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Best restaurants
Best value, takeout, bartender
The Hideaway
1439 Odenton Road, Odenton. 410-874-7300.
hideaway.odenton.com
Aptly named, The Hideaway is hard to find. Its website offers
vague directions: “Somewhere in Odenton,” it declares, teasing
the hungry. But follow your nose; the whiff of barbecue should
lead you there.
A rambling roadhouse, The Hideaway serves hearty meals
of pecan-smoked fried chicken, zesty ribs and Texas brisket.
The dry-rubbed wings, smoked and served with a blackberry
Chipotle sauce, are a favorite. It’s tantalizing, flag-waving fare,
said Bob Krohn who, with his son, Mike Krohn, owns the place.
Here, doggy bags are a given.
“I don’t want anyone to walk out the door, not being full,” Bob
Krohn said. “When they leave with a box, I tell them, ‘When you
open your refrigerator door tonight at 10 o’ clock, think of me.’ ”
It’s standard food, with kitschy twists to bring patrons back.
“I like the quirky stuff,” said Krohn, 66, whose recipes
dominate. A onetime LED lighting engineer, he changed
careers 10 years ago after studying with Myron Mixon, a fivetime barbecue world champion. Soon after, Krohn bought the
onetime bikers’ hangout and retooled it into three dining rooms
and two bars.
“At first, even I had trouble finding the place,” he said. “Finally
I quit giving directions and said, ‘It’s somewhere in Odenton.’
That phrase made a wonderful tagline so we put it on our
website.”
Patrons tout bartender Nicole Hangsleben as well. “She’s a
bundle of energy, a whirling dervish who makes drinks exactly as
they should be,” Krohn said.
Regulars are fiercely loyal. Couples have wed in the front bar.
And sometimes, before longtime customers pass on, they’ll ask
that their celebration of life be held at The Hideaway.
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Basmati Indian
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Namaste Fine Indian Cuisine
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Joss Café & Sushi Bar
Red Tigers Asian BBQ
Double T Diner
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Davis’ Pub
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