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Main Street Chattanooga: Main Street Meats/The Hot Chocolatier

January 5, 2014

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier!

If you read any of my farmers market posts (I wrote them weekly for several months in 2012), you probably remember my weekly bacon from Link 41 (here’s a sampling of posts where I have mentioned Link 41).  Man, I was obsessed with that bacon.  Unfortunately, the only downside of my job change is that I am too far away from Main Street Chattanooga to get to the farmers market every Wednesday, which severely limits my access to that wonderful bacon.

When Main Street Meats opened, it took me a minute to figure out that it was basically an expansion of Link 41, from a place from which to procure fantastic charcuterie to a full-blown butcher shop, complete with daily lunch offerings. Including a burger.  As soon as I read the description of the burger on the Main Street Meats blog, I knew I had to have it.

It was an awfully cold day to be walking around on Main Street Chattanooga but I was willing to brave the cold for that burger (I’m a wuss, I know, but I’m from the American South. I can’t help it. Bring the heat!).  The lunch menu for the day was the House Burger and beef stew, and we both decided to have the burger, with bacon (of course).  The meat was taken out of the case after we ordered, cooked to a perfect crispness on the outside in cast iron, and served simply on a Niedlov’s bun with mayo and a smear of brown mustard, some gruyere (which is one of our favorite cheeses), caramelized onions, and some perfectly cooked bacon. There is nothing not to love about this burger.  It was perfect. PERFECT. Drippy but not messy, if that’s possible, with an indescribable flavor. The lack of toppings (or options for toppings) may be off-putting for some but really….it needs nothing. This is a burger Ron Swanson would approve of (meat. on a bun. with nothing. Who knows what I’m talking about?).

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

Talking to Dan Key (an owner? I forgot to ask!), I learned that the meat is dry-aged for a minimum of 14 days.  All the beef at Main Street Meats is local and grassfed, and you have your pick of beautiful meat in the case to take home.  They offer beef, pork, lamb, and chicken (all local) and of course the charcuteries that made Link 41 famous…but also some take home items like pre-made heat and eat meat pies and deli containers of chicken salad.  We paid $9 per burger, plus chips and drinks…worth every penny, and that money pretty much goes right back into the local economy and supporting local, humanely raised meat.

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

Main Street Meats is located at 217 East Main Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408.  You can call them at 423-602-9568.  Check out their website, mainstreetmeatschatt.com.  You can also find Main Street Meats on Facebook and follow @MainStreetMeats on Twitter.

After our lunch, we stopped off at Enzo’s Market to pick up some Velo Coffee and some Alchemy Spice Wake & Bake Sweet Spice Blend before heading on to The Hot Chocolatier to have some, well, hot chocolate.  How have I not been here before?  A reader tipped me off (after reading about my affinity for all things lavender in my Milk and Honey post) that they have a lavender-vanilla hot chocolate, so I didn’t even have to think about my order (thanks, Kat!).  Philip ordered a hazelnut hot chocolate, and since their marshmallows are house made, we of course had to top our mugs off with one (you can also have whipped cream).  I managed to show a little restraint and resist the beautiful handmade chocolates and amazing pastries in the cases, but I did pick up some photographic evidence for you.

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

Can I just say that if you are a chain coffee shop addict (you know which one I’m talking about) it would do your soul good to check out a place like this?  Yes, it’s out of the way (since there isn’t one every five miles) but this is just the kind of hot drink that makes you stop and thank God for chocolate (and I’m sure that their coffee and tea beverages make you feel the same way about coffee and tea).  There was no Swiss Miss involved here….just deep, rich, sweet chocolate and milk.  Definitely “European-style”….this is the kind of hot chocolate that is so rich you have to take your time…but you also have to drink every. last. drop.  The marshmallow on top makes you question every Jet-Puffed marshmallow you ever consumed (though in my opinion those things have one use and one use only).  And it’s difficult to walk out without making some, ahem…additional purchases.

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

The Hot Chocolatier is committed to making the best and the freshest products possible:

A day spent on Main Street Chattanooga must include a burger at Main Street Meats and some hot chocolate at the Hot Chocolatier! | chattavore.com

The Hot Chocolatier is located at 201 West Main Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408.  You can call them at 423-266-3066.  Check out their website, thehotchocolatier.com.  “Like” The Hot Chocolatier on Facebook and follow @ahotchocolatier on Twitter.

More on Main Street Chattanooga: Taqueria Jalisco, Conga Latin Food, Enzo’s Market Café

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Comments

  1. Lori DenBleyker says

    January 5, 2014 at 6:21 pm

    Mary.... I love your page and often visit many of the places you review! I had not heard of Main Street Meats but will look for them now! I also discovered The Hot Chocolatier a few weeks ago and loved it!!!! The homeade marshmallows are wonderful! Thank you for all the wonderful information you post on here!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      January 5, 2014 at 9:58 pm

      Thanks, Lori! I love to hear about people going to places they've read about on my blog. Main Street Meats is fantastic! Thanks for reading. I'm glad I ran into you today-enjoy your extra day off!
      Reply
  2. Kat Janes says

    January 5, 2014 at 9:56 pm

    Mary, I am so happy you enjoyed your visit to the The Hot Chocolatier. :) As always, I love your blogs!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      January 5, 2014 at 9:57 pm

      Thanks, Kat! It was wonderful. It took an awful lot of discipline not to buy one of everything!
      Reply
  3. Vanderbilt Wife says

    January 7, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    Those look amazing! Sounds like a wonderful date afternoon for when we can grab one!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      January 7, 2014 at 6:50 pm

      They were!
      Reply

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