1919 Neighborhood Lounge

Susan and Steve Haubrich met at Baker Beach in San Francisco, where Susan was a chef at some of the city’s top restaurants and Steve was working at Internet start-ups. They married on New Year’s Eve in Carmel, California and moved to Austin, Texas where Steve worked in Consumer Financial Services and Susan as an interior designer. After lasting 8 very hot summers, they moved to Portland in October 2020 during COVID and the Oregon wildfires. They began renovating a 100-year-old Craftsman house, planted a vegetable garden, and opened three small businesses. Steve also worked as a late-night DJ on XRAY FM. 1919 Neighborhood Lounge is their vision of what a great neighborhood lounge should be. A comfortable and inviting space where friends and neighbors can hang out and relax, have a great meal and quench their thirst while listening to some great music. Susan and Steve demo’d, designed, built, and now operate the lounge themselves, handcrafting each dish and serving each cocktail.