‘Tranny Thai’: Portland Restaurant Gets Biz Kick From Drag Staff
- Posted on November 12, 2010 at 11:44pm by
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This story is going to make your favorite Thai place seem pretty boring. Welcome to Oasisba:
“You can get a drag show at a lot of places. You can get good food at a lot of places, but we’re the only ones that do good food and good drag at the same time,” said Phaedra Knight, a waitress in drag.Aside from an occasional bad apple, the servers say most people love the new direction. Autumn Knight said the restaurant’s nickname on the streets is “Tranny Thai.”
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Comments (48)
NeoFan
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:49pmEww whats that smell? The girls just got off a break.
Report Post »bookofwisdom
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:26pmI saw some very beautiful women (men dressed as women) when I was in New Orleans with my parents and husband in 1968. I could not believe they were men until they showed the audience their “fake” bust and took off their wigs. I’m sure there are a lot of people who will find something in the Bible to say it is wrong, but I sure didn’t find anything wrong with it and it made all of us smile. It was a great evening. May God Bless.
Report Post »Sledgehammer
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:04pmAm I so disconnected, I thought it was a restaurant converted to a garage! OK, I’m going to burn my eyeballs out now. ok by, no, I mean see ya, no I mean, HELP ME MR. WIZARD!
Report Post »kingssman
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:34pmHey, if it works, it works. Things like this is how Hooters / playboy / strip clubs become rich and successful.
Report Post »Sage0925
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:03pm*shrug* I’d go. I’m not afraid of guys in dresses. Drag queens are kind of funny…you can always tell a drag queen…they spend an inordinate amount of time looking in whatever mirror is available, adjusting their make-up and their hair.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:37amwhat the H with Oregon in our Blaze news today [Saturday], esp Portland, did it ask for the absolute sexual morons and freaks to gravitate to it ?! look what it’s done to its kids. now its restaurants are so infected too? well, good for them, Capitalism at work. they found their niche alright for WHERE they are. hey let them and their kids all revel in the AIDS unit later on.
this is all obama-democrats already anyway, so we already know it’s a despicable place NOT to visit. one more reason to let it slip from care and concern of the United States.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:51pmYou are a sad individual.
Report Post »LadyLibertea
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:13amI wish Portland would stop making news for being such a circus freak show. The mayor of Silverton Oregon is a cross dresser, ohh yes…he loves to wear his long red haired wig with skirts, high heels and tight little tops. He actually expects people to respect him and do business with him when he is dressed that way. The I-5 corridor is a cess-pool of liberals and freaks….the rest of oregon is pretty conservative.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:14amDO “YOUR” F ‘ING JOB, SHELIA JACKSON LEE….
FIGURE THAT OUT, FIRST!
I’m really tired of these “Politicians” spending and wasting OUR time and OUR MONEY, on firing back AT CITIZENS WHO HAVE A RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT POLITICIANS WHO AREN’T DOING THEIR DAMN JOBS.
And, OUR DUMBS AZZ’S KEEP RE-ELECTING AND PAYING THE POLITICIANS WHO DON‘T PERFORM AND CAN’T FIGURE OUT THE MESS THEY CREATE FOR THIS COUNTRY….AND US!
When is SHELIA JACKSON LEE UP FOR REMOVAL?
THIS is a PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HER ABUSE OF “DUTIY” AND HER ABUSE OF THE 1ST AMENDMENT.
Amendment I.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establisment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF THE PRESS; OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Report Post »flashlight
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:37am” and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Report Post »Hmm, freudian slip maybe ?
Guess that’s why you posted this little ramble here.
Hugh Williams
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:58pmIs Shelia Jackson Lee a Drag Queen?
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 10:02amhow progressive!
Report Post »JesusFreak95
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:48amThe big question is, can you get a Happy Meal with a toy at the joint. LOL.
Report Post »libertyordeath87
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:48amDont want twisted freaks like that anywhere near my food. Get back in the closet where you belong.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:35amThere seem to be some uptight readers. Have you never been to a theme restaurant? Seen dinner and a show? It’s entertainment, not a statement. You should know that being a crossdresser is not just a “gay thing.”
Report Post »Relax and enjoy, it’s just entertainment. Don’t like it? Dont go.
tess q
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:31amthat food better be really good because after the curiosity fades their business might drop. this sounds like a short term marketing idea.
Report Post »WILLIAM E.
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:13amWould do better in D.C. Barney Frank & his friends would be there Big tipping w/our money.
Report Post »Speak without Fear
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:30amGAG…….no thanks!
Report Post »BostonSteve
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 6:14amWhere’s the ACLU.
Someone must stand up for the women. All this place needs is a WOMEN NEED NOT APPLY sign.
McDonalds is doing the same THEMED STAFF thing in LA. They require that all their staff is illegal.
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:28amCome on Steve. Should Hooters be forced to have dudes in hotpants too?
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:31amThe name should be ‘Sodoms Garden”
Report Post »mattp28
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:21amWell I know where I wont be taking the kids for dinner.
Report Post »Okpulot Taha
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:33amFree market enterprise at its best! Keeps the bucks circulating around and has the boys feeling around just to be sure. Some tranny girls are stunningly gorgeous!
Sure beats playing bingo with cranky old nuns at a church.
Okpulot Taha
Report Post »Choctaw Nation
Kalidor835
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:22amAs much as I hate to admit it this is true. Their was a gay guy that lived up the street from my family when I was in my teens and all of us teenagers used to wonder how he always got these pretty girls. The cat was let out of the bag at a BBQ we had when my mother accidentally caught one of his “girl”friends using the bathroom. Until that point we all thought that he was a she. Does that mean I agree with them opening a drag restaurant? No but it also doesn‘t mean they don’t have a right to.
Report Post »Hugh Williams
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 4:44pmSounds cool..
Report Post »Kinnison
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:33amStick to real, substantive, news Guys.
Report Post »IVillageIdiot
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 2:32amThanks, yet again Portland….. it must be all the rain….. yish….
Report Post »jeffrey7112
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:38amPart of being a capitalist. If it didn’t sell, they’d go out of business.
Sounds to me like they’ve found a nitch.
Good for them.
Report Post »Dstarr55
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:04amI have to agree with you Jeffrey – it is their right to construct a business model they feel will be successful (whether I agree with it or not) and it will either sell or not based on the market. It is the same reason I do not like the smoking ban – I am not a smoker but I feel businesses have the right to have smoking sections if they want them – the Market will determine if a smoke free restaurant is more lucrative than a non-smoking restaurant. It should not be the government that makes this determination – same with toys in happy meals or anything else the government tries to do ‘for our own good’. We can inform people (smoking is bad, trans fat is bad) but we then have to let the people decide for themselves.
Report Post »Momma M
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 7:44amI completely agree. As long as it’s clearly known – Dont’ want any families bringing their little ones unwittingly…
Report Post »TruthTalker
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:02amIt probably will bring in more business in that areal..sad
Report Post »Blacktooth
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:42amWhat is going on in Oregon? Those people are really sick.
Report Post »randy
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:01amCome on Blaze! this is not news.
Report Post »rebel
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:49ameh, not news, but definitely something people are talking about or you wouldnt have commented on it.
and while i’ll never ever ever go to a place like this if it works it works. Let us keep our fatty foods and they can keep their tranny clam dip
Report Post »H2OBoardem
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:41amRandy, so the the continued pathetic decline of our society isn’t news? This is what progressives bring with them – this is their legacy.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 15, 2010 at 10:28amFunny, this doesn’t offend me at all. Just like going to a show. What does offend me is what Obama and his ilk are doing to our Country. Corruption, deception and flat out stealing from “we the people” is what I’m concerned about, not somebody acting like they are working in Vegas.
Report Post »T.JeffersonWasTheBest
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 1:01amGross!!!!!
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:17amHow does one say “PUKE!!!” in Thai? Other than watching this video that is.
Report Post »whamhost.info WORKS FROM HOME
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:02amIt doesn‘t appeal to me but in they don’t harm me by existing.
http://whamhost.info/
Dustyluv
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 5:41amWould you like a side of sausage with that?
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:01amIs a work visa for Obama’s Tranny Nanny in the near future?
This could explain a lot – President Obama had a ‘tranny nanny’ growing up in Indonesia.
Here’s a rather bizarre biographical nugget about President Obama that somehow seems to have escaped the media’s attention. According to the New York Times, Obama had a rather unusual caretaker growing up in Indonesia: His nanny was an openly gay man who, in keeping with Indonesia’s relaxed attitudes toward homosexuality, carried on an affair with a local butcher, longtime residents said. The nanny later joined a group of transvestites called Fantastic Dolls, who, like the many transvestites who remain fixtures of Jakarta’s streetscape, entertained people by dancing and playing volleyball.
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Report Post »Wendy in FL
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 8:56amDrag queens put on great shows. And many drag queens are straight. Throughout history men have been entertaining by dressing as women. In Shakespeare’s time, all characters were played by men. Remember Monty Python? I’ve got no problem with this. And if it brings in more customers for them, that’s great!
Report Post »Marc Jacobs
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:18am“What a drag it is getting old. Kids are different today, I hear everybody say…” The Rolling Stones
Report Post »dinadp
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 9:42amGross is right. I can’t stand Thai food. A fugly, fat guy in a mini-dress and heels serving me wouldn’t be the incentive I need for another go at it.
Report Post »HouseNegro
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 11:07amI don‘t even want to know what’s in the Screte Sauce
Report Post »SPQR_US
Posted on November 13, 2010 at 3:36pm“hwua” means vomit in Thai and is a simple transliteration…get it…transliteration…
Look dude there’s Trannies here and there are Kathoeys in Thailand. The Thai variety is odd to me but seems harmless and very different than what we westerners percieve about transvestites.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathoey
I’m an arch conservative but I see this dealio as weird but harmless to most straight families. The real sadness for me is in seeing some of the older Kathoeys around the Kingdom in shops or markets when I am there. As they age they have a very hard time. Thai culture is more accepting of their lifestyle than here but it’s still obviously a very tough life for them. One cannot help but feel for them.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on November 14, 2010 at 1:05pmdidn’t watch the video but clicked on the underlined oasisba to see if it was portland (oregon)…CRAP…my state is soooo messed up….
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