A Chattanooga VFW Hall got a new lease on life, and customers at the Boathouse Rotisserie and Raw Bar alongside the Tennessee River will have an easier time parking under a real estate deal due to wrap up soon.
One week from today, VFW Post 4848 plans to have an evening grand opening at its new hall at 2402 Amnicola Highway.
The VFW Post sold its old building at 1491 Riverside Drive next to the Boathouse to the restaurant’s owners for $1.5 million a number of months ago because the restaurant wanted the parking space and the Post needed the money.
“We were going to have to close down, because we weren’t making any money down there,” post Commander C.L. Thompson said. “It got us out of debt, and we’ve got some operating capital, now.”
The Boathouse, which has always leased a portion of the old VFW Post’s parking space, now can use it all.