Hideaway on Lee is one of those Lafayette restaurants where the entertainment is held in as high regard as the food — in the spirit of Acadiana spots like Randol’s and Prejean’s, where dinner is a party and lively gatherings are assured almost every night of the week.
Open since 2020, Hideaway on Lee is a casual burgers, salads and drinks spot created with music in mind, with the main dining area situated around an outdoor dance floor and stage that projects out to the surrounding neighborhood. Located at 407 Lee Ave. in an old home, Cajun and zydeco bands like Horace Trahan and the Ossun Express, Amis du Teche and Alphonse Ardoin and the Zydeco Kingz are mainstays on the bandstand, making Hideaway one of the most popular places in Lafayette to dance on the weekends.
However, if you’re more into dining than dancing, I suggest grabbing a table during Wednesday trivia night.
Hosted by Vermilionville food historian Jay Steiner, trivia at Hideaway has the reputation of being one of the hardest trivia games in Lafayette, and Steiner ranges through topics related to history, music, botany, pharmacology or anything else he’s dug into that week while cocktails and onion ring baskets pile up on tables — and teams either hang their heads or claim victory for the evening.
“I’ve been hosting my own trivia night around town since 2014, and I have people still coming who were at those earliest days at the Greenroom,” said Steiner. “I like having it somewhere where folks can make a full night of it, and don’t feel excluded if they don’t drink.”…