Lisa Denton

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

Dive bars may lack the sophistication of a cocktail bar, the camaraderie of a sports bar or the tropical flair of a tiki bar, but they are neon beacons in the neighborhoods they serve.

Fresh off the inaugural year of the World of Bluegrass, fans of the high, lonesome sound can return downtown for a bonus round this weekend — and the 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival is free.

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

A Labor Day weekend that begins in August may feel a little weird, but the arrival of fall festivals on the calendar definitely feels timely.

While Riverfront Nights is closing its summer season with a Doobie Brothers tribute band on Saturday, the Chattanooga Market is ushering in autumn with a Fall Food Truck Rally on Sunday.

The Toy Library

Here's what's happening this week in the Chattanooga area.

For many burger restaurants and backyard grillers, a beef patty is meant to be thick and exalted. Note its substantial presence, its flowing juices, its likeness to steak for customizing degrees of doneness.

For decades, the drab little building at the foot of Signal Mountain has been assaulted by sun, wind, rain -- even the collateral damage of a mudslide that flattened a neighboring property in 2019. But if its weather-beaten exterior is showing its age, the restaurant inside is thriving.