Salón Los Angeles

"Salon Los Angeles, a cavernous pink auditorium decked out in shimmering streamers and neon Art Deco signage, thrumming with a crowd that could really move, has been a mainstay dance hall for a tight-knit community since its opening in 1937. It's the oldest dance hall in Mexico City, where people tap their hand-stitched oxford shoes to the clap of claves and catch world-famous bands."

"Mexico City's Roma and Condesa neighborhoods are almost too perfect these days—shaded lanes, painfully hip boutiques, Instagrammable-as-all-hell restaurants. Salon Los Angeles, an old-school dance hall that's been on the scene for some 80 years, is the perfect antidote. The lighting is harsh, the band's stage is festooned in silver streamers, and the wall is covered in fading photos of regulars. Go on a Sunday, when the live salsa band is in full swing, and the crowd is dressed in their Havana-inspired best (zoot suits included). Their slogan is, "If you don't know Salon Los Angeles, you don't know Mexico City," and I think they're right."