Demerara

Named after a type of raw cane sugar from Guyana, this two-floor club is strictly no-frills. Mainstream hip-hop parties pull a primarily straight, African-American crew on most nights, but the real draw is the Friday Together in Spirit, a soulful house party with a sexually and racially mixed following. When the music-loving, dressed-to-sweat devotees of this long-running party take over, the club feels like an urban oasis as sweet as its name.