The Hideout Inn
| The Hideout | |
 The Bottle Rockets performing at The Hideout in Chicago on November 21, 2015. | |
| Address | 1354 West Wabansia |
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| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1890 |
| Opened | 1933 |
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The Hideout (officially The Hideout Inn) is a music venue located in an industrial area between Lincoln Park and Bucktown neighborhoods of Chicago. It is an important venue for live rock music since it was purchased by long-time friends, Tim and Katie Tuten, and Mike and Jim Hinchsliff in 1996.[1]
History
The front bar of the Hideout was originally a balloon-frame house built in 1890 and the rear performance area was built in the ‘50s.[2] Tim Tuten gave a brief history of the balloon-framed building to the Chicago Tribune:
It was likely built by Irish workers in the late 1800s, then over time went from being a home to a public house, then an illegal bar run by Irish bootleggers — the Irish were dredging the Chicago River then, and building the grain elevators around Goose Island, building the subways. So Prohibition ends in 1933. And then it becomes a legal bar in 1934 — also called the Hideout. Then it falls into the hands of the Italians, who ran it for 49 years. Then we come in.[3]
Since 1996, the venue has hosted the Hideout Block Party which Chicago Magazine described as “perennially the best music fest of the year.”[4] For ten weeks in the summer of 2015, the Hideout opened a pop-up location along the Chicago Riverwalk between State and Wabash streets.[1]
In 2016, Thrillist named The Hideout one of "The Most Important Bars in Chicago"[5] and Consequence of Sound named it one of "The Greatest American Music Venues".[6]
The Grammy nominated Mavis Staples album Live: Hope at the Hideout was recorded at the Hideout in a 2008.[7] The WTTW public television program “The Interview Show”, hosted by Mark Bazer, is filmed at the Hideout.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 WTTW: The Hideout Brings a Little ‘Rebel’ to the Riverwalk
- ↑ Chicago Public Radio: 15 years of music and block parties at The Hideout
- ↑ Chicago Tribune: "The Hideout's longevity steeped in loyalty"
- ↑ Chicago Magazine
- ↑ Thrillist: Most Important Bars in Chicago
- ↑ CoS: The 100 Greatest American Music Venues
- ↑ Pitchfork -- Mavis Staples "Live: Hope at the Hideout"
- ↑ Chicago Tonight: ‘The Interview Show’ at the Hideout Makes Television Debut
- ↑ Chicago Tribune: 'The Interview Show' at The Hideout comes into the light for TV
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