Bars and fun in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga, being the fourth largest city of Tennessee and a center for fun lovers, has lots of exciting and funny things to do for everyone. During the daytime, you can visit campus of the University of Tennessee in downtown, the Mackenzie Arena for concerts, circus, wrestling, monster truck shows etc. If these are nothing that attracts you and you are visiting Chattanooga during September and October, you can enjoy your day by taking a ticket for the Wine Over Water Festival.

If you like to visit some attractive destinations, Chattanooga has a number of places you can pay a visit to- the electrifying Tennessee Aquarium, the lively Tennessee Riverside, the Choo Choo city, the unique and famous Landmark of the South, the Rock City, the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, the Hunter Museum for American Art, Ruby Falls, Harrison Bay Stake Park, etc.

To make your nightlife exciting and enjoyable, Chattanooga has a number of bars, nightclubs, pubs, taverns, dance clubs, gay bars and other hangout places. Spending time in these bars and night clubs are absolutely a great way to unwind yourself on the weekends.

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Let’s have a look on few of top Chattanooga bars, night clubs, and fun places.

Lizard Lounge

1301, Market St., Chattanooga
 Lizard Lounge is a perfect place for late night adventure, dancing, drinking and so on. This newly opened night club has a specious dance floor with arrangements for quality live and loud music, intimate booths, branded beer and wine, and delicious martinis. This should be called as a perfect nightclub because of the presence of diverse mix of people under one roof. This is a most favorite place for college going students but you would find some equal number of old crowds too.  In fact, at Lizard Lounge nothing is considered unusual. You can plan on doing anything bizarre and enjoy your time with your friends. This is one of the best places in Chattanooga to enjoy your night in groups. With the night turning into morning, you would discover yourself dancing with an exciting cross section of people. Entry charge at the door is $3.

Hair of the Dog Pub

334 Market St., Chattanooga

With an English neighborhood bar feel, Hair of the Gog Pub is regarded as one of the popular restaurants in Chattanooga. Being located so close to the Tennessee River and Aquarium, Hair of the Dog Pub has a great old world pub look and feel and is a comfortable place to drink at any part of the day. The decoration with gorgeous lighting and loud music of the pub creates a great ambiance to spend some quality time with your friends. With a collection of over 50 beers and a huge wine and liquor selection, Hair of the Dog is a perfect Pub to go for drinking, celebration, and eating.  No topic is forbidden and nobody is uninvited. The best nights at Hair of the Dog are Thu, Fri, Sat. It has a cool outdoor seating arrangement too. The pub is open from 11am to 3am every day a week.

The big Chill and Grill

427 Market St., Chattanooga

The big Chill and Grill is another perfect destination to enjoy your nightlife in Chattanooga. This restaurant and bar is well known for its frozen daiquiris, martinis, late night arrangements and yummy food. It turns into a great place at night for adult fun and entertainments. Even, you can buy a beer as low cost as $1, thus, the pricing should be called as a reasonable one.  The staffs are always ready to hear you and are very much friendly. The best to visit the Big Chill and Grill is in its happy hours of the day as it’s too crowded on happy hours. Make sure you check its website to know about happy hours of the day you’re going to the Big Chill. It’s open for everyone Monday through Saturday from 2 PM to 3 AM and for Sunday 5 PM to 2 AM.

UTC McKenzie Arena

University of Tennessee

McKenzie Arena is regarded as the best fun place in Chattanooga with lots of activities to do for everyone. This is mainly the University of Tennessee’s basketball area. Other than basketball, UTC McKenzie Arena hosts a number of other events like circuses, rodeos, ice shows, wrestling, and monster truck rallies Etc. With all these events always on, you would enjoy your time at UTC McKenzie Arena in any time of the day around the year. It is home to UTC's department of intercollegiate athletics too. So, bring your friends and enjoy different events at McKenzie Arena.

Billiard Club Downtown

725 1/2 Cherry St., Chattanooga

Billiard, being one of the popular indoor games in America, always attracts a specific class of people in those bars that have arrangement for playing pool. If you like to play pool with a glass of wine or beer in hand to enjoy your night, Billiard Club Downtown at Cherry Street is the place for you. If you are not an expert player, don’t worry and find a table and play with other novice players. But at Billiard Club, being an expert pool player, you can participate in different tournaments and leagues going on all around the year. The club has a total of 20 billiard tables.

Although it sounds like this is the place only for playing billiard, it has a great collection of wine and beer, thus, this is regarded as one of the top class bars in whole Chattanooga.