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Bingo’s Market opens inside Patten Towers in downtown Chattanooga

Manager Tara Williams, left, talk with regular and Patten Towers resident Willie "Fish" Whaley in the new Bingo's Market, located on the building's first floor, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Accessible from Georgia Avenue, the shop carries fresh produce, packaged goods and ready-made meals.
Manager Tara Williams, left, talk with regular and Patten Towers resident Willie "Fish" Whaley in the new Bingo's Market, located on the building's first floor, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Accessible from Georgia Avenue, the shop carries fresh produce, packaged goods and ready-made meals. Manager Tara Williams, left, talk with regular and Patten Towers resident Willie "Fish" Whaley in the new Bingo's Market, located on the building's first floor, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Accessible from Georgia Avenue, the shop carries fresh produce, packaged goods and ready-made meals.

By Tim Omarzu 3 min read

For the first time in years, a business has opened inside Patten Towers, a convenience store called Bingo’s Market.

Bingo’s Market isn’t your ordinary downtown convenience store.

It’s got no cigarettes, beer or scratch-off lottery tickets for sale. There’s no soda pop or slushies. Granola bars are the closest thing Bingo’s Market has to candy bars.

Bingo’s Market is a charitable effort meant to bring reasonably priced grocery staples, such as fresh and frozen vegetables, bacon, bologna, milk, eggs and bread, to the roughly 200 residents of Patten Towers, all of whom are either low income or have a mental or physical disability.

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Bingo’s Market is located on the Georgia Avenue side of Patten Towers, which is at 1 E. 11th Street. Store hours are Monday-Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.