Remember When, Chattanooga? Home Plate Cafeteria was a Cherry Street hot spot

March 1, 2024 at 4:26 p.m.

by Mark Kennedy

Photo by Hugh J. Moore Jr. via ChattanoogaHistory.com / This 1980s photo of the Home Plate Cafeteria at Seventh and Cherry streets was taken before the popular eatery closed in 1987. It had been open since the 1920s.
Photo by Hugh J. Moore Jr. via ChattanoogaHistory.com / This 1980s photo of the Home Plate Cafeteria at Seventh and Cherry streets was taken before the popular eatery closed in 1987. It had been open since the 1920s.


For almost 60 years, the Home Plate Cafeteria at the corner of Seventh and Cherry streets was an iconic downtown eatery featuring a selection of meats, vegetables and made-from-scratch desserts.

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