Hamburger Mary’s is coming to the Dallas gayborhood, opening Thursday, June 1, at 4123 Cedar Springs Road, #101. Franchisee Arthur Hood, of HV Entertainment, made the announcement in a press release today (Tuesday, May 9).
The grand opening starts June 1 at 5 p.m., just in time for Dallas Pride weekend, and regular business hours will be Wednesdays through Sundays, from 11 a.m. to midnight.
“HV Entertainment and Hamburger Mary’s look forward to bringing this internationally-loved franchise to the Dallas community and the Oak Lawn neighborhood,” Hood said in a written statement.
“Since its inception, Hamburger Mary’s has served as a safe haven for both employees and customers alike in the LGBTQIA+ community, and that tradition will proudly continue at the Dallas location,” he added.
Hamburger Mary’s was founded in 1972 in San Francisco and now has 13 locations across the country. It is a “full-service bar and grill for open-minded people, with a menu that includes gourmet burgers, appetizers, soups, salads and entrees, and an extensive bar menu featuring craft beer and cocktails,” the press release said.
“Furthermore, Hamburger Mary’s offers a flamboyant dining experience, along with nightly entertainment from their ‘Dining with the Divas’ drag shows, charity ‘HamBingo Mary’s,’ ‘Mary-Oke Karaoke’ and trivia nights,” the press release continued.
The Dallas Mary’s will feature various events and drag shows nightly, coordinated and hosted by local drag legend — and Dallas Voice Readers Voice Awards Best Drag Queen for 2023 — Liquor Mini, aka Danny Lee Cabrera. In addition to being an award-winning karaoke host, Cabrera is also a veteran flight attendant and lead queen for the Fly Queens, a group of drag queens affiliated with the airline industry who travel the world to entertain their fans. Cabrera has been hosting events in the Dallas area for more than a decade.
Hood and Erwing Villanueva founded Dallas-based HV Entertainment, which now owns and operates a number of entertainment venues across the U.S., according to the press release. Their venues include restaurants, bars, nightclubs and live music venues, and HV Entertainment specializes in developing and redeveloping existing venues.
But why? They failed in the space that was Genghis Grill before them and Tallywhackers after them. Dallas didn’t support the brand before and there’s more than enough *truly* delicious burger places in Dallas. How is Mary’s supposed to compete with Hunky’s, HopDoddy, Twisted Root and Rodeo Goat just to name a few? Burger joints are a dime a dozen in Dallas and some of my absolute favorites like PinPoint Burger Bar failed to succeed. HOW is Mary’s going to compete and thrive?
It’s a business and as any good business owner knows, if you fail and get knocked down, you gotta get off your ass and try try again!
Yes, burger joints are a dime a dozen, but you add the Legendary Liquor Mini as a host, it changes the entire game.!
Liquor Mini aka Danny Cabrera is funny, entertaining and the perfect ingredient to add to any business. Hamburger Mary’s and Dallas are a better place with this funny, kind and talented host at the helm. I have seen Liquor Mini, who I call Danny, in Cancun and Puerto Vallarta and will travel to see her in Dallas and have a great Hamburger while I’m there. Let’s celebrate our community, it’s the only way win win…and get a great show too!
Milton & Hector from the great state of Delaware.
Hamburger Mary’s can do well because Dallas is HUGE and HM’s use real hamburger meat AND with GREAT service.
Drag Queens!
Cedar Springs Taphouse just closed. I’m finding it hard to get enthusiastic about this. Best of luck to them. It’s a crowded market with really excellent competition.
Why must negative nancy’s always come out of the woodwork? Give it a shot
Did you not realize that the owners of the Dallas Hamburger Mary’s also owned Cedar Springs Taphouse? It’s basically just a theme change using a franchise as the replacement.
Where can I apply for a job?
GET YOUR NAYSAYING PRETENTIOUS BUTT IN A CHAIR AT HAMBURGER MARYS ASAP. If you are even a slightly educated socially conscious Queen or Butch YOU know this now not just about hot meat between two buns. These entertainers have a right to earn a living openly and with PRIDE without being RE-labeled as dangers to children. Schoolchildren are safer listening to drag queens read to them than they are when left to politicians who are OK with 100’s of them being murdered by zealots that share their opinions on gun control. YOU INHERITED FREEDOMS THAT OTHERS FOUGHT FOR. Drag Queens were the first to stand up (and OUT & proud), suffer punches, and even die so UcanBU. The pioneers on the front lines for equality were NOT tag-pop’N, BMW-driving, t-dancing, pressed bluejeans wearing , closet case Muscle Mary’s. It was drag queens. Learn your history, log off and show your thanks.