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| About: | Just a few blocks from the Aquarium and IMAX Theatre downtown is casual family dining with comfortable seating, affordable prices, and down-home cookin'. Famous for Memphis-style ribs including barbeque and spicy. Also serves chicken and salads. Alcoholic beverages served, wide selection of beer. Prices: $5-$8 at lunch and $8-$12 at dinner. Takeout available, delivery for large parties. Opens everyday at 11a. |
| Hours: | 11:00am - 10:00pm |
| Categories: | All Bars, Pubs, & Clubs, Catering Services, Barbecue Restaurants, Restaurants |
| Parking: | Lot |
| Payment: | MasterCard, Visa, American Express |
| Specialities: | Company Picnics, Office Meetings, Outside Events, Rehearsal Dinners, Weddings |
| Amenities: | Kid-Friendly, Award Winning, Bed & Breakfast, Smoking, Family-Style |
| Cuisine: | Business, American, Barbecue, Steak & Barbecue |
| Ambiance: | Casual, Family Friendly |
| Feature: | Late Night, Buffet, Take Out |
| Reservations Policy: | Accepted |
| Smoking: | Smoking Allowed |
| Dress Code: | None |
| Price: | $7 - $15 |
| Other Contact Info: | Fax: 423 265 3107 |
The food is above average, the service is awesome!
It would appear that they boil/cook their meat in preparation to give it more tenderness - the ribs are very good but are almost more 'spare rib' setup than other places that tend to 'overcook' their ribs on the bbq... and maybe that's why they're so good. In my opinion (of course - it seems everyone has an opinion of what good bbq should taste like)... too many places stick ribs on the bbq and cook the life out of them - the meat is good, but that leaves the charred pieces you have to work through... not so with Sticky Fingers.
My favorite part of this particular Sticky Fingers location is the service. I've been in here as a "business lunch," family dinner, and family lunch.... they take care of folks - and a place that can deal with kids and deal with business folks and keep them somewhat separate and everyone happy... kudos.
Stick fingers is not much more than any other commercialized assembly line food. If you're purist, don't fall for it. There could just as easily be 500 of these restaurants across the country. It's high on marketing and fancy names, low on core BBQ values. Skip it and find the first dive you come across.
I had the pleasure of eating at Sticky Fingers while in Chattanooga on a business trip. The beer selection was very basic but that's where 'basic' ends. We started off w/ the Hickory Smoked chicken wings which were very tasted (especially after adding some of the bbq sauces that were on the table). My entre was the rib sample consisting of a 1/4 rack of each of the following: Memphis Style Wet, Memphis Style Dry, Tennessee Whiskey, and Carolina Sweet. While I did not care of the Memphis Dry (I guess I'm not a dry rub kind of guy) I did enjoy the other varieties very much. Service was very good and prompt. Definitely a place that I will go next time I am in town.