The Conga Room welcomed Latin luminaries for 25 years. Why club founders say it’s time to let it rest

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The Conga Room fans flocked to see Latin icons, from Celia Cruz to Bad Bunny. The club's founders reflect on the end of a 25-year run.

For one more night, the papaya bar still beckons at the Conga Room in downtown L.A. The yellow sculptural design from Cuban American artist Jorge Pardo — meant to resemble the tropical fruit split open — has served cocktails to Latin music lovers since this incarnation of the Conga Room opened at L.A. Live in 2008, a decade after the club debuted in Miracle Mile.

Of course, bring somebody like Cruz on stage and the whole evening turns into a family affair.” “We were doing things that nobody had ever done on the West Coast,” Gluckstein said. “We had a steady diet of Cuban music, Los Van Van and Pablo Milanés. We had gigantic salseros who would normally play to 10,000 people in Colombia or Venezuela. We were privileged to be able to feature them, and they were excited because of the sound quality and the way we treated artists.

 

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