Chattanooga Market General Store to open near Aquarium

Staff photo by Mike Pare / The River Place building on the Tennessee Aquarium plaza was to have housed the Chattanooga History Center, but it was unable to raise enough money to open. Starting Memorial Day, the ground floor will hold the Chattanooga Market General Store. Staff photo by Mike Pare / The River Place building on the Tennessee Aquarium plaza was to have housed the Chattanooga History Center, but it was unable to raise enough money to open. Starting Memorial Day, the ground floor will hold the Chattanooga Market General Store.

By Mike Pare May 14, 2017 4 min read

General store hours

Chattanooga Market General Store will open seven days a week starting Memorial Day, May 29, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The operators of the Chattanooga Market are opening a general store in the River Place building outside the Tennessee Aquarium as they try to reach both tourists and local customers.

“It will be a market plus a little more Chattanooga flare for things people expect to see” in the city, said Melissa Siragusa, marketing director for the group.

Starting Memorial Day, the general store will open seven days a week in the ground floor of the two-story building that sits on the aquarium plaza, Siragusa said. Nearly all of the items for sale in the store will come from artists and artisans from the popular Chattanooga Market that’s open Sundays near Finley Stadium, she said.

Artisan-made foods such as jams and jellies and local ice cream also will be offered, Siragusa said. In addition, the store will provide assorted sundry items ranging from aspirin to swim diapers, she said.