Alimentari Cucina E - Chattanooga

My partner and I came from Atlanta and found the perfect refuge at Alimentary Cucina. Our bartender, Corbin, is an amazing guy with a great sense of humor and multitasking skills. We ordered burgers and wings, along with some tap beer, and were completely satisfied. The bar island is especially fantastic. The atmosphere is cozy and the food is delicious.

This was my $25 chicken and noodles. The chicken itself looked good but was mediocre at best. The actual chicken breast was bland and the breading and cheese was eh. The noodles were a complete disgrace. Absolutely flavorless and borderline inedible ,no salt/butter literally nothing. And the tomato ???? barely ripe. The kids Mac and cheese was reasonably priced and wasn?tKraft so there is that but it was also severely lacking in flavor. ??????????? I was extremely disappointed and expected farbetter food from here.

On a busy Saturday night, we were seated promptly with no wait. The hostess and server were very helpful and attentive, earning high marks for service. The restaurant offers a wide variety of beers on tap and in bottles for $5 each. We tried the flatbreads, which essentially are pizzas, as an appetizer and also ordered the calamari, both of which were excellent. Unfortunately, some in our group were disappointed with the chicken dish, as it came with plain spaghetti noodles without any seasoning or cheese. Many left their plates untouched. I opted for the lasagna, which was served as a tall cylinder and had good flavor. However, I was surprised that it did not come with a salad, so the combined cost of $20 for the pasta dish and $11 for a Caesar salad made it quite pricey according to Chattanooga standards, especially since bread was not included.

We started with a charcuterie platter featuring stone ground mustard, marcona almonds, orange marmalade, manchego, stilton, and fontina. The calamari was perfectly cooked with a saffron aioli. For our main dishes, we enjoyed a seared MapleLeaf Farms duck breast on a bed of sweet potato risotto with a maple-fig agrodolce. We also had an 1855 Top Sirloin with garlic buttered fingerling potatoes, grilled asparagus, and a pepperoni demi glace. The meal was fantastic and the staff was outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant.

I was here three times, and that was always okay, but nothing special. but yesterday we sat on the bar and got burger and a martini (the martini was her good gin and it cost $12.50) the staff was very rude, and the hired came to the bartender and complained that they felt like the only ones who work, and they are tired of this s*t. it was nice to say before the guests. then I was told that I could not add calabrian ketchup to my burger because they apparently control food costs so well that they only have enough ketchup for exactly how many burger they will sell every day, and he wanted to give me ketchup and then not have enough for another customer. when the bartender delivered us our food on a server tablet, sat on our burgers cartons of strawberries. the dirty undersides of the kartons stacked directly on our eating. it was really inconspicuous because I worked in kitchens forever and I know where the floor of these kartons has been. ? overall it wasn't the worst experience ever, but I wouldn't go back or recommend this place to everyone.