Compact Disco
420 Tyler St., Monterey, instagram.com/compactdisco831
Forget a sleepy downtown that shuts down mostly before 10pm. Compact Disco, which opened in July 2023, gives people a place to shake it until 2am on weekends. Dress nice – there is a dress code, albeit an ambiguous one – and wear shoes you can dance in. Prepare to sweat, as this is a compact space, as the name suggests, so it’s cozy. There is a luxurious (if small) bar area from where you can post up and listen to house music by a rotation of outstanding DJs any night. This is the venue that downtown Monterey needed, and DJ Kenny Summit has delivered.