Hide Away Restaurant and Lounge

The Hideaway is a throw back to the old neighborhood piano bars.  I am not a regular, but if I can get through the smoke, I generally get a kick out of kicking it with the geriatric regulars at The Hideaway.  Some of the patrons have a reserved space with place mat in tact at the piano bar.  The music is played on a keyboard as customers sing along in karaoke style to a very fast paced jazzed up version of most popular oldies.  I was convinced to sing a song last time I was there and then some of the regulars who pushed me into it quickly marched up to tell me how I can improve ;-)  

Overall, it's a cheesy atmosphere.  You're not going to meet your future mate here, but a good time can be had with the right attitude.  Drinks are cheap, fast and strong.  Bring a group.

I have driven by this place everyday for a few months excited to try it, so I finally talked some friends into going and at first glance it seemed great, but after walking through we realized that it was a dive but usually "dives" have the best food so we stayed, when the server finally got to us, we asked for a menu she then pointed to a pot luck table, and said there is no menu, just help yourself. As we walked to the "buffet" table everything was dried up and old in what looked like my grandma's old crock pots. So we just decided to stay and have a few drinks and listen to the piano player, which is actually an organ. When we heard one of the patrons say, " since when did they start letting dykes and n*ggers in here?" as the bar maid rolled her eyes and snickered, I was mortified, as my friends consisted of a lesbian couple and an african american co-worker. I will never return or recommend.

The Hide Away is a special kind of place.  I think we were by far the youngest group in the place with the average age of the patrons probably in the sixties.  There was a classy picture on the wall with with a nip slip going on that we all got a laugh about.  They do have a piano that had had someone playing so it was better than just a juke box.  There was an old man that was just too much fun.  I think he tried to dance with every woman that was in our group, much to the dislike of his female friend.  It was an interesting place to stop in for a drink, Steph B. loved it, I was not as enchanted as she was but it got us out of the house and into a place that we would not normally have stopped by.  Not sure I would go back, but glad we stopped in.