IF YOU GO
Where: Main Street Meats, 217 E. Main St., Chattanooga.Phone: 423-602-9568.Hours: Lunch served 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Saturday (shop hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday).Prices: Vary according to the day’s lineup, but most dishes range from $7 to $9. Daily menus are posted on the business’ Facebook page.
Main Street Meats on Chattanooga’s Southside has only been open since October, but this meat market and specialty food store is already making a name for itself as a lunch spot.
My wife suggested I try it out after she and a co-worker hit it up a few weeks back.
On my visit last week, Danny Key, one of the three owners, took my order as soon as I walked in. Another member of the staff offered me a sample of the mortadella – a house-made Italian bologna sausage – to try while I waited.
There are only a few seats at the small lunch counter that looks out onto East Main Street. I spied a stool that said “sit” on it, so I did.