On the menu at the new Chattanooga Street Tavern in LaFayette, Ga., is this traditional shepherd’s pie, front, with a side of sticky carrots with ginger.IF YOU GO
* Where: Chattanooga Street Tavern, 123 N. Chattanooga St., LaFayette, Ga.* Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 11 a.m.-midnight Thursday-Saturday. (The tavern sometimes closes early on Thursday if business is light.)* Price range: $8 (Hawaiian chicken sliders) to $13 (shepherd’s pie).* Directions: From Chattanooga, take U.S. 27 to LaFayette’s historic square. Turn right on West Villanow Street. Dead-end at the Mars Theater District. Turn right at the stop sign and make an immediate left into the pub’s parking lot.* Information: 706-620-2178 or www.facebook.com.ChattanoogaStreetTavern
Crunchy on the outside, tasty on the inside.
That sums up a meal of fish and chips with a side of fried cheddar bites at the new Chattanooga Street Tavern in LaFayette, Ga.
Word around town is the pub’s fish and chips are “to die for” and they lived up to the billing. Instead of being greasy with gooey batter, these fish and chips would satisfy Goldilocks. They’re just right.
Overall, the pub’s food is more ambitious than typical bar fare. That makes sense, because the Chattanooga Street Tavern has audacious roots.