Night life: Jonathan Gold’s Union Station Cocktail Party

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer Jonathan Gold for his second annual Union Station Cocktail Party. This one celebrates the growing trend toward a speakeasy style in downtown nightlife, which has people knocking on back doors and uttering passwords for entrance in order to drink artisanal cocktails from old-time recipes. Food and beverages will be provided by Seven Grand, Las Perlas, Street, Jar, Comme Ca, the Lazy Ox and more. Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., L.A. 7 p.m. Sat. (213) 381-2541; https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org