Brunch and a drag show may be the best combination since champagne was first mixed with orange juice (that would be 1925when bartender Frank Meier invented the mimosa at The Ritz Hotel in Paris). That was made clear on Sunday, Feb. 4 at Parche in Oakland, as the Colombian eatery kicked off the first in a series of drag brunches in collaboration with celebrated LGBTQ venue, Port Bar. And neither heavy rain, nor the recent announcement of Port Bar's imminent closure, could dampen the high spirits at the restaurant.
There have been a lot of non-LGBT venues that have just found an LGBT staff member and said, 'Get us some drag queens.' said Sullivan. They want to do a drag brunch because they think it'll be profitable. And Parche really did it in a way that we feel is most respectful. They came to us and said, 'How could we enmesh this with our culture?' I feel like it's a true collaboration as opposed to some people trying to jump on a fad.
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