Gonzalez y Gonzalez is a Mexican restaurant and salsa dance club with live music for dancing on weekends, usually Thursday-Sunday. It’s 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 too.
DJ Lobo Spins a Fourth of July Salsa Dance Party in Greenwich Village
GONZALEZ Y GONZALEZ, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇩🇴
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Fourth of July Salsa Dance
DJ Lobo spins urban salsa for a 4th of July dance party at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Thursday, July 4, 2024 from 8pm – 2am. FREE. 🇩🇴
Colombian Salsa Dura
La Excelencia plays New York salsa dura for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, July 19, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇨🇴
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Puerto Rican Salsa Dance
Uptown Royalty plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Thursday, May 9, 2024, from 8pm – 1am. 🇵🇷
Colombian Salsa Dance
Santiago y la Orquesta plays Colombian salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇨🇴
Salsa Dance
Marcano Masacote y Su Conjunto Bembé plays salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 11pm – 3am.
Cuban Salsa Dance
Tres del Solar plays Cuban salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2024, from 8pm – 1am. Free salsa lesson with Stephen Bruno at 8pm. 🇨🇺
Puerto Rican Salsa Dance
Johnny “Dandy” Rodríguez Jr; Tito Puente’s bonguero, Fania All-Star, and Típica 73 leader, plays Puerto Rican salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village, Manhattan; on Friday, May 31, 2024, from 11pm – 3am. 🇵🇷
About
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).
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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 plays Cuban son. 🇨🇺
- 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, led by Santiago Moyano, plays Colombian salsa. @santiagoylaorq 🇨🇴
- Tres de Solar, led by Nelson Rodriguez, plays Cuban son. @tresdelsolarcuba 🇨🇺
- Uptown Royalty, Jodi Music and Ron Renaissance, Puerto Rican salsa. @uptownroyaltynyc 🇵🇷
- Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican salsa. 🇵🇷
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
Subways
(6) to Bleecker St
(B)(D)(F)(M) to Broadway – Lafayette St
(R)(W) to Prince St