2026 finalist: Best FRIED CHICKEN in Chattanooga, TN

Founded by Bea and Bill Steele in 1950, Bea’s Restaurant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is one of America’s oldest continuously operated, same-family, all-you-can-eat restaurants. Spanning five generations of unbroken family leadership, this historic but modest eatery is world-famous for its custom-built, spinning lazy Susan dining tables that serve up bottomless platters of iconic southern food. Combining rich mid-century boarding house heritage and legendary service, Bea's remains an unstoppable regional destination. Come as strangers leave as friends. Come see us!