best nightclubs?

[solis]

I spend a lot of time traveling through Mexico (especially Acapulco, Juarez, DF, Toluca, Tijuana). I am always looking for places to dance that would be

- cheap entry (preferably no cover/admission charge or drink minimum)

- casual attire

- friendly people

- right sized crowd (not too many, not too few)

- peaks early (I don't want to wait until after midnight for the place to start hopping)

I like most kinds of music: cumbia, reggaeton, country, classic rock, hip hop (anything but nortena, ranchera).

Which clubs do you think would meet these criteria?

[StrykerGT2001]

- peaks early (I don't want to wait until after midnight for the place to start hopping)

This rules out pretty much any club in my area (puebla/cholula). Most of them don't even turn up the music until after 12, peak around 2, close around 4.

[solis]

StrykerGT2001: I have been through Puebla and noticed a lot of nice clubs, but you are right, they are later in the evening, and the ones I saw seemed to cater to a glitzy, young, affluent crowd.

In many Mexican cities, there is a lot of dance club activity Sunday afternoons and early evenings. Anything like that close to downtown Puebla?

In puebla, you can try Los Sapos. It is maybe 1 block south and 3 blocks east of Zocalo. A lot of live music there. Also along Av. Juarez and in the La Paz neighborhood there are a lot of places that come and go. There also used to be some places near the malls.

I lived in puebla from 1999-2002, so names of clubs have changed. Los Sapos and Av. Juarez are where I hangout with friends when I go back and I am usually home by 2am.