Santos Party House Club / Lounge / Music Venue

Chinatown / Nolita, New York –

The area south of Canal Street where Santos Party House resides may look barren and uninviting by day, but after dark, the place comes alive with a boisterous crowd of hipsters eager to dance and groove to a throbbing beat.

Launched by 90s nightlife legends Andrew W.K. and Spencer Sweeney, Santos is a gritty, bi-level, 8,000-square-foot club where patrons get the distinct feeling that luxury is a social ill and music and dancing are the cure.

If the club’s open main room with its elevated stage, polished wood floors, white columns, and massive disco ball doesn't pay enough homage to The Loft and Paradise Garage, then the downstairs basement’s no-frills cinder block décor and wall of neon-fluorescent lighting certainly will.

Although the space caters to an eclectic underground crowd that varies according to the night’s music, one thing is sure – the 150,000-watt stereo system pulls in the coolest of the cool DJ acts from the electro, house, hip-hop, and dancepunk communities, which is why heavy hitters like Q-Tip, Rich Medina, and Danny Krivit have held weekly parties here.

With such a booming sound system, this place is obviously made for dancing, and wallflowers will find very few seats and only three small bars scattered over the two levels.

The décor may be as stark as the neighborhood, but the wildly diverse musical line-up and exuberant clientele make Santos the hip place to be for all-night underground dance parties.