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CHATTER Magazine – October 2026
The Food Issue
All you can eat in the Scenic City, A-Z
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Photos: Houston Museum’s Antiques Show and Sale Preview Party
The crowd at The Signal at the Chattanooga Choo Choo was welcomed to an exclusive preview party for the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts' 51st Antiques Show and Sale. This Gatsby-inspired evening mixed fun discussion, hors d'oeuvres, music and champagne-influenced treasure-hunting — with a first chance at shopping the vast array of art and antiques, including glassware and textiles. Proceeds supported the museum's mission to showcase and preserve Anna Safley Houston's decorative arts collection of over 15,000 items.
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Photos: Chattanooga Heart Ball
The local community felt the love for cardiovascular health as they attended the American Heart Association's latest Chattanooga Heart Ball. Held at the Chattanoogan Hotel, the event included a gourmet dinner, a lively auction and live music from none other than the Young Hearts band. As champagne flowed and bids climbed, the event raised essential funding for lifesaving, vital research, helping to ensure that every heart in the community can beat on for longer.
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The sound and soul of Chattanooga: blues, barbecue and Black history
Chattanooga's rich Black history is steeped in the sounds of the blues and the scent of slow-smoked barbecue. The heritage of the city's African-American community can be traced through its music, food and the institutions dedicated to preserving its cultural impact.
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The lowdown on BBQ throwdowns: Inside Chattanooga’s Barbecue Rib Championship cookoff
Backyard grillers, pitmasters and other flame-chasers, drawn in by the sizzle of competition and the allure of smoky perfection, will schedule their lives around the barbecue competition season. Who could blame them?
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Bottomless pits: Chattanooga’s seemingly endless array of good BBQ spots
If Rolling Stone magazine can curate ranked lists of Denzel Washington movies, Keith Moon pranks, "That's what she said" jokes from "The Office," Snoop Dogg moments at the 2024 Paris Olympics, worst original names of famous bands and Beastie Boy songs, then that means I can curate the same type of ranked list, but for barbecue joints in the Chattanooga area.
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BBQ 101: from pitmasters to pork butt, sauce to smokers
Last Summer, Michael Ray Dart — a 63-year-old native of Chesterfield, Virginia, drove his 2024 Nissan Rogue over the bulkhead in downtown Southport, North Carolina, and plunged into the brackish abyss where the Cape Fear River, Intracoastal Waterway and Atlantic Ocean converge and commingle.
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Chattanooga experts suggest what to drink with your barbecue
Looking for the perfect Southern drinks to pair with your barbecue? The staff at Puckett's and Purple Daisy Picnic Cafe know a thing or two about good barbecue bevvies, and we picked their brains so we could share their tried-and-true favorites.
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Dead End BBQ and smoked bologna are the best reasons to visit Knoxville
Whether you go to consume award-winning barbecue or to see famous eaters consume pounds of the world's finest bologna, Knoxville's Dead End BBQ is worth a detour from Chattanooga.
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‘Chatta-Ghanaian’ musician lives life to the beat of his own drum in Chattanooga
Since 1999, Kofi Mawuko has been sharing Ghanaian culture with the Chattanooga area, but his international influence began in his youth, with the universal language of music.
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Josselyn Aguilera-Nielsen’s path from Honduras to Chattanooga clothing shop North Star Boutique
Today, you can find Josselyn Aguilera-Nielsen greeting guests at the door of her clothing shop, North Star Boutique, but years ago, she greeted the women of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as they walked the streets selling warm, homemade corn tortillas.
