Here are some clubs located in the Ironbound side of Newark
This is a Great location. The Ironbound has a countless number of restaurants, cafes and night clubs and is known for it’s Portuguese and Brazilian flavor. Just think of an exotic Hoboken as the Ironbound.
Fernandes Night Club
164 Fleming Ave., Newark, (973) 344-7671
Thursday, free 9 p.m.-2 a.m.; Friday ($5; women free), 9 p.m.-3 a.m.; Saturday ($10) 9 p.m.-3 a.m.; Sunday, ($5; women free) 9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Go deep into the jungles of the Ironbound and you’ll find the secluded Fernandez. It’s a great place if you want to dance till 3 a.m. They have live bands to get the crowd into the dance floor. People really want to dance here so when the band plays the men will quickly ask the woman of his choice to dance. You have to move fast here especially if it’s a crowded night. It’s a good salsa meetup group in Newark.
They may play one song at a time or several but as soon as its finished, zoom everyone disperses from the dance floor. There are a few who linger, if it’s a couple or a guy not wanting to let go and trying to secure the next dance. Of course, if she lets him.
It can be difficult when they play one song, especially if there’s a connection. I would linger with her on the dance floor and make small chat and I’m thinking to myself, come on, play the next song. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t. If she’s a little timid, she may feel uncomfortable standing alone with me in the middle of the dance floor, with all eyes on us, so I have to let her go. Sometimes escorted to the table and sometime escorted to the edge of the dance floor.
I watch her slowly walk to her table as a tear rolls down my eye as the other vultures watch in anticipation. Waiting for the next song to play and pounce on my… anyway, you know what I mean. It’s still a great salsa dancing meetup group in Newark, you just have to act fast sometimes because there could be 5 or 10 guys pursuing the same woman.
Don’t worry if you can’t dance well, when a popular song plays it can be so crowded that nobody will notice your foot work. Salseros, it may be difficult for salsa on a crowded night but bachata will do.
Age ranges from legal to your grand father. Men can go casual or dress pants. The older gentlemen at times go with suits. The ladies got their high heels on with their matching salsa dance dresses. They have two bars and the lines are pleasantly short.
Fernandes is big and the parking is OK. I can’t really complain but sometimes you walk a block if it’s a very crowded night, which it usually is, on the weekends.