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In 1986, during his tenure at the Palladium, Tom opened his own venue, the popular New York speakeasy “Saturdays.” The club was a monumental success and by 1989 was closed by the city of New York due to its unwieldy size and popularity. The success of the club was unprecedented and was mentioned by Andy Warhol in his infamous diary.As was his habit, Andy carried his camera with him and shot this image of Tom outside the door of the club. He was later to write about the club:

 

Saturday, August 16, 1986. Went to dinner with Wilfredo and Len and Beauregard at Barocco ($165) and then we walked up from Church Street to a new place called Saturday’s that’s called something else during the week. We got there and it was all beautiful straight models, dressed to the hilt, accessorized with jewelry and T-shirts torn just the right way, like Weber photographs, and they all look like they just fell out of a magazine. And the right age, like twenty-eight to thirty. They parked their motorcycles out front. And beautiful girls, too. This place overflowed onto the sidewalk; it was so chic. I could’ve stayed there longer but we left at 2:30 (drinks $40.)

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Andy would later capture photos of Starker when he modeled for NYC designer Diane Brill, sharing the runway with friend Keith Haring.