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Restaurant Scene: Trout bagel and more in store as Hungry Mother opens in Chattanooga

Staff photo by Lyric Lewin / The team at Hungry Mother poses for a photo on June 3rd, 2025 ahead of the grand opening, set for June 4, 2025.
Staff photo by Lyric Lewin / The team at Hungry Mother poses for a photo on June 3rd, 2025 ahead of the grand opening, set for June 4, 2025. Staff photo by Lyric Lewin / The team at Hungry Mother poses for a photo on June 3rd, 2025 ahead of the grand opening, set for June 4, 2025.

Hungry Mother is opening to the Scenic City on Wednesday, bringing fresh and light bagels, stecca bread studded with salty olives and espresso with orange infused honey.

After years of dreaming, lots of hard work, a small business loan, a kickstarter, permits and demos, Hungry Mother is a dream realized for two families.

Brooke Quinley and her husband, Matthew Nelson, are running the coffee program and front-of-house, while husband-and-wife team Robert and Chelsy Gray are helming the kitchen.

In many ways, the project feels fated. The team of four started out scattered in different pockets around the globe: California, Virginia, Thailand. Somehow they all made their way to Chattanooga.

HUNGRY MOTHER

— Address: 825 Houston St.