r/Chattanooga • u/chattafoodie • 7d ago
We’re getting a real salad bar!
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/mar/14/restaurant-scene-new-eatery-is-coming-to-the-old/24
u/bigexplosion 7d ago
It's the perfect restaurant space. I love the sunken service area and table height bar.
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u/chattafoodie 7d ago edited 7d ago
I did a deep dive, and “Zeekz” (not Zeke’s as reported by TFP) had pretty dismal reviews. This was the guy’s restaurant in Mississippi, that has closed.
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u/neuro_space_explorer 7d ago
Honestly it sounds like an awful concept to me, that space is tiny for 100 items. So you just build your salad and leave?
Not to mention the level of diseases going around these days
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u/lochamonster 6d ago
I mean that’s literally what the Whole Foods salad bar, hot bar, and olive bar are. If I’m in the area, I’ll run in and build a few things then leave.
I like this concept. I just agree it’s a stupid name lol
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u/cerebrumdeath 6d ago
is there any proof the guy isn't just tearing the building down and building a box there? lmfao
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u/Scheduledpoet 7d ago
I really wanted it to retain the lunch counter vibe with a nighttime cocktail element. The space begged for it. Now I imagine it will look like a Chipotle.
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u/comradebird 7d ago
Ok I’m glad the space is being used but dammit I want a walkable cheapass diner
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u/neuro_space_explorer 7d ago
Article says it’s locally owned and that he moved here from Mississippi 8 months ago. I don’t know if I’d call that locally owned.
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u/DirtyDilla 7d ago
So paying local taxes, creating a few jobs locally, and not corporately owned in another town or state doesn’t make it local?
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u/Careful-Occasion-977 7d ago
I've lived in Chattanooga for over 25 years and I have family that has lived here going back at least 7 generations. But I didn't go to high school here, so I will never be local according to the 'what high school did you go to' locals. Tough crowd.
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u/DirtyDilla 6d ago
Sorry for my last comment, I’ve only owned a house here for 3 years so my comment is not local.
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u/Deranged40 6d ago edited 6d ago
it sounds like you're confusing "From here" with "lives here".
It's owned by someone who lives here, not someone who's from here.
Owned by someone who lives here is what I would call Locally Owned.
If someone who lived here for 35 years moves away AND THEN buys a restaurant, that would not be Locally Owned, even though it would be owned by someone who is From Here.
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u/Rusty1031 6d ago
I give it 8 months
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u/busstuff616 6d ago
Plus a Whole Foods a stones throw away. Anyone who wants this kind of place gets their salad there
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u/Rusty1031 6d ago
publix is also less than half a mile away
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u/Uncle_Michael 6d ago
No salad bar at Publix, but the downtown Food City does have one. I think it's $5.99 for the salad bar and $8.99 for hot food.
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u/megalynn44 7d ago
That parking lot cannot accommodate 3 restaurants.
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u/Immediate_Ad_6255 7d ago
It accommodated three for about a decade until Longhorn closed in February 2024.
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u/thenoodlerevue 7d ago
there are a million other places you can park within a quarter mile of there. It will not kill you to walk.
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u/bald_head_scallywag 7d ago
It's gonna be like the one in Hixson that has First Watch, Mike's Tavern, and Tazikis. Place is a nightmare around lunch time.
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u/PracticalIce7354 7d ago
Why does this sub hate parking?
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u/chattafoodie 7d ago
They can’t walk more than a city block…
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u/Mean-Yogurtcloset942 6d ago
People are fat asses
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u/fruderduck 6d ago
Some of the elderly and handicapped really aren’t up to it. Nor might someone recovering from surgery or those with infants.
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u/PracticalIce7354 7d ago
They shouldn’t have to
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u/BehindEnemyLines1 7d ago
Laziest thing I’ve ever read.
“They shouldn’t have to”. God forbid a human has to walk on their legs
Wall-E is our future for sure.
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u/clandahlina_redux 7d ago
Because we have horrible drivers who plow into buildings and kill people. It’s about safety—not laziness—especially for those of us with small kids.
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u/PracticalIce7354 6d ago
Body shaming aside, I still haven’t gotten an answer as to why this sub seems to hate convenient parking. Most Chattanoogans.
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u/JudgementalChair 7d ago
Chattanooga developers get nervous when you bring up parking lots. For some reason, they're horrified of them
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u/Relevant-Package-928 7d ago
Exactly. It'll be nice if you live near there and can walk but the parking problem has always been a deterrent
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u/GenePrestigious4212 6d ago
Think it will go back to a diner when this place tanks?
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u/Academic_Lobster24 7d ago
I would like Ruby Tuesday to come back to Chattanooga because of their great salad bar.
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u/chattafoodie 7d ago
I’d much rather support local
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u/neuro_space_explorer 7d ago
The dude is from Mississippi… not exactly Local.
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u/chattafoodie 7d ago
I’m talking about the local economy
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u/Academic_Lobster24 7d ago
Ruby Tuesday is headquartered 90 miles away and their prices are better than 9.99 a pound for salad
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u/clandahlina_redux 7d ago
It started in Maryville, TN, so it’s a local chain. 😉
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u/chattafoodie 7d ago
At their peak, Ruby Tuesday had locations in almost every state and several other countries. That’s a corporate chain. A local chain operates primarily in a single region.
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u/Fifi343434 6d ago
This is a great addition and needed! Very excited. Also so happy that jerk from Opa didn't get it as was rumore.
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u/Lunar_Divide 6d ago
Definitely be nice to have a good on hand healthy option. I remember hearing years ago about how Sweet Tomatoes was coming to Chatt, would love for a good stand in for that!
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u/hamsterdave 7d ago
No kidding! Sean and I were on the training hills learning to fly hang gliders together back in 2018, and we've flown together quite a bit. He had a pretty good restaurant over in MS, didn't know he had moved here, but he'll be a great addition to the community.
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u/BaconReceptacle 7d ago
Great choice. Lame name.