Gonzalez y Gonzalez is a Mexican restaurant, and salsa and bachata dance club with live music in Greenwich Village.
There is live music and DJs for dancing Friday through Sunday, with some Thursdays. Sundays are earlier, so it’s good for family day.
There are free salsa dance lessons on Salsa Thursdays at 8:45pm; and free bachata dance lessons on Bachata Sundays at 7:45pm. They are free, but it’s good luck to tip the teacher.
Many of New York’s top salsa and bachata bands play here. There is a young crop of great new artists, and some legends. It is the home club of FANIA All-Star Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez (Tito Puente, Tito Rodríguez, Ray Barretto, Típica 73).
Salsa is Cuban, but the way we play and dance it now, comes from Puerto Rican and Dominican New York City. On different nights, you can dance to Puerto Rican, Cuban, Colombian, Dominican, Peruvian, or Venezuelan flavors of salsa, son cubano, merengue or bachata.
There may be cumbia and timba too.
GyG is a reliable place for a fun night out. The music is Latin, but everybody goes. It’s popular with the NYU (New York University) crowd. The Mexican food and margaritas are pretty good.
Gonzalez y Gonzalez Salsa and Bachata
La Excelencia plays New York salsa dura for dancing; at Gonzalez y Gonzalez salsa club and Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village; on Saturday, January 27, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇨🇴
Artists
- Arturo Ortiz and 7 Con Calle play Puerto Rican salsa. 🇵🇷
- Brunchata, New York’s bachata brunch with traditional, urban, and sensual bachata for dancing. 🇩🇴
- Chino Pons (Grupo Irek) plays Cuban son and timba. 🇨🇺
- Danny Rojo 🇨🇺
- Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez Jr is a Fania All-Star who was Tito Puente’s bongosero, and worked with Tito Rodríguez and Ray Barretto before forming Típica 73. 🇵🇷
- La Excelencia is a New York Colombian salsa band that sounds very Cuban & Puerto Rican. 🇨🇴
- Los Hermanos de Leon play salsa.
- Ray Rivera con Sabor Latino plays salsa.
- Santiago y la Orquesta plays Colombian salsa. 🇨🇴
- Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican salsa. 🇵🇷
Social Media
Instagram @gygnyc
Gonzalez y Gonzalez Tickets
It’s a Mexican restaurant, so there aren’t tickets. But there are covers. Sundays are usually no cover.
Gonzalez y Gonzalez
192 Mercer St
(between West Houston & Bleecker St)
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
(212) 473-8787
Subways
(6) to Bleecker St
(B)(D)(F)(M) to Broadway – Lafayette St
(R)(W) to Prince St