After nearly a year of renovation, A. Marshall Family Foods Inc. opened its newest Puckett’s restaurant in the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza in downtown Chattanooga on Tuesday.
The Southern-inspired restaurant, located in the former TGIFriday restaurant space near the Tennessee Aquarium at Market Street and Aquarium Way, offers breakfast, lunch and dinner menus and live music onstage every weekend – and many weekday nights, as well. The 6,750-square-foot restaurant is open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. most nights and later on weekends.
The typical breakfast at Puckett’s costs $9 and below; luncheon fares average $11 and below, and dinner meals are typically around $18 each. When top music acts are playing on weekends, Puckett’s also usually has a cover charge.
Musicians perform at Puckett’s Gro. & Restaurant in Nashville. Puckett’s will open next week in Chattanooga.Puckett’s music Nashville“We take our pride in authentic, home-cooked dishes and our barbecue,” said Andy Marshall, founder and owner of Puckett’s. “The secret to that is the 18-hour process, one that includes slow ‘n’ low cooking over cherry wood and a wrap that mimics the sous vide tradition.”
Puckett’s menu specialties include sweet potato pancakes topped with pulled pork and a down home take on the eggs Benedict, fried green tomato B.L.T.s for lunch and heavy helpings of meat-and-three classics for dinner. Other popular dishes include grits topped with blackened sautéed shrimp, Cajun fried chicken over a bed of hot waffles or grilled salmon brushed with a moonshine glaze.