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| - Prince J gets the credit for writing the first Yelp review on this place. Too bad I didn't finish mine sooner. I was there the second night they were open (4/21/12) and had a blast. Oh well. At least I was the first to post a picture (Hey, Naya!).
Drink and Drag is located at the end of Freemont Street in the virtually vacant two-store shopping center, Neonopolis. Walk into the center of Neonopolis then take the escalator or evelvatSince going here I haven't stopped thinking about it. Probably because when I signed up for their text alerts I now receive daily reminders about the fun. But that's okay. It makes me want to go back to Vegas just to be go to Drink and Drag.
This place is drag queen overload - bartenders, bar backs, waitresses, even the bowling shoe rental girl. Nearly every one of them was super friendly and fun to talk with. Unfortunately, the drag queen bartender was cold. I'll forgive her and say she was just stressed because it was the first few days they were open.
The only guy there (at least dressed as a guy) was bartender Rick. He was awesome! Rick was friendly, engaging, and definitely working it so you'll come back again.
Performances seemed to be spontaneous. If a cool song came on, all of a sudden there were drag queens every where you looked performing their interpretation of it. Dedication to a performance was somewhat self indulging. It was more of a "look at me" performance than doing it with purpose to entertain the crowd. The go-go dancers exhibited the same lackluster attitude.
The night I was there Delta Work from RuPaul's Drag Race was the headliner. When it was time for her to perform she came out without introduction, did one song acting if she was bothered to be there. Toward the end of the song she spotted an exit door and left quickly without fanfare. Rather disappointing, but, that's a really a critique of Delta, not Drink & Drag per se.
The crowd was very mixed, most likely due to the location at the end of Freemont Street. Drinks were weak, but tolerable; not worth $9, though. It's a big bar with lots of seating around the main bar and other nooks all around. Most of the balls at Drink and Drag are tucked and tape, but there are others to play with. They've got a pool room with 5 beautiful tables and a 12 lane computerized bowling alley (very nice!). Since being their I've received texts for fun nights like underwear bowling - hmmm.
One very odd thing was their obsession with iPads. Several employees had them in their hands all the time staring at them and clicking away constantly. Two of them in particular were so engrossed in their iPads that I don't think they ever noticed what was really happening in the bar.
I have high hopes for this place as it has a lot of potential. I'm heading back to Vegas Memorial Weekend and will definitely return to Drink and Drag.
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