Backroom

Bar Dance|Cruising

157 S 1st St
Milwaukee, WI 53204

State Region

Southeast WI

Neighborhood

Historic Fifth Ward

Year Opened: 1972
Year Closed: 1973

Exact Date Opened: Sunday, October 01, 1972
Exact Date Closed: Thursday, February 01, 1973

Clientele Primarily Identified As

Mixed

Operated by Dennis and "Squeekie," Backroom was one of many short-lived queer spaces to occupy 157 S. 1st Street in the early 1970s.

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