MELLOW MUSHROOM
Address: 205 Broad St. and 2318 Lifestyle WayHours: Sunday-Thursday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to midnightPhone: 423-266-5564 (Broad Street) and 423-468-3737 (Lifestyle Way)
Brooks Northern pours in the final ingredients for a Kentucky Sunrise. (Photo by Mark Gilliland)
A small sampling of mixed drinks that can be found at Mellow Mushroom. (Photo by Mark Gilliland)Centrally located in downtown Chattanooga, Mellow Mushroom on Broad Street is the place to be this season – outdoor dining season, that is.
On a recent spring afternoon, I arrived to Mellow Mushroom to find its front patio packed with families: moms, dads, teens, happy babies in strollers – the whole bunch. Indeed, with a menu that features both hearty adult-sized meals and smaller-portioned options for kids, Mellow has something for every age. But for us adults, it’s got a little something extra: drink deals.
Beginning on Thursday, both Mellow locations will introduce the restaurant’s “423 Date Night” at 5 p.m. As part of the special, Mellow offers $4 bruschetta small plates, $2 glasses of house wine and $3 glasses of select draft beers. Then, on Fridays at 5 p.m. it does $10 Budweiser beer buckets.
All day Saturday the restaurant showcases $8 pitchers of Yuengling, Pabst Blue Ribbon or Bud Light. But in my opinion, Mellow offers its sweetest specials on Sunday: $10 mimosa carafes and $5 specialty cocktails.