Groups of friends may want to opt for the mixed platter, which includes tasty finger foods such as rosemary and garlic breadsticks, focaccia, sundried tomato paste and little oven-baked pastries. Alongside an extensive cocktail list, some tempting finger food. A mezzanine balcony provides ample space for sipping drinks and chatting - should you be able to make yourself heard over the pumping music. An eclectic musical menu takes in electro-heavy club nights, more gentile jazz-fests and live samba sessions, and downstairs dancefloors are packed well into the small hours almost every night of the week. In the historic heart of Lapa, this reformed colonial mansion home has received a colorful makeover with illuminated artworks on the brick walls, vibrantly-colored cocktails and an equally bright and breezy playlist. A few words to the wise - leave valuables at home (pickpockets remain a problem), wear comfy dancing shoes and prepare to party until dawn - things don't really get going here until after midnight. Locals rub shoulders with the ever-growing number of foreign visitors heading here to dance the night away in clubs such as long-standing favorite Scenarium or to exchange chat up lines at the legendary weekend street parties that pack out the area around the iconic Arcos da Lapa. While some mourn the fact that Lapa's down-and-dirty dive bars are disappearing and being replaced by the new wave of hip hangouts such as Leviano, this remains the destination of choice for those who like to party hard. Today, many of the crumbling mansions have been given a lick of paint and transformed into hip bars and lively nightclubs, as part of an ongoing gentrification that has also seen an increased police presence and an influx of cosmopolitan clubbers from Rio's affluent Zona Sul. Located at the historic center of Rio's downtown, this party district has long been synonymous with caipirinha-fueled excess. For the true taste of nightlife in Rio, there's only one neighborhood to head for, and that's Lapa. Partiers looking to discover the hedonistic heart of Rio de Janeiro won't find it by the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema or Leblon.
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