The Southside Saloon and Bistro is one of those unassuming local eateries located off of the beaten path. It has a small nondescript sign, located on the side of the building, and is easy to miss. I wasn’t aware of its existence on a side street in downtown Chattanooga until I saw it on Restaurant.com. The Bistro is only open for breakfast and lunch, but serves a variety of burgers and meat and veggie plates that are worth the trip.
The décor is plain Jane, with a small bar area, a few tables, and some round tables with bar stools in the corner. The glass topped tables had vintage postcards from the Chattanooga area scattered around under the glass and I spent a few minutes reading them while deciding what to order. The waitress was friendly and attentive, offering information on the menu and the house specials. It was a tough choice but I finally decided to go with a classic Southern dish, Country Fried Steak, smothered with white gravy, along with two sides. I chose the sautéed mushrooms and white beans. The dish was rounded out with a slice of jalapeno cornbread. My daughter, who has Celiac, decided on the four veggie platter with Turnip greens, mashed potatoes, white beans and cucumber salad. She was also given a slice of Jalapeno cornbread, which was quickly devoured by one of the guys.
The men in the family went with sandwiches; the Bleu Moon burger, the Bacon Cheeseburger and the Reuben. These were served with either fries or potato chips. Bryan spent several minutes commenting on how “good this Bacon Blue cheeseburger is!” When he complimented the waitress on the food, she informed us they buy local beef and also purchase ingredients from the Chattanooga Farmer’s Market. We could tell the food was fresh and it made us feel good to know they helped support local farmers.
The prices are extremely reasonable; my Country Fried Steak meal was only $6.95 and was a generous portion. After our meal, the entire family decided we would love to eat here again-and soon! Southside Saloon and Bistro is available for private events in the evenings.
I am a member of the Restaurant.com Review Crew and received a gift card for my meal. However, all opinions are honest and my own.
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What a nice place to visit and enjoy some southern food. I just love wide potato wedges and those look so yummy.
We missed this place when we visited Chattanooga last year, but will definitely check it out next time we’re there.
That looks so good. They have so many awesome restaurants in Chattanooga. We ate at several the year we went there as a family and fell madly in love. Urban Stack was my favorite place.
That burger looks great. The first are my favorite kind!
Oh my yumminess! This looks like a fab place to eat, and just my style. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this place, I am to far away to enjoy it, but I can pretend in my mind how delicious that food tastes!
Warm and comforting kind of food! Definitely for my family!
This all looks amazing! I wish I lived closer so I could try it out!
My aunt lives in Hixon. I’ll have to take her here the next time I’m in town. The food looks great!
Everything photographed nicely, but it’s that pickle in the last picture that sold me. Oh, how I love those things. 🙂
That sounds like a yummy place to eat. I would want to try that chicken fried steak!
The burger with the mushrooms on it looks delicious! I also love the look and atmosphere of the restaurant.
The food looks fantastic. I love Country Fried Steak I wish I could find it at more places.
That is a lot of food for that price and it does look like it would be quite tasty. It is always nice to find a restaurant that you want to go back to.
Now that is some food I could get into. Will add this awesome place to my next trip that way.
Looks like a great restaurant. Last year we did a side trip from Gatlinburg to Chattanooga to checkout the Towing Museum. Very Interesting museum.
Sounds like a great place to eat. Thanks for sharing.
I have never had country fried steak before, but that looks AWESOME!!! That gravy must make it even better 🙂
Looks tasty. Sounds like the kind of place you go to over and over again because the food is great. If ever we head over to Chattanooga, we will be looking this place up!