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Remember when, Chattanooga? This Hixson restaurant was once a teen hangout.

This building at 3889 Hixson Pike was originally Shap's Big Boy restaurant, later renamed Shoney's Big Boy. Photo contributed by ChattanoogaHistory.com.
This building at 3889 Hixson Pike was originally Shap's Big Boy restaurant, later renamed Shoney's Big Boy. Photo contributed by ChattanoogaHistory.com. This building at 3889 Hixson Pike was originally Shap's Big Boy restaurant, later renamed Shoney's Big Boy. Photo contributed by ChattanoogaHistory.com.

By Mark Kennedy 3 min read

The mere address – 3889 Hixson Pike – might be meaningless to you.

But if you drive through the Hixson area frequently, you will probably recognize the building – a funky, futuristic structure with a geometric roof.

Today, the building is occupied by the Summitt Pianos store which relocated there a year ago after a fire destroyed its previous location on Lee Highway.

Over its six decades of existence, though, the building with the swoopy roof has also been a family restaurant, a bar, a beauty salon, a stone store and an archery store.

The black and white photo shown here is part of the ChattanoogaHistory.com archive, a collection of documentary photos curated by local history buff Sam Hall. The photo was provided to the web site by EPB.