While setting up Birch & Bloom Family Lounge on Mausel Street, co-owners (left to right) Kyle Haken, Ashley Haken, Katrina Quinn, Skyler Quinn, and their children have been drumming up business at Eagle River Market.
What is a “family lounge”? Eagle River is about to find out. Birch & Bloom Family Lounge is scheduled to open in mid-August, serving a somewhat different clientele than Odd Man Rush Brewing next door, in the Artillery Road neighborhood. Birch & Bloom swaps craft beer for a full espresso bar, food truck grub for charcuterie-inspired sandwiches and snacks, and concerts and comedy nights for family-friendly tunes, creative workshops, and a safe space to play.
“Family lounge is definitely a new concept, but it’s exactly what it sounds like,” says Ashley Haken, who co-owns Birch & Bloom with her husband, Kyle, and business partners Skyler and Katrina Quinn. “It’s a facility designed for kids and parents, somewhere families can go and enjoy open play, workshops, classes, birthday parties, and events.”…