The Stone Fort Inn

If you are going to Chattanooga anytime soon you should seriously consider staying at the Stone Fort Inn. It was absolutely adorable. After the excitement of the day, we were so ready to just chill out. We checked it, and were given the run down by one of the ladies running it. The Wine and cheese hour (which was included) was about to begin and we were told where breakfast was going to be in the morning. They then took us to our room. It was gorgeously decorated and very charming. It had exposed brick walls, old hardwood floors, subway tiles in the bathroom, whirlpool tub, aveda products. It was the whole sha-bang. Matt immediately noticed that there were chocolate chip cookies in a bowl right when we stepped off the elevator and was ready to partake. The room was very comfortable and there was an old coke machine in the hallway that dispensed the 8 oz. cokes in glass bottles. We relaxed for a bit, checked the library of VHS tapes that we could help ourselves to if we felt like watching a movie in our room; and then, I had some wine while we decided where to have dinner. We were so tired from getting up at 3:30 a.m., we knew we weren't going to be up for too much that evening. We walked downtown ate a little dinner and came straight back.

The next morning I got another wonderful surprise from our Inn. I had read that there was a continental breakfast, which is a big selling point for me. I don't want to have to go seek out a place to eat first thing in the morning when I go out of town. Well folks… the Stone Fort Inn goes way beyond a continental breakfast on the weekends. They had two chefs come in and cook a gourmet hot breakfast. Homemade berry scones, breakfast casserole, quiche, bacon, sausage, vanilla yogurt with fruit, French toast, Yummy! They had cereal too, but with all that, who would eat cereal? Caliborne and Brian, the chefs, did a wonderful job. I also found it thoughtful they had disposable travel cups for the coffee. I definitely made myself a large to-go cup when we checked out to go down to the aquarium. I've paid more to stay at places that don't even come close to my stay here. I highly recommend it, if you are looking for a relaxing get away.

Here are some pictures:

Front Lobby

Where the wine and cheese was served

One of the private balcony rooms

*This was not our room, ours was smaller but just as nice*

Breakfast area

with charming outdoor dining patio

One of the bathrooms

Be sure and click on the link in the blog to see the photos of other rooms, they are very elegant.