Family-owned since 1950
Five generations.
one Avenue.
Bea's is a 5th-generation, family-owned business right here in Chattanooga. We've been serving up some great downhome, all-you-can-eat fare for 76 years. Come be seated, enjoy our hospitality, and bring your appetite. We hope to see you soon.
The short version
How a corner became an institution.
Bea's opens on Dodds Avenue. The recipes, fried chicken, cobbler, scratch vegetables, are set from day one.
Family-style, all-you-can-eat, served on spinning tables. Pull up a chair and the spread comes to you.
The same family, the same kitchen, the same way grandma did it. Still on the Avenue, all these years later.
76 years in, Bea's is a Chattanooga institution, and the chicken still never sits.
From scratch, every day
Nothing here comes from a freezer aisle.
The rolls are rolled by hand. The greens simmer low and slow. The cobbler is made the 1950 way. It's the kind of cooking you can't fake, and after 76 years, we wouldn't know how to.
"Ribs, rolls, chicken, peach cobbler, all made the way grandma did over 70 years ago.", Joseph L., Tripadvisor
Come see us
Pull up a chair on the Avenue.
4500 Dodds Ave · Chattanooga, TN 37407
Wed–Sun · 11am–8pm · Closed Mon & Tue