Post #566107 by JOHN-O on Mon, Nov 22, 2010 3:55 PM

On 2010-11-22 14:12, congawa wrote:

...So in your ongoing theme, are you saying this is Waikiki's Double Down?

I don't think I'd compare the Hideaway to the Double Down. The DD is a great divey place but it's also somewhat self-consciously hip due to its role as an eclectic music showcase. A venue like that needs to welcome tourists in addition to its regulars.

I got the feeling the Hideaway is more of a gritty locals' joint where Dog the Bounty Hunter is likely to drag out bail jumpers (or so I've heard) than a place for slumming hipsters.

I haven't been to every dive bar in Las Vegas but if I had to draw a comparison, the Hideaway is probably more like Atomic Liquors or the Huntridge Tavern (but lacking the mid-century history of those two places). Also maybe Dino's but that place does draw a hipster crowd on Karakoke nights. And when I say hipster I don't mean the Ed Hardy crowd but rather the ironic gas station jacket and vintage bowling shirt wearing crowd. (And if you think about that definition, Aloha shirt wearing Tikiphiles might be hipsters in their own right as well. :D)

Thanks for the positive feedback, I sometimes wonder if I'm contributing to the "devolution" of this web site that many old-timers are concerned about. I like to orbit on the periphery of Tiki and share what I consider to be related mid-century or off-beat content. :)

[ Edited by: JOHN-O 2010-11-22 16:47 ]