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Where we are

Chattanooga North Shore

Walk to Coolidge Park and the carousel, with the river and the bridge at the end of the street.

When to come

Chattanooga is at its best on the shoulders. Late April into May, when the river valley greens up and the Riverwalk is busy for the right reasons. Then late September into October, when the color comes down the mountain and you can walk Frazier Avenue at midday without wilting.

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The guide

Everywhere below is somewhere we send guests. Nothing here is sponsored and nothing is filler.

Coffee

Milk and Honey on North Market, about five minutes on foot. They pull Stumptown espresso and make their own gelato, which is a combination I have never once regretted ordering together. If you would rather sit and work, Stone Cup up on Frazier roasts their own and has the better tables.

Dinner

Frazier Five and Dime, at the top of Frazier Avenue. It looks like a neighborhood bar and cooks like something considerably more ambitious. If the group wants sushi instead, Totto on Frazier has taken the local best sushi vote about five years running.

One thing to do

Walk to Coolidge Park and ride the carousel. It's a restored antique, it costs about a dollar, and there's a play fountain beside it. Everyone queues for the aquarium and skips the thing that's ten minutes from your front door.

Worth your time

  • Coolidge Park

    Ten minutes on foot. Carousel, play fountain, and the Riverwalk running off it.

  • Walnut Street Bridge

    One of the longest pedestrian bridges anywhere. Best at dusk, and it drops you into Bluff View.

  • Hunter Museum of American Art

    Over the bridge on the bluff. Worth it for the building and the river view alone.

  • Creative Discovery Museum

    If you have kids under ten, this is the rainy day answer. Half a mile.

  • Rock City and the Incline Railway

    Fifteen minutes up Lookout Mountain. Touristy, and still genuinely worth the morning.