How do you get into Hidden Cafe?
We have not confirmed it. Hidden Cafe is in the directory because it described as hidden, and that is the whole of what we can stand behind about its door.
The drinks at Hidden Cafe
How the venue describes itself: “Hidden Cafe is your neighborhood spot for weekly waffle specials, fresh coffee, and cozy charm. Located online at hidden-cafe.com.” (from its own website, retrieved 9 October 2026)
Beyond what the venue publishes we have not verified a list, so what follows is the period rather than the bar: Mary Pickford, El Presidente, and Hotel Nacional Special are all drinks of this era, and each links to its origin and its build.
Where Hidden Cafe sits
Hidden Cafe is in Anaheim, California, in Orange County, in the West of the United States.
Our directory currently lists five speakeasies and hidden bars in Anaheim. The full list is on our guide to hidden bars in Anaheim.
Measured from the map pins, the closest of those to Hidden Cafe are The Lilly Belle, about 3.9 km away, The Blind Rabbit, about 4.4 km away, and Detention, about 7.1 km away.
California holds 173 listed venues in this directory. See them all on our California speakeasy guide.
Prohibition in California
California came under national prohibition on 17 January 1920, when the Eighteenth Amendment took effect and the Volstead Act defined an intoxicating beverage as anything above one half of one per cent alcohol — a threshold strict enough to close breweries that had expected to survive.
More on the period in our history of Prohibition in California.
What the newspapers recorded in California
Searching the Library of Congress run of California newspapers for speakeasy, blind pig and bootlegger across 1920 to 1933 returns dated pages anyone can open. These are from California:
- La prensa, March 6, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, June 14, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, October 18, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
- Imperial Valley press, November 5, 1920 — read the page at the Library of Congress
Planning a visit
You can reach Hidden Cafe by phone on (714) 533-1113, through its own website, and on Facebook.
The address is 642 S Brookhurst St, Anaheim, CA 92804. Open in Google Maps.
What we have confirmed
For Hidden Cafe we hold street address, telephone number, official website, and social accounts. We do not yet hold opening hours, a published drinks list, an online booking link, or a listed-building record.
It is in the directory because its own name calls it hidden.
Overture Maps carries this venue; OpenStreetMap has no matching record.
The source data classifies the premises as a bar.