Bars try to be familiar. Even those visited for the first time are almost expected, their arrangement typical and the experience unrevealing. Happy Fun Hideaway, a new establishment on Myrtle Avenue near its intersection with Willoughby, hopes to break from that mold. “We’re creating this community space outside of what we’re taught bars should be,” said Rachel Nelson, an owner of Happy Fun Hideaway I had the chance to speak with. Rachel laments the homogeneous makeup of certain Brooklyn bars, and hopes to attract a clientele from all walks of life. In doing so, her aspiration is to have a space where visitors will meet new people and “get involved enough to understand we can all exist together.”
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