Best bets for Sat night, May 24: drag show, lounge, food and parking

The Valley's Other Fruit gladly got in touch with the folks at Napa Billiards and Cuvée to see what grand plans they had for this big gay softball weekend. We highly recommend checking both of them out on Saturday... (and we'll probably grab some quick bites at the Tacos Michoacán truck on the way between the two)

Best bets for Saturday night:

• Napa Billiards (& Special Drag Show!) 988 Lincoln Ave, Napa
  Cinco de Mayo sealed our recommendation--we went and had an amazingly fun time. What's not to love? Good people, friendly bartenders, mixed crowd, fabulous female impersonators and drag show, go with some friends and have a blast. Pool tables, beer, jukebox and a full-on special presentation drag show (to welcome our softball playing gays, 'natch) at 11pm. You're sure to run into a latin hottie.
  
  
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• Cuvée Lounge (with DJ!) 1650 Soscol Ave, Napa
  And you thought the food and ambiance was good in the restaurant? Cuvée is "rolling out the rainbow carpets": reserving a room and brining in a DJ...grab some drinks from the full bar, chat, flirt, dance and gay it up. Depending on the time you arrive, you could even order a bite to eat If the weather's warm, the outside patio will be perfect.
  
  
  

Late night eats:

• Nations Giant Hamburgers (1441 3rd St., Napa)
  Open til 2am on Sat. Huge, delicious hamburgers (ask them to go easy on the mayo), inexpensive menu, breakfast served all day. Pies and desserts.
  
• Cafe Cicero (1245 1st St., Napa)
  Open til midnight on Sat.
  
• Tacos Michoacan (Soscol @ 1st St., Napa)
  Open til 10pm-ish, great mexican taco truck, located downtown location on Sat. night.
  

Parking in downtown Napa:

• Parking isn't horrible in downtown at night, there's usually something relatively close by whatever your destination. Cuvée and Napa Billiards have parking lots (Napa Billiards is smaller, but overflow could be at RedRock across the street or along Lincoln). For downtown, try the garage on 2nd (at Main) or sometimes you'll get lucky at Wells Fargo at 1st and Main (but this is NOT public parking during the day) or across the street next to Downtown Joe's in the public lot. If you park downtown, Cuvee and Napa Billiards are less than a 15 minute walk.

Honorable Mentions:

• Stave Wine Lounge (1149 First St, Napa)
  32 wines on enomatic "tap", sparkling, beer, cocktails, FREE nibbles Sat. night for artist show opening, "Memories to Share" Dean Brittingham. Show/nibbles 6-9p, lounge open until 10p.
  
• Billco's (1234 3rd St, Napa)
  Regular old pool hall, but with 30+ beers on tap: Pliny the Younger, Franziskaner and all kinds of other yummy beers.
• Henry's (823 Main St, Napa)
  Local dive, cheap drinks.
  
• Downtown Joe's (902 Main St, Napa)
  Napa's microbrewery on the river.
  

Click here for a link to a map of these businesses and our other "Best of" recommendations for 2008.