Hideaway Cafe wins inaugural LGBTQ-owned Business Achievement Award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce | Winchester Star

WINCHESTER — Winchester’s Hideaway Cafe has been awarded the U. S. Chamber of Commerce’s first LGBTQ-owned Business Achievement Award.

The award, part of the chamber’s Dream Big Awards, recognizes a LGBTQ-owned small business that represents the significant contributions made by LGBTQ-owned businesses.

Hideaway Cafe, located at 141 S. Loudoun St., was chosen after being viewed as “a central community gathering place for everyone regardless of disabilities, beliefs, or differences.”

“We were really excited to hear of the win, and to be the first recipient in this category is very special,” Hideaway Cafe owner Victoria Kidd said. “Staff watched live as the winners were announced and we just yelled with excitement when we were announced. The other two finalists are really respectable businesses with similar…

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