Check out a two-story Hideaway Pizza restaurant in Fort Worth
Fort Worth has grown north.
And now Oklahoma is growing south.
The finest pizza the 405 has to offer has landed off Interstate 35W, meaning it’s now only a short toll trip north and not a three-hour drive.
Hideaway Pizza, 9800 North Freeway, has 70 years of history in Oklahoma.
It opened in Stillwater as Campus Hideaway, when the original phone number for delivery to nearby Oklahoma State University was simply “4777.”
The newest location is part pizzeria, part spectacle. It’s a double-decker restauairant with 10,000 square feet of dining and bar space, yet it seems to fill within minutes when it opens at 11 a.m.
Hideaway serves 20 different specialty pizzas, but its most famous menu item is the fried mushrooms. Hideaway serves more than 40 tons a year.
Some of the specialty pizzas seem like State Fair novelties.
The “Pepperonipalooza” is blanketed with three different kinds of pepperoni. A “Big Country” (seen on the Food Network) has Polish kielbasa, pepperoni and Canadian bacon. The “Aporkcalypse” pairs pork shoulder with bacon, sausage and Canadian bacon.
Warning: If you ask for “all the toppings,” there are 44, including artichokes, honey and Mandarin oranges.
But not everything at Hideaway is pork-heavy.
There are four different veggie pizzas, including a mushroom-and-spinach Alfredo “Mount Mushmore” and a mushroom-and-artichoke “Pizza of the Gods.”
A bacon-chicken Alfredo “Paradise Pie” with spinach and mushrooms might be Hideaway’s second best-known after the pepperoni.
It’s in intense pizza. Mostly, it tastes of bacon and a heavenly blend of mozzarella and provolone.
It took some excavation to find the spinach, but the overall flavor of bacon and Alfredo (in place of red sauce) is a winner. If you prefer, there’s a notably smooth and fresh-tasting ranch dressing.
The thin crust came recommended. It was perfectly rolled and crisp but still held up to a load of toppings.
Hideaway also serves a regular hand-tossed style along with cauliflower and gluten-free options.
The menu also offers a “Pasta Paradise” with penne and eight other pastas made with the marinara or Alfredo sauces.
Yes, Hideway also serves ham, chicken, meatball and Italian sandwiches.
The dessert menu includes the now-ubiquitous giant chocolate chip cookie or a pretzel-toffee salted caramel version, along with lemonade ice box pie.
Hideaway is open for lunch and dinner daily; 817-677-0377, hideawaypizza.com.
This story was originally published August 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM.
