Hideaway – Maplewood
The Hideaway was located at 70 E. County Road B in Maplewood, in the vicinity of Rice Street and Highway 36/County Road B.
NORTHWEST SADDLE CLUB
The address shows up as the Northwest Saddle Club in 1963.
In 1968, former Maplewood Mayor Louis P. Gilbert applied for a license to establish a bar in the former private club. He was the owner of Gilbert Construction Co. of St. Paul.
HIDEAWAY
The word “Hideaway” is nigh to impossible to search for, as it most often applies to disappearing beds, but it was apparently there under that name from at least 1973 to 1981. In the early ’70s, Jim and Sharon Tulgren were the owners. (Also seen as Tolgren on Facebook)
Bands mentioned by veterans of the club include:
- Zachariah
- Raggs
- Jesse Brady
- Fragile
- Tickets
- Skyline
- Loafers
- Dame
- Fairchild
- London
- Dareforce
- Straight Up
- Chameleon
- Tune
- Daisy Dillman
- Chameleon
- Fantasy
Beer was big at the Hideaway. 25 cent Wednesdays was one promotion. Susan remembered that they had giant beer mugs that customers took home and then brought back for refills! Bob R sent a picture of his mug! Thanks, Bob!
Apparently some national acts came to the Hideaway. Mentioned on Facebook were:
- Black Oak Arkansas
- Elvis Costello
- Greg Kihn
M.T. POCKETS
By 1986 the name had changed, and notoriety was attributed to the bar with the disappearance and murder of Morna Jean Brennan on November 8 of that year. She was picked up by a fellow club-goer named Rickie Kiger, whose advances she had turned down all night.
M.T. Pockets appears to have lasted to at least 1989.
Randy Arneson took some aerial photos around town; these are of the Hideaway taken in March 1999.
Full view
Cropped shot of building
Finally, Alan reports that the Hideaway is long gone: Part of the property is retail and part is the Minnesota Waldorf School. But the folks who survived it with their brain cells intact still have their memories!