Now, on the cusp of its 30th anniversary, Backstreet might have poured its last drink. I was afraid that I might have gone with her daddy at some point!” “Let me tell you, honey, I almost fell down behind the bar! I didn’t want to know anything else. “I was waiting on this 21-year-old girl who just matter-of- factly told me, ‘I just love Backstreet - my parents met here,’ ” Brooker recalled with a shudder, his eyebrows shooting skyward. “After nearly 30 years in Midtown, fans of legendary gay bar Backstreet fear the party could be over” (2004)īartenders are used to hearing confessions, but Backstreet’s Jim Brooker was nearly floored by something a customer recently shared.
