Bodeguita del Medio
3138 Coral Way, Miami, FL
305-649-9313
Every Thursday and Saturday Cover: $0 - $20
&top 40s. The club is chique and elegant with a crowd ranging from 20's (Fridays) and 30 to 50's (Saturdays). They recently opened a Salsa night on Thursdays (as of March, 2011).
Bongos Cuban Café American Airlines Arena, 601 Biscayne Blvd., Miami.
Phone: 786-777-2100
Cover: $20 after 10 p.m.
The biggest Latin club in Miami. Located in the back of the
American Airlines Arena. Most of the Salsa is played outside, and the outdoor floor is made of concrete tiles. Good place to hang out with friends and meet new people, but not too good to dance Salsa anymore.
Club
Aché
3600 SW 8th Street, Miami
Phone:
305-442-1363
Fridays –Saturdays
Cover: $10 - $30 depending on the night.
Fridays are DJs nights with a mix of Reggaeton, House and Latin beats. Saturdays are Cabaret nights with different shows including Cuban Comedy and live bands. Presenting Cuban Timba bands from time to time. The DJ plays a mix of Latin music including some Salsa.
El
Cuarto de Tula
2212 SW 8th St., Miami.
Phone: 305-541-2631
Thursdays. This is the back room at CaféHoy Como Ayer.
Havana
Dreams Café/Restaurant Moved. New address soon.
Café
Hoy Como Ayer
2212 SW 8th St., Little Havana
Phone: 305-541-2631
for info or reservations
Wednesdays, Noches de Cantautores
(varían los artistas invitados)
Thursdays, Noche de Fuácata,
con los Spam All Stars
Fridays, Amaury Gutiérrez
y Luis Bofil con sus grupos
Música tradicional Cubana (Traditional Cuban Roots Music)
- 10:30 p.m.
Saturdays, Malena Burke
La Reina de los Boleros de Miami (Miami's own Queen of Boleros)
- 10:30 p.m.
Ilusiones Supper
Club
12540 SW 8 St., Miami
Phone: 305-220-5705
DJ music, including salsa, cumbia, and merengue, Fridays
and Saturdays,
9 p.m. until 4 a.m.
Kaffee
Krystal / Tabu Lounge
10855 S.W. 72nd Street, Miami.
Phone: 305-274-1112
Located off 108th Avenue and Sunset Drive.
$10 to $20 depending on the night.
Wednesday
and Sunday From time to time they present some Salsa and Timba bands live, but usually it's not a club to dance Salsa. The music is a mix of reggaeton, house and Latin beats, but very little Salsa. They recently started a Salsa Night on Sundays at Tabu (as of March, 2011).
Kopas Lounge
Calle 8 y la 57 Avenida
Phone: 305-409-4728
Wednesday Socials: Drinks 2 for the price of one, dance competitions and music by DJ Cabrera and DJ Lisuan.
La Covacha
10730 N.W. 25th Street, Doral.
Phone: 305-594-3717
Cover $10 - $20
Latin mixed nights with live concerts from time to time on Saturdays in the back parking lot with a capacity of up to 4000 people. A good place to hang out with friends and meet new people, but not to dance Salsa, unless you are coming for a concert.
Mango's Tropical
Café 900
Ocean Drive, Miami Beach
Phone: 305-673-4422
A neon jungle with salsa, samba and merengue, right on the beach.
Lots of tourists who haven't a clue, but love the beat! This is
a great place to go have a drink, socialize (and participate in
the 'meat market', if you are into that), but that's about it.
The
reason we mention Mango's is because every tourist that comes to
Miami wants to go there. It's world famous! An unfortunate side
effect is that a lot of out-of-town Salseros think this is a Salsa
club, and it is not. Do not get me wrong. I like
the place, but it's not a Salsa club, and that's what this list
is all about. In summary, as a place to hang out, I give it an A.
But as a place to dance serious Salsa, I'm forced to give
it an F. We can't have it all, can't we? : )
Millennium
Ballroom
1484 Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale (Broward County)
Phone: 954-457-7538
or 305-935-5817
Latin music on Fridays, salsa workshop
7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Younger crowd, 18 + Publix Plaza East of US1, behind New China Buffet.
Salsa group lessons on all levels.
We did a review of
Mojitos a while back... BUT sometimes
you need to update things. This place was a lot of fun when
Carlos was still around, but a while back, my partner came from
Atlanta with about 20 of his students from his school, SalsAtlanta.
We called in advance to see if they would be able to serve dinner
to a large party. The woman who answered the phone said, "We
don't have the capacity for that many people. You'd be better off
going to La Covacha."
When Julián told
me that, I went there personally early on to see if they could at
least give us a break on the cover price, seeing as how we have
supported this club from back when it first opened up and was practically
empty. The students from Atlanta had heard about this place the
night before from some locals at Club Mystique and were enthusiastic
about checking it out.
When I asked to speak
with Carlos, I was informed he was no longer there. I was told that
Alex was the manager and I asked to speak with him. He never even
showed his face, but the elderly woman I spoke with was very brusk
and emphatically said that she would not give us a break on the
cover price. Patiently I explained to her that we were a global
website and that we had given her establishment the equivalent of
thousands and thousands of dollars in free advertisement when they
first opened up, that we had always supported her club and that,
at the very least, she should give a large party of ours the "gentileza"
of a discount. She said, "No les voy a dar un descuento".
When I asked her why, she said, "Porque no los necesito."
That's right, folks,
she said she doesn't need us.
She said she makes more money with the people who come to eat there.
When I reminded her that she had told my partner that he should
take his large group and eat elsewhere, she said that she did not
have the capacity to take care of a large party like that.
Now, none of this makes
much sense to me, but it certainly does spell the beginning of the
downfall of this club. That sort of (total lack of) hospitality
is just like shooting yourself in the foot business-wise. There
weren't anywhere near as many people as the last time I had been
there, so I venture to bet we are not the only ones this elderly
woman has treated so rudely.
Strangely enough, I
left, since after that kind of treatment I was not about to let
my date plunk down $20 for the cover charge, try and cram my dancing
into the small space left over from the tables with diners and have
to pay extravagant prices for fru-fru drinks.
So, final
grade for Mojitos at 11401 NW 12th Street, Miami
in the Dolphin Mall: F
(don't waste your time or your hard-earned cash).
Típico Dominicano
1344 N.W. 36 St., Miami
Phone: 305-634-7819
DJ music, Friday, Saturday, Sundays from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m.
This place plays a variety of Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbias
and American disco in equal parts. This club is in an area where you need to be aware of your surroundings at all times.
Yuca
501 Lincoln Rd. (NW corner of Lincoln with Drexel),
South Beach
Phone: 305-987-3033
Cover $10 after 10 p.m.
Salsa Nights on Fridays hosted by Salsa Mia Dance School. The
music is a mix of old Salsa and radio classics with very little Cuban salsa played. The crowd is a mix of LA, NY and Miami style dancers, not much Casino. Party ends around 2:30 a.m.
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