The Co-Op Frosé and Eatery, Charleston's beloved one-stop-shop for all things frosé and gourmet sandwiches, is expanding to Chattanooga next month. The Co-Op Chattanooga is set to open in July with an official opening date forthcoming. This will be The Co-Op's third store in Tennessee, following a May announcement that it is expanding into Nashville this summer with two stores. ... (click for more)

A new restaurant, Real Good Smokehouse, will be opening at 221 Market St. by Tim Hennen and Shannon Johnson. Mr. Johnson described it as a traditional but updated smokehouse serving ribs, brisket, pulled pork and chicken. The restaurant received a beer license from the city beer board that will allow them to sell both consumer and carry-out beer. Ruby Falls has just undergone ... (click for more)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe on Wednesday is set to present the city of Chattanooga with Brownfield program cleanup and assessment grants at the site of a planned new $79.5 million stadium to be used by the Lookouts. The press conference will be at the U.S. Pipe/Wheland site. The grant is "to help spur economic revitalization ... (click for more)

A Chattanooga couple on Friday morning described a frightening home invasion that a Memphis pair are accused of committing. Charges were bound to the Grand Jury against Darion Merriweather and William Edward Farmer IV. Judge Gerald Webb increased the bond for their aggravated burglary charges to $75,000. Farmer and Merriweather are facing two counts of kidnapping, aggravated ... (click for more)

The proposal for the Lookouts stadium brings forth several questions that I have not gotten good answers yet from anyone. 1. If the 10 acres Gary Chazen is donating is worth $10,000,000, why doesn’t he and his partners just sell the 140 acres and go to the bank with over $100,000,000? 2. There has been over a billion dollars of new construction in downtown Chattanooga ... (click for more)

I can't find any logical reasons that the new Lookout stadium is being placed where it is other than to think it's a combination of favoritism and eliminating an eyesore. All statistics point to an illogical decision coupled with questionable tax breaks/support. Lookouts average attendance in 2018 (all that I could quickly find) was 3,206 per game and ranked 74th among ... (click for more)