Restaurant that hosted 'kid-friendly' drag show guarded by Antifa now leaving conservative area and relocating to liberal city — perhaps in part because of BlazeTV's Sara Gonzales

A bar and grill that hosted a raunchy drag queen show attended by young children is about to pack up and leave a conservative area of Texas and move to an "extremely liberal" city instead, and BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales may be partly responsible.

A year ago, TheBlaze reported that Anderson Distillery and Grill in Roanoke, Texas, near Fort Worth, had recently hosted a "kid-friendly" drag queen show. Dozens of armed Antifa members stood guard outside the establishment as men in feminine costumes and gaudy makeup danced about and accepted dollar bills from young children. There is also video evidence of two men making out nearby.

Gonzales, who hosts "The News & Why It Matters" on BlazeTV, partnered with her producer, Kris Cruz, and independent journalist Tayler Hansen to capture footage of the event. Gonzales, a proud Texan, also spread the word about the event on social media to alert the "very conservative" community of Roanoke that an area restaurant had sponsored such perversion.

Her pressure campaign may have worked. On Tuesday, Anderson Distillery and Grill announced on its Facebook page that it would be permanently closing its doors in Roanoke and relocating "to the vibrant town of Denton," a city that Gonzales characterized as "extremely liberal."

Gonzales shared the good news about Anderson on X, calling it evidence of "THE POWER OF COMMUNITY PUSHBACK." "Reminder: when you use the power of the pocketbook, the trash will take itself out!" she added.

The Facebook post from Anderson did not reference the Antifa-laden drag show from last August, and it's unknown whether its owners fell on hard times in the aftermath of the event. Instead, the Facebook post appears rather optimistic about Anderson's legacy in Roanoke and its prospects in Denton.

"We cannot fully express how GRATEFUL we are for the incredible support the Roanoke community has shown us," the message said with a brown heart emoji. "This is not the end of our journey. We've got more barrels of fun in the future!"

A spokesman for Anderson Distillery and Grill claimed that the facility in Denton offers more space than the one in Roanoke. He also hinted that the controversy surrounding the drag show positively affected the restaurant's bottom line.

"We have been actively looking for a larger facility to start retail distribution, as we've had strong demand for our product from multiple companies that we cannot meet at our current size," a statement from the restaurant said. "We would also like to add a brewery license, but again are limited on space. Roanoke has been a great location, but we can only make enough product to service our own bar! The media attention after the first few months helped our brand explode, but that was a year ago."

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