The Grand House Reborn: Chateau Reopens Under New Management

The Grand House Reborn: Chateau Reopens Under New Management

On Benning Road NE, sandwiched between a local supermarket, a bank, and the Northeast Performing Arts Group headquarters, is a low-slung white brick building. If not for the shouts of color from the murals embellishing its exterior walls, you might miss it when passing by. This is Chateau Lounge, a neighborhood hot spot that’s been a fulcrum for east of the river communities for more than 50 years and that—since April—has been resuscitated by th…