Hideout named "Reader's Choice" for "Rock Venue"
in Chicago Reader "Best of Chicago 2008"!
The Reader's Monica Kendrick writes "...I’m going to stand by the Hideout for its combination of bookings, friendliness, comfort, price point, and community involvement—and the fact that the barflies more in love with the sound of their own voices than the sound of the band get a room to themselves with a door that closes." - check out the entire article

Thanks to the Chicago Reader and the Reader’s readers who selected the Hideout as the Best Rock Venue, and Best Dance Party in Chicago.

We are really proud to be in the company of such other great venues.

Of course the secret to our success is not a secret at all. It is a friendly staff, made up mostly of musicians, and artists, that are not only concerned with our community but actually participate in civic minded activities. Add amazing bands and cheap beer and you’ve got a great party.

Just a brief explanation though.
The doors between the front and back rooms were added so that the “barflies” would not have to suffer through Tim’s arduous “introductions,” and at the same time the music fans in the back, would not be disturbed by Tim pontificating to the barflies in front about everything from the banality of cable television to the architecture of the United Arab Emirates.

Thanks for coming to our party for 12 years now!

Scott Smith's great TimeOut Chicago review of the Monday night Mavis Staples live album recording show at Hideout is now online for your reading pleasure. Also check out additional great reviews from Dave Hoekstra in the Chicago Sun-Times, Mark Guarino in the Chicago Tribune, and Karen Zarker (with Sarah Zupko photos) on popmatters.com

Be sure watch for the amazing live album to be released soon on Anti Records!

John Hiatt Live at Studio X photos posted on wxrt.com!
WXRT recently presented a "Live at Studio X" show with John Hiatt at Hideout, and now a couple dozen beautiful photos of the night taken by Will Byington have been posted on wxrt.com Click through to wxrt.com to see all the photos and listen for the show to be broadcast sometime soon, with lots of great John Hiatt music and Lin Brehmer interviewing. (We're hoping a bit of Tim Tuten's great introduction makes it in, too!)

Mavis Staples on why she chose Hideout to record her live album!
Time Out Chicago's Scott Smith wrote a nice The TOC Blog > Music post about the recent Mavis Staples show at Hideout, and then updated it with a quote on Hideout from Mavis Staples herself!

You know how every once in a while you hear about a show that from the sound of it will likely be one of the best shows of the year? Jon Brion’s show at Hideout comes to mind, and another upcoming show at the Hideout is giving me that "Must-see" vibe: Mavis Staples will record a new live album there on Monday June 23.

Update: As for why she chose the Hideout for this show, Ms. Staples - via her publicist - had this to say: "I definitely wanted to do something in my hometown. I love playing at Symphony Hall, Millennium Park, Ravinia and places like that but for the live recording, I wanted to do something that was really intimate. I wanted to be able to feel the closeness of the crowd, see the smiling faces up close, you know, feel the spirit, and The Hideout is a perfect place for that."

"If ever you get around Chicago way, a great nightspot off the beaten path is the Hideout Inn, a bar that has been operating since the 1930s." says Jim Purcell's Monmouth County, NJ based blog The Inside Clamdigger

"The Hideout is perfect for literature events,..." says Joe Meno in Jamie Murnane's "Get Lit - An inquiry into the current state of writing and drinking in Chicago" newcitychicago.com WORDS article

Lizz Kannenberg's The Chicagoist Music column "Spend 'Amateur Night' with a Real Professional" on Jon Brion's upcoming New Year's Eve show at Millenium Park had this to say about his 2006 show at the Hideout...

Fast forward to the winter of 2006 and many, many strings pulled to get into Brion’s show at the itty bitty Hideout. We’ve never been so sardined into a space before, and the fact that we couldn’t get our winter coat off all night (and it had to be 85 degrees in the music room) or get to the bar for a beer seemed inconsequential in the face of what was witnessed. It’s hard even now to describe this guy’s mastery of what it means to entertain; there are plenty of folks, from Keller Williams to Andrew Bird, who use looping to create layered sounds on their own, but Jon Brion does it to create an entire band. He writes, he produces, he performs, and he blows minds - all better than just about anyone else in the game. We'd bet we're not the only ones who left the Hideout that night thinking we’d just seen the best live musical performance we might ever see.

see the entire article including New Year's Eve details at chicagoist.com

Ellen Warren's Tribune Magazine "Just One Thing" feature article "Organ Transplant" includes Hideout bartender Sarah Staskauskas' successful Los Angeles based fashion design business, and how it changed in an "organic" way at the Hideout Holiday Sale in years past.

"You won't find flashy signage or beefy, uniformed bouncers at the Hideout, a rustic little music shack that sits on a gravel yard and glows warmly amid its steely industrial neighbors. You're more likely to find a pale hipster checking IDs at this bar and venue that hosts weekly lit-friendly performances and alt-folk nights, indie-rock up-and-comers and the occasional dance party or family event."
- Chicago Tribune, "If you've done House of Blues, Try The Hideout"

From New City's List of 45 people "Who Rock Chicago's Music World"
43. Tim & Katie Tuten, Co-owners of The Hideout
Along with the Hinchsliff twins, the Tutens operate one of the city's best bars with a grassroots mindset, dedicated the bands and artists first and the everything else much later. The result is a quintessential Chicago stop for live music, one that has recently harbored high-profile gigs like Touch & Go's anniversary bash last year, and is set to host the upcoming Metro birthday celebration at the end of summer.
Read the entire article here.

Current TV produced a documentary about the Hideout's monthly performance series "The Dollar Store". Watch the video on current.tv

Hideout named "The Best of Chicago" in Cassie Walker's "Looking for Mr. (or Ms.) Good Bar" article in Chicago Magazine's August 2005 issue
read here!

The Hideout "Not Just A Hole In The Wall" article on Chris Castaneda's gettingintune blog
Read the article here.

Hideout added to Stuff Magazine's "Dive Bars Hall of Fame."
Read the article here.

Hideout in Robert Loerzel's Pioneer Press article

The Onion on Hideout's 2003 Block Party:
The Hideout isn't just a club, it's a clubhouse -- a place to hang out while an assortment of regular bands heats things up. Friday and Saturday, the Hideout hosts its annual Block Party, a terrific event made more so by the fact that it's a charity fundraiser. This year's lineup is incredible: Pay close attention, too, because lots of big names were only announced in the last couple of weeks. Friday leans slightly alt-country, with performance by Waco Brothers and Handsome Family. Headlining act Disciples of the Seventh Samurai doesn't lean that way, though: It's a side project featuring Frank Orrall and Susan Voelz of Poi Dog Pondering. Saturday rings amazingly eclectic, riding the roller coaster from feisty garage (The Dirtbombs, Demolition Doll Rods) to gentle pop (Andrew Bird, Pernice Brothers) to post-rock poster-band Tortoise.