The Universal Joint in downtown Chattanooga is open for business.VIDEO
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An old service station started a new life as a restaurant and bar this week at the corner of Vine Street and Georgia Avenue in Chattanooga.
Universal Joint opened Tuesday night and dished up its first lunches Wednesday, serving burgers, salads, tacos, quesadillas, sandwiches and bar snacks.
Owner Sean Corley and partners spent about $1 million to buy and renovate the space, previously Farrows Service Center. The interior features the original stucco ceiling, which is chipped and peeling, as well as a display of oil cans, a car door and other nods to the building’s history.
“It’s a restaurant, but it’s been a garage since the 1930s,” Corley said. “We wanted to remind people of that.”