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CHATTER Magazine – October 2026
All you can eat in the Scenic City, A-Z
Nestled among the historic streets of Dayton, Tennessee, Monkey Town Brewing — which gets its name from the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial — has become a cornerstone of revival and attraction to the city's downtown life. At least, that's what owner Kirby Garrison hopes to see happen.

Jason Greer pours a bottle of Modelo Negra beer into a container of seasoned and twice-ground pork sausage, then begins massaging it, marrying the distinct flavors that beer gives to food.

The mission was simple: We deployed a group of local college students to track down some of the saltiest, crunchiest, cheesiest, crave-worthy beer foods in Chattanooga.

Beer in Chattanooga — past, present and future — is too storied, complicated and promising to fit into a couple paragraphs. The more you think about it, the more it seems like this introduction is going to slowly but surely foam over into a separate, sudsy article of its own.

Even if the idea of sipping on a hoppy beer fails to leave you jumping with joy, chances are fairly good that you will, at some point, end up at one of Chattanooga's many breweries, searching the menu for the most palatable beverage option among a sea of IPAs. Lucky for those of us who don't consider ourselves craft beer connoisseurs, most Scenic City breweries offer a range of options beyond basic brews.

If you're looking for reasons to get out of town, several cities within just a few hours' drive of Chattanooga boast dozens of craft breweries ready to wow you with their fermentation skills.

Bigfoot is everywhere.

Shopping. Either you want to do it until you drop, or you're a list-checking, in-and-out-as-fast-as-you-can, grab-the-goods-and-go type of shopper.
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