Bar Cruising
819 S 2nd St
Milwaukee, WI 53204
State Region
Southeast WI
Neighborhood
Walkers Point
Year Opened: 1976
Year Closed: 1976
Exact Date Opened: Thursday, July 01, 1976
Exact Date Closed: Friday, December 31, 1976
Clientele Primarily Identified As
Gay
Logo:
The Hideaway, a cozy bar for men, opened in August 1976. Owned by "Mike and George," it replaced the Decision (an even shorter-lived bar that may never have opened at all.) Despite being advertised in local publications, the Hideaway's run was very brief. After just six months, all advertisements and mentions of the Hideaway disappeared. Hideaway was third in a series of eight non-consecutive queer spaces at this address since December 1944.
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