
In 1980, Pisapia and Joyce Felton opened The Blue Moon, and gay owned and operated restaurants began their ascent." The Moon as it has been dubbed, at 35 Baltimore Avenue, became the anchor for a bustling LGBT scene. "In 1974, three restaurateurs, one gay (Victor Pisapia) and one straight couple (Libby and Ted Fisher), opened The Back Porch restaurant adding fabulous contemporary cuisine to the fried seafood platters in town. In the 1940s, Tallulah Bankhead and Hollywood cronies frolicked at the DuPont mansion and the local art league nurtured a cadre of women painters famous both for their canvases and their close camaraderie." If you have gay life fine dining will follow. According to a Gay history on the CAMP website "Lore has it the DuPont property along the ocean was where Rehoboth's gay nightlife began.
