The locally beloved
is moving to a new location comically close to its original.
The current location, which has been occupied since owner Chip Critcher’s mother bought the property in 1980, has closed and is set to move just across the street. The bar has yet to officially announce the opening, but previously stated the new location will open as soon as possible Monday, Nov. 4.
“It will be a new experience … it will be different … but it will be exactly the same!” Critcher wrote on the
. “I hope everyone will appreciate and love the ‘new’ bar as much as the ‘old’ bar.”
The move began in late September, when bar staff
the process was officially underway.
The bar’s move is another piece sliding into place for developer Chance Gordy, whose current focus is an ambitious mixed-use project known as
. The
was for The Yard to pop up around The Hideaway Bar, until Critcher chose to sell in exchange for a new property across the street.