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TNT Diner
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Downtown Tacoma will be less fabulous
Posted by Ed Murrieta @ 10:29:36 am

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Lupe Cervantes as Lupita at La Costa's drag revue.

Lupe Cervantes confirms that he's sold La Costa Mexican Restaurant, the home of downtown Tacoma's finest drag revue.

Starting Monday, a new owner takes over. Cervantes said he'll stick around for about a month to help the new owner transition. He said the new owner is not interested in continuing the drag shows.

Cervantes said he'll take a break from the business before looking for a new location away from downtown.

UPDATED: FRIDAY
My TNT colleague Niki Sullivan -- who's just a tad more comfortable than I am when it comes to making public proclamations about digging men who dress like women -- reports that new owner Kat Flynn says she'd like to continue the drag shows, but that she and Cervantes haven’t come to terms.

Flynn said she'll rename the restaurant Cheshire and serve American comfort food.

Categories: Downtown Tacoma restaurants, Changes and sales • 6 comments

COMMENTS:

martindelmar @ 10:59 - Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
This is sad, sad news.
nailbanger46 @ 19:28 - Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Too bad...That is a great place...
been going there for many years..
Michelsen @ 20:40 - Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
Oh man, bummer. I used to drag my straight-laced co-workers there for the excellent Mexican food. They never noticed the waiters :) i always wanted to see the drag review, now I'll have to wait until he relocates. Please keep us posted.
monkeybob @ 11:57 - Thursday, June 7th, 2007
Maybe the new owner will clear out the staff. The food was always good but every time we went there the staff was so rude. They acted as if we interupted their lives by just coming in to eat.
EatAtJax @ 09:51 - Friday, June 8th, 2007
I'm fairly new to Tacoma (6 months) and can't figure out why Silverstone doesn't pull it together. Seems like a great venue for decent drag, among other events, albeit sans the unique charm of a great Mexican restaurant...
monkeybob @ 12:02 - Friday, June 8th, 2007
EatAtJax, a good reason why the Silverstone doesn't is they would loose a lot of their customers if they did. Gay and Drag do not always go together. Many people thinks so, which is unfortunate. There are Drag shows at "On the Rocks" on pacific ave next to the old Drake's.

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