A new coffee bar will be coming to Chattanooga’s Southside this month at the Moxy hotel.
The Up Down, featuring mainly coffee, lemonade and small food items, is slated to open May 18, after a soft launch. Moxy’s director of sales and marketing, Kacey Swindell, said there is also a grand opening block party in the works closer to summer.
“[The name] Up Down kind of resulted from our ability to have coffee that lifts you up and then also in the evening we’ll have decaf coffee, but also alcohol which we can mix into coffees or we can make espresso martinis,” Swindell said in an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press. “So, wind down or wake up.”
Owners are hoping to take advantage of the foot and vehicle traffic along King Street as well as serve guests at the hotel. Like their goal for the alcohol bar in the main lobby, Swindell said the target audience will be 70% locals and 30% guests.
Once open, customers will be able to order inside the Moxy at the counter or outside through a walk-up window from the sidewalk.