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Backstreet Café (Hartford Connecticut Gay Bar/80s and 90s) Size:M With a raised eyebrowBackstreet Caf Hartford, CT (19841990s) When Gary Berchard opened Backstreet Caf in 1984, Hartford gained more than just another bar it gained a pulse. Operating through the 1980s and 1990s, Backstreet Caf quickly became one of the citys most prominent gay bars and dance clubs. It drew a younger crowd college students, first time bar goers, new arrivals to the city people looking not just for a drink, but for each other.