Red Hook Lobster Pound
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About Red Hook Lobster Pound
Red Hook Lobster Pound was born at a kitchen table in Red Hook, Brooklyn during the 2008 recession, the brainchild of Ralph Gorham and Susan Povich. The idea struck as they sat enjoying fresh lobsters they had just brought back from a friend in Portland, Maine. In the midst of their lobster-induced bliss, Ralph turned to Susan with a wild suggestion: “Let’s open a Lobster Pound!”
Red Hook was a fitting choice for their venture. Not only did the couple already own an empty storefront on Van Brunt Street, but the neighborhood itself echoed the coastal charm of Maine’s lobstering towns. Perched on the waterfront and home to a tight-knit community of fiercely independent, do-it-yourself locals, Red Hook had a spirit of resilience and self-reliance—shaped in part by its geographic isolation from the rest of Brooklyn, thanks to the BQE.