Tropical Thursdays at Cafe Habana in Ann Arbor

I was there last Thursday with some friends. The dance floor was incredibly small with benches along the walls. They had low iron-wrought chandeliers hanging very close to the benches and dance floor. When I stood up to dance, I smashed my head on the chandelier and it began to bleed.

Later that evening, another girl spun and her hand hit a chandelier. Glass broke and she cut her hand.

The indifference of Cafe Habana to these two incidents is amazing! They are not prepared to address this problem at this point. And this is not the first time that it has happened...I am surprised that they are not more concerned about people hurting themselves.

They also allow dancers to bring beverages in glasses on the dance floor. Not safe...
They say that they will be creating a larger space in the fall. I will be staying away until that time. I may go back - if they improve their space.

Otherwise, it is not worth it.

Dangerous chandeliers at Cafe Habana hanging 5 ft off the ground.

Two weeks ago two women got injured by the low hanging glass and wrought iron chandeliers at Cafe Habana. One of them got hurt as she stood up from her seat bashing her head on the chandelier, ironically just after I explained how I whacked my head about a month ago on the lights which cut my head. The other person shattered the glass cover of the chandelier while doing a spin cutting her arm in the process. Both of them were bleeding quite a bit before it stopped.

I wrote a letter to the owner/management of Cafe Habana the next day and even suggested a variety of alternative ceiling lights from Lowes (I printed out a few examples for them) which cost at most $18 to replace their six chandeliers. Approximately $200 to $250 with labor I'm guessing.

I got a call from the manager, who recognized the problem and said their solution was to place those small circular tables directly underneath each chandelier. Not the best course of action, but better than nothing I suppose. It is up to them to figure out if their increased insurance premiums and their liability for the next month and a half is worth saving $250.

Being a selfish person on the dance floor I suggested that all those people standing around in the middle with drinks in hand should be asked to move to the side, since floor space is such a commodity there. He agreed and will be instructing the DJ to ask people to move if they have drinks. However the problem of people bringing drinks onto the dance floor persists. I saw 3 glasses broken on the dance floor during the time I was there last Thursday. The management there must take safety of their patrons seriously.

If you go to Cafe Habana do be careful of the chandeliers. I don't want to see anyone else getting hurt.

I thought this place was a great hole in the wall for some solo dancing on a romantic night but bring a group of friends or go to meet others and dance... Forget about it. Nice try but way too small.
-Chad

Just wanted to let you know that Cafe Habana will be closed on Thursday August 28th due to remodeling. But we will have a special Salsa night on Sunday August 31st. as always no cover and free Salsa lessons.

Sabor

Join us this Sunday August 31st for a special Salsa night. Remember Monday is a holiday. As always DJ Sabor will be playing only the best Salsa, Merengue, Bachata and Reggaeton. No Cover. Doors will open at 8PM and we will have a 2 hour dance lesson.

See you there,
Sabor