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Today's Groupon is a man dressed as a woman feeding you food. You get $50 worth of food for $25 at Lips, a "drag diner" where men dressed in high heels, bras, skirts, dresses, and women's goalie masks wait your table and put on wildly entertaining drag shows. You get $50 worth of pasta, seafood, poultry, and anything else on the menu, plus drinks such as Lips' famous frozen cosmopolitan.

Drag shows at Lips are different six nights a week, and can be anything from classic celebrity impersonations with lip-synching to drag bingo. It's a popular place for bachelorette parties, birthday celebrations, anniversaries, and confusing your dad.

The menu has vegetarian fare such as the Devine (a plate full of grilled vegetables), salads such as the Varla Jean Merman (fresh mozzarella with vine-ripened tomatoes and pesto drizzled in Balsamic vinaigrette on a bed of mixed greens), pastas such as Ophelia (fresh seafood over linguini), and poultry including the Ru Paul (grilled chicken breast with roasted potatoes and grilled zucchini in a sundried tomato sauce). Entree prices range from $12 to $24.

Lips' Moulin Rouge–influenced decor is as bright, beautiful, and filled with sparkles as the staff. There are giant martini glasses, a gold-framed stage, black-and-white striped wallpaper, and photos and memorabilia of drag legends. Cover, which is not included in this Groupon, is $5 Thursday through Saturday and $3 Sunday through Wednesday (Lips is closed on Mondays), and there is a minimum food purchase of $15 per person Thursday through Saturday and $10 per person Sunday through Wednesday. (The Groupon value will be deducted from the total bill, so you can share it with a friend and both meet the minimum.) Children are allowed, but not recommended, and late night shows (after 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays) are for 21 and up only.

Reviews

Citysearch and Gayot reviewed Lips:

• Outrageously gaudy, from boa-covered lamps to glitter galore, this restaurant's decor scheme is like an exploded drag queen's hope chest. The crowd--a mix of gay men, girls-night-out groups, unsuspecting straight bachelors and even the occasional eight-year-old--gawk as the 'girls' do their thing. – Tara Lis, Citysearch
• The West Coast branch of a New York drag nightclub-cum-restaurant is great fun...order the Samantha sampler (a generous array of crab cakes, chicken tenders, fried zucchini, coconut shrimp and bruschetta), the grilled vegetable platter (including eggplant, red bell peppers and squash drizzled with a balsamic reduction), or perhaps a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries. – Gayot

Lips has four stars on TripAdvisor and 3.5 on Yelp:

• What incredible energy and great fun. Bawdy, off color and hilarious. Great adult fun. Extreme energy from performers and they are your waitresses as well - very snappy and funny. Food is delicous [sic]. – drtim, TripAdvisor
• wasnt sure what to expect but we came away entertained... the show was beyond awesome and our host Liza was the best. – caitlynsdad, TripAdvisor
• It seriously was the BEST birthday celebration I've ever had:) I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt! – asec04, TripAdvisor