Brasil's Nightclub

Update: As of August 2023, things have overall improved at Brasil's. I noticed the shift in January of this year and there has consistently been a greater number of people, an increased number of women, and more regular appearance of people in the 20's age group. Some of this is attributable to the appearance of graduate students who are in the city during the academic year, but there has also been more regular, even if still basic, advertisement on social media. Even during the summer, numbers have been somewhat respectable albeit slightly unpredictable. Brasil's is open three nights a week--Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. If it is the first Thursday of a particular month, then Brasil's will also be open. Wednesday is a $7 cover and attracts very experienced dancers. Friday is free and attracts a lot of new faces or people who only go out a few times during the year, so skews more toward beginners or less experienced dancers. Saturday is a $10 cover and usually only attracts people who have made it a point to go out. The first Thursday is a $8 cover and often quite busy, although consists mostly of regulars or people who have been in the scene for a while. If you've never been here or intend to bring a group of people, I would highly suggest going on Friday. Original review (March 2022): Good place to dance salsa and bachata and they do beginner lessons on the weekends before the dance floor actually opens up. No cover on Fridays and $10 cover on Saturdays. Canned drinks are decently priced although mixed drinks and shots get expensive. That said, this place would be much better if there weren't so many guys and so few gals. As a guy, there isn't a good dynamic when every male in the establishment is literally chasing after a limited number of female dance partners, and it especially screws over beginners who need the partner dancing experience. Also, the diversity of the crowd isn't the greatest as it tends to have mostly older people (30's-50's) and couples with some of the same people showing up every weekend. If the marketing and advertising were better (i.e. an active Instagram account), I'm positive this place would get more people, including better representation from the 20's age group. There's no reason this place shouldn't be more popular when Lucha Cartel and Cuba Libre do similar things and get better turnout due to strong advertising on social media platforms

Great place to dance. Beers are about in line with what one would expect to pay. Saturday night there will be a $10 cover to be prepared going into that. I’m only taking a star off because the motion sensor controlling the light in the men’s bathroom is set for like 20 seconds so I spent half my time in the bathroom peeing in the dark. Not cool 😂