Getting a Salsa Groove On

Seth Kugel is one of my favorite NYT contributers and the author of Nueva York: The Complete Guide to Latino Life in the Five Boroughs. Once again he proves to be totally tuned into the Latina vibe and vida that we are all about. His article Getting a Salsa Groove On is a great run down on what is happening with Salsa in NYC and more importantly where it is happening. Read the article and look for his shout-outs to some of Casa Naranja's faves: MarchaLatina.org LaFarraNY.com, and NYRemezcla.com.

Seth recommends:
Columbus 72, 246A Columbus Avenue between 71st and 72nd; (212) 239-2672; http://www.columbus72.com/.

S.O.B.'s, 204 Varick Street (at West Houston); (212) 243-4940; http://www.sobs.com/.

LQ ( Latin Quarter), 511 Lexington Avenue (between 47th and 48th); (212) 593-7575; http://www.lqny.com/.

La Fonda Boricua, 169 East 106th Street; (212) 410-7292; http://www.fondaboricua.com/.

Camaradas el Barrio, 2241 First Avenue (at 115th); (212) 348-2703; http://www.camaradaselbarrio.com/.

Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston Street (at Attorney); (212) 673-6270; http://www.parksidelounge.com/.

Birdland, 315 West 44th Street; (212) 581-3080; http://www.birdlandjazz.com/.

Barbès, 376 Ninth Street (at Sixth Avenue), Park Slope, Brooklyn; (718) 965-9177; http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com/.

D'Antigua, 84-16 Northern Boulevard, Jackson Heights, Queens; (718) 779-0128.

Terraza, 40-19 Gleane Street, Jackson Heights, Queens; (718) 803-9602; http://www.terrazacafe.com/.

Arka Lounge, 4488 Broadway (at 192nd Street); (212) 567-9425; http://www.arkalounge.com/

photo credit: Robert Caplin for The New York Times