Chattanooga’s 2 Squares A Day closes after 17 years

Photo by Dave Flessner / The building that housed 2 Squares A Day restaurant for the past 17 years on Amnicola Highway is being sold after the eatery closed last month. The fast-food restaurant was built in 1982 to house a Bojangles restaurant. Photo by Dave Flessner / The building that housed 2 Squares A Day restaurant for the past 17 years on Amnicola Highway is being sold after the eatery closed last month. The fast-food restaurant was built in 1982 to house a Bojangles restaurant.

By Dave Flessner December 10, 2020 2 min read

An Amnicola Highway breakfast and sandwich shop has shut down after 17 years of operation as the latest restaurant victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2 Squares A Day restaurant, which opened in 2003, closed permanently last month after offering drive-through and delivery service through the pandemic since March. The restaurant was owned by Jim Garth and Neal Stites, who posted a notice on the restaurant doors saying, “Thank you all for 17 great years!”

“Oh Pandemics really suck!” the note said.

The restaurant site originally was built for a Bojangles restaurant in 1982. Garth bought the restaurant building in 2003 and converted the facility into a breakfast, lunch and brunch food outlet that offered a variety of sandwiches, salads and breakfast items.

The property at 3399 Amnicola Highway is in the process of being sold to another investor, according to Realtor Rudy Walldorf.