Here at Molto, it’s a more intimate setting. It’s something different, something to make the crowd go wow like when I used to perform at the Palace going into the streets. “It just adds an extra effect to our shows. We’re gonna get on the bar and perform,” Royale said. “When I first came here and saw the place, that’s the first thing we started talking about. Molto - at the site of the old Haven - has a similar feel to Coyote Ugly, only the servers are drag queens who perform even crazier stunts - like drag legend Noel Leon doing her signature split on the bar or transgender Fantasia Royale pouring water on her… ahem…big boobs…er, large chest. The famous saloon where the female bartenders perform outrageous stunts on the bar and feed shots to the patrons was popularized on film in the early 2000s. (Photo courtesy of Molto’s Facebook page.)īy Jose Ortega, co-owner of Molto Bar and Restaurant on Lincoln Road, had a vision: to open a gay bar in South Beach where the hosts and servers also put on a show for you - in drag. Molto’s cast of characters, from left: Noel Leon Raymond Ortega, co-owner and head bartender Tlo Ivy and Fantasia Royale. Bar’s staff of “dragtenders” serve drinks, food and put on a show
