Los Angeles cocktail enthusiasts are going to be busy this Thursday, the night that Tiki-Ti and La Descarga are hosting events at their respective locations.

Tiki-Ti | Photo by Kenn Wilson (Flickr Creative Commons)

First up is Tiki-Ti, which will be serving its famous Tiki-Ti Rum Punch for only $5 a glass. The classic party punch, created by the legendary Ray Buhen in the early 1960s, will be poured from a dispenser starting at 4pm. Tiki-Ti will keep serving the punch until it’s gone, but get there early; as the Tiki-Ti Facebook page puts it, “when it’s gone, it’s gone!”

Tiki-Ti Rum Punch
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Starting at 4pm until the punch is gone
$5 per glass of punch

Tiki-Ti
4427 West Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
(323) 669-9381
www.tiki-ti.com

View of Rio de Janeiro at night from the Sugarloaf. | Photo by markg6 (Flickr Creative Commons)

If cachaça is more your thing, then La Descarga is the place to be on Thursday, when it hosts a party featuring the sips and sounds of Brazil. For $10, guests can learn about cachaça from Gerry Schweitzer (Leblon Cachaça founder) and Daniel Nelson (mixologist and head of education for Leblon), then give Samba a go with the La Descarga dancers. After that, it’s discounted cachaça cocktails, live music and dance performances the rest of the night. Saúde!

Brazil Night at La Descarga
Thursday, July 8, 2010
8pm-close

$10 cover includes: Master Class, cachaça tasting, one Leblon Caipirinha, and Samba lessons

RSVP to reservations@ladescargala.com

La Descarga
1159 N. Western Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
(323) 466-1324
www.ladescargala.com