One regular, Leo Sheridan, said he heard that “it wasn’t making enough money for rising rent costs” in its fast-gentrifying Brookland neighborhood. 1 gayest city by the Advocate? And weren’t we supposed to weather the recession better than any other major American metropolis? You wouldn’t know it by the health of the city’s gay nightlife-the past year alone has seen the shuttering of four gay bars and nightclubs.ĭelta Elite Social Club: Closed for good after 37 years, Delta Elite catered to black LGBTQ men and women, the kind of place where you’d dance to hip-hop and go-go music in a dark basement until the wee hours of the morning.
