choo Choo complex on Market Street in Chattanooga.
Signature: Oysters, Craft cocktails
Order: Oysters from the cold bar with a barrel-aged cocktail.
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.
Old Man Rivers Table & Tavern cooks Southern food with no deep fryer in a century-old North Shore house in Chattanooga, opened by Alexander Rivers II in 2023.
Signature: Seasonal Southern plates, Old Fashioned
Order: The seasonal vegetable plates alongside an Old Fashioned.
Tip: Closed Monday and Tuesday. Sunday is brunch only from 11:00 to 15:00; happy hour bridges lunch and dinner on other days.
Tony's Pasta Shop & Trattoria hand-cuts pasta in the Victorian carriage house of the Bluff View Art District, a Chattanooga family staple above the river.
Signature: Meatballs, Meat Lasagna
Order: Meatballs from a Sicilian family recipe over fresh-cut pasta.
Tip: Gluten-safe pasta and pizza are on the regular menu. Queue early for a terrace table overlooking the Tennessee River.
Il Primo runs a neighbourhood Italian dining room on Hixson Pike in North Shore Chattanooga, plating simple pastas, chicken piccata and well-made cocktails.
Signature: Chicken piccata, House pastas
Order: Chicken piccata with a negroni from the bar.
Tip: Dinner only, Monday to Saturday from 17:00; the Ooltewah sibling in Cambridge Square keeps the same menu closer to the suburbs.
State of Confusion grills Latin-leaning plates on a covered patio at 301 E Main Street in Chattanooga's Southside, with weekend brunch and late hours.
Signature: Wood-grilled mains, Weekend brunch
Order: Anything off the wood grill, with a mezcal cocktail.
Tip: The patio is the room to sit in. Brunch runs 10:00 to 14:30 both weekend days and the kitchen serves past most Southside closes.
