Thanks for the heads up on the online order for Hideaway last week.

Any news for the rumored Hideaway in Auto Alley?

apparently the 50% discount was so popular they ran out of supplies by friday. they are doing it the 24th and 25th of this month again.

I don't even know where auto alley is!

Broadway from about NW 13th to NW 4th (where Red Prime, Coffee Slingers, Bicycle Alley, Iguana, Sara Sara, Panchinko Parlor, Broadway Wine Merchants, CD Warehouse, Cricket, etc. are)

Automobile Alley Hideaway Pizza should open spring or summer 2011. Old CD Warehouse location at 8th and Broadway.

http://www.okcfox.com/newsroom/morning_news/videos/vid_1527.shtml

I also confirmed this with another Hideaway Pizza manager.

that would be consistent with what we already know, so sounds like a done deal.

The Fox 25 news was aired on 9/24/10, and I spoke with Hideaway Pizza manager a few days ago. I believe this is going to be a big year for Auto Alley, with more announcements to come.

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From the Journal Record:

Bigger slice of the pie
Hideaway plots expansion, full bars
By Kirby Lee Davis
Kirby Lee Davis is the Tulsa Bureau Chief for The Journal Record. Contact him at 918-295-4982
Posted: 09:31 PM Wednesday, April 27, 2011

TULSA – The 11-restaurant Hideaway Pizza chain will test hard liquor sales with two new restaurants in Oklahoma City, marking the start of a regional expansion for the Tulsa-based home of the Kahuna.

“We’re going to look at other markets here in the state of Oklahoma,” said Brett Murphy, who with Darren Lister bought Hideaway five years ago. “Then late in 2012 or early 2013, we’ll try our hand at an out-of-state market. We’re going to focus on the Dallas park cities, Austin or Houston. We will pick one of those and develop that market.”

Murphy sees growth opportunities from the pizza industry’s economic evolution.

“The casual dining pizza place no longer exists,” he said. “We’re filling that void.

“Your Pizza Huts, your Ken’s Pizza, your Shakey’s Pizza, Shotgun Sam’s … they’re all history,” he continued. “That is the void that we’re filling. All the pizza chains have gone fast food; they’ve gone delivery; they’ve gone buffet. We’ve stayed true to our roots and we’re just a dine-in pizza place.”

Oklahoma City’s first new Hideaway should arrive in mid-July. Red Sun Construction is renovating about 6,000 square feet of leased space at 901 N. Broadway Ave. in Automobile Alley. Since that’s a pre-existing footprint, Murphy said the bar area will be more limited than a MacArthur Boulevard entry that is under way.

Nothing against Hideway Pizza but his statements aren't accurate. While certain brands are in the history books, Pizza Hut and Ken's (Mazzios) are still around. Granted they have a buffet aspect but is limited to lunch time and some weeknights during dinner (limited time frames). You can still go in (even during buffet times) and still sit down and order a pizza. Plus with the other places you have the advantage of options. you can do the sit-down casual dining, or buffet or delivery.

Speaking of Ken's, Mazzios is making the "limited time special" a permanent menu feature.

I wonder how Hideaway will do in Texas? They are such an Oklahoma fixture it's odd to think of them in Dallas or Austin...

This was in the Tulsa World this past week, about the bowling alley/bar Elliot Nelson is opening in downtown Tulsa. It had this blurb at the end of the article: "If the Dust Bowl is successful, Nelson said he is considering another one in Oklahoma City near his second McNellie's bar north of downtown."

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=53&articleid=20110513_53_E1_CUTLIN146567&archive=yes

i wish them well.

it would be great if/when they expand to Midtown, that will give Bricktown/Red Pin some much needed competition while adding to downtown's entertainment offerings. ....

Who would have thought that bowling alleys could help revitalize a downtown? It seems as though we are going back to the 1950-60's with our redevelopment ideas for downtowns.

Went today with a group for lunch. Great looking place, lots of friendly staff on hand and the food was great. We got there right at noon and even though it was pretty full, there was no wait for our party of 4. We all did salads and personal pizzas. Staff was going around giving complimentary cheese bread. The personal pizzas were actually plenty big enough to share.

Will definitely go back.

Brian, you forgot about me. :-)

Gonna try to go there in the next few days if I can.

Same. Perhaps I'll try to make it over after the MPRE tomorrow.

I like their pizza with the mandarin oranges,pineapples and canadian bacon. Everything ive had on their menu has been top notch.

Interesting that this is being referred to as the "MidTown" location. It's definitely Automobile Alley, no real overlap with this one. But it does show how much confusion there is between the two areas.

I say "in Automobile Alley" to people I know and they haven't a clue - I say downtown or Midtown and they know the general area I'm talking about. I really couldn't care less where the boundaries are - though obviously some (many) here do.

Not saying anyone is evil on this... just finding it all very curious

I do not consider Automobile Alley Midtown. It's about as far away from the heart of Midtown (Plaza Court) as it is from Deep Deuce. I consider it a stand alone district personally. But, as the areas fill in the borders will get looser. I know in Chicago my daughter lives in Ukrainian Village which flows into Wicker Park which flows into Bucktown. Everyone seems to have their own opinion about where each starts and ends.

I think as each area develops and Joe blow citizen is exposed to the marketing the boundaries will be more defined to the population at large. As it stands now, unfortunately, to the majority, I think its still all "downtown."

I don't see anything unfortunate about that. It is basically downtown with sub areas. Downtown is a much more general term than specific areas like AA, Deep Deuce, etc. As long as it continues to develop and is successful, I don't care what it's called. I understand having an identity for certain locales is important though when trying to attract certain types of development.

the reality is that AA is in the geographic location of midtown ... but it is not in the midtown district

Interesting that this is being referred to as the "MidTown" location. It's definitely Automobile Alley, no real overlap with this one. But it does show how much confusion there is between the two areas.

It is kind of tacky. Not only is A-Alley a wonderful district in its own right that is capable of standing on its own as a great neighborhood, but it is emerging as a more important area. Or you can just say North Broadway, which is how I usually verbally refer to Automobile Alley.

Not directed toward you, Brian..I know the perils of describing downtown things to typical suburbanites.

I think as each area develops and Joe blow citizen is exposed to the marketing the boundaries will be more defined to the population at large. As it stands now, unfortunately, to the majority, I think its still all "downtown."
Not only that, but the general public "doesn't care".

Metro, please forgive me for forgetting to get your permission before posting a comment.

What are you talking about Steve

haha, this thread just got interesting. Pass the popcorn.

Do it like a Ward Map so everyone knows what is where. This can all be solved if someone will put together an official map showing the precise boundaries of every "district" and impose stiff penalties to anyone who doesn't conform....

Nonetheless, we met friends there last night for an early supper. The pizza was as wonderful as ever, and the service was exceptional. We will likely go there fairly often.

Went there at 5:20p on Saturday expecting it to be crowded or to get crowded while we were there, but the entire time there was no wait, immediate seating. The staff attentiveness at this location was better than I've had at any location except perhaps the original.

haha, this thread just got interesting. Pass the popcorn.

I know how you feel. Anyone care to count how many Hideaway Pizza there are in the world? Last I checked, there was only one on Northwest Expressway.

Ate there on Sunday night. I love the set up of the place. The pizza was great as always. It is safe for kids (for Just the Facfs) as it is definitely a pizza place. Highly recommended. This place should be hopping before Thunder games, but was only half full on Sunday at 7pm...

This place should be hopping before Thunder games, but was only half full on Sunday at 7pm...

We just finished basketball season. Don't tell me its started again already?!

I know how you feel. Anyone care to count how many Hideaway Pizza there are in the world? Last I checked, there was only one on Northwest Expressway.

You might want to count again. Try a dozen in Oklahoma.

The North Western location was the first in OKC, I think it opened in the late 90's. The NW Hiway location opened after I moved to Austin in 2003, it was still a Chili's at that time. I think their first location outside the original location in Stillwater was in Tulsa.

Thunder: NBA basketball isn't back yet (they are still on lockout), they haven't missed any games yet but it is a possibility. Hopefully, they will get it resolved like the NFL recently did.

Also, dosen't Hideaway have a take out location at the Bricktown Ballpark?

Went for lunch this afternoon with my seven-year-old. Good service, no wait, excellent food (as expected). I'd like to go back during the evening sometime, seems like it would have a good vibe for dinner.

Interesting that this is being referred to as the "MidTown" location. It's definitely Automobile Alley, no real overlap with this one. But it does show how much confusion there is between the two areas.

There it is...I was waiting for OKCTalks downtown district nazis to jump on this one...

(which is what my earlier, curiously-now-deleted post was referring to)

Nazi...? Wow. I was simply making a comment on how these districts get mixed up despite various branding, marketing efforts. I'm not the guy playing forum cop on this site. As for the name calling ... reflects more on you than me.

How many districts are there now? Automobile Alley, Midtown, Arts, Flatiron, Deep Deuce, Bricktown (and Lower Bricktown), Film Row, Business, Core-to-Shore...... I personally think the general public will only embrace/recognize a few of these.

I see your point. And this is why I was asking my question to begin with (before I was called a "Nazi"). Some of these have never made sense to me - Lower Bricktown, Rick Dowell's insistence on creating a "Park Plaza" district ....

Steve: Curious but whose idea was the separate "Lower Bricktown" designation? Was it Bricktown opposition or the developer or maybe a way around more rigid design parameters (if the development was within "Bricktown")?

I've been trying to put together a project map by district but I can't find one I like.

This one is from downtownokc.com... I particularly dislike the "Arts District" as it's very contrived and arbitrary without logical boundaries:

http://www.okctalk.com/images/pete/downtownmap1.jpg

Steve: Curious but whose idea was the separate "Lower Bricktown" designation? Was it Bricktown opposition or the developer or maybe a way around more rigid design parameters (if the development was within "Bricktown")?

I think Randy Hogan came up with the Lower Bricktown name when he started developing that area. I believe it did have something to do with design requirements or zoning regulations. There was an article in a local publication a few years ago, either the Gazette or the Oklahoman about the distinction.

Bigray in Ok

I'm not even sure I know what the "Park Plaza" district is. I assume it's that small 1-2 block area just west of the Memorial around 5th or 6th. Why it is considered "Park" Plaza is beyond me.

While I agree that some of the "districts" may seem contrived, those which carry a sense of history (Automobile Alley, Midtown and Film Row, for example) are very distinct, having developed organically as revisionist projects meant to redevelop parts of our original downtown. These areas have a stronger sense of identity than any "named" planned district.

Oops. Back to topic now.

Am surprised by the amount of territory included in "Automobile Alley". Always considered it a small section of a single street (more of what a "Main Street" designation might entail, or even the small area on each side of the street in "Film Row", the buildings/properties fronting the street, but not necessarily the whole block).

Am surprised by the amount of territory included in "Automobile Alley". Always considered it a small section of a single street (more of what a "Main Street" designation might entail, or even the small area on each side of the street in "Film Row", the buildings/properties fronting the street, but not necessarily the whole block).

I'd seen that Downtown OKC map some time ago and so knew it defined AA as larger than what it seems it should be, but prior to seeing it I also thought AA was only the street front of Broadway between Main-ish and 13th.

In spite of that map, I don't know what the "official" boundaries are. If I recall, OKC only recently (in the last few years I thought) defined the boundaries of "downtown" (river to 13th, Classen to Stiles I believe). There was a newsok article, but I don't have a link. My point is if downtown's boundaries were only recently officially set, it's not surprising if the sub-districts are also not officially defined. Is this something worth addressing officially as was done for downtown?

AA, Flatiron have to go. ALL of my friends think AA is part of Midtown basically. Plus, keep the arts district confied to the civic center area and not all the way to the Memorial...people won't embrace weird geographic designations that are hard to remmber.

Based on something I saw recently the larger AA area could certainly be justified, it stated that over 50 of the 70 dealerships were located in AA...95% of all cars sold in oklahoma were "distributed" thru OKC!

I see AA and Midtown as completely separate. The Flatiron district might be a more useable term if there were actually anything there to talk about.

A quick check of UrbanSpoon identifies Places like Iguana Lounge as being in "midtown." thus adding to the confusion. The Hideaway location did not even appear on UB.

Why did this happen? There's nothing better than a Big Country, a beer and baseball :mad:

Does suck...Always had a slice at every game

I was disappointed too, it just went with baseball at the park.

So what took its place? Something by the same vender that manages all the other eateries at the ball park? Not knowing anything at all about the matter, I would guess Redhawk management wanted a bigger share of the sales and Hideaway gave them the finger. Its sad in a way. Just takes me back to glory days of the ballpark which was only about 10-12 years ago. Of course, I do prefer the new "glory days" where we have a NBA team. lol

Pi pizza took over the Hideaway. Didn't grab a slice but I saw it.

I tried the Pi Pizza. It didn't compare favorably with The Hideaway. I still want to know why The Hideaway left.

I tried the Pi Pizza. It didn't compare favorably with The Hideaway. I still want to know why The Hideaway left.

The one in the ballpark seems a little redundant after the one in Automobile Ally opened, for seventy-ish nights a year it would have been more convenient for the people going to games but the rest of the time the one in Automobile Ally may have been the better location.

I tried the Pi Pizza. It didn't compare favorably with The Hideaway. I still want to know why The Hideaway left.

It's my understanding that the lease for the space that the Hideaway was occupying was up and the option to renew wasn't given because the ballpark wanted to control all of the vendors operating there.

It's my understanding that the lease for the space that the Hideaway was occupying was up and the option to renew wasn't given because the ballpark wanted to control all of the vendors operating there.

Well, that's unfortunate.