Meet the Cooks Redefining What It Means to Eat at Portland’s Queer Bars | Eater Portland

"At Stag PDX, Chris “Cupcake” Smith—who juggles roles as cook, bartender, barback, and dancer and who previously worked in the kitchen at Salt & Straw and runs a baking business called Sweets of All Ages—has transformed the brunch offering with inventive, extravagant waffles (cookies and cream, strawberry tres leches) and now cooks the entire drag brunch buffet solo for as many as 90 guests. Patrons sip mimosas while local queens lip‑sync through the space, and Smith says longtime customers have told him he’s the best cook the place has had; many now come specifically for his food and the so‑called “Cupcake Special.”" - Thom Hilton