Sip. Savor. Salsa.

Two of McKinney’s own, upstairs for one night! The Guava Tree, straight across the street, brings a Cuban-inspired grazing spread and two cocktails per guest, and Roberto Lay of LA Dance and Entertainment, a Latin-dance instructor with thirty years of teaching behind him, walks you through your first salsa steps. No experience needed.

The evening

What your ticket includes

• A one-hour salsa lesson with professional dance instructor Roberto Lay.
• Two cocktails, served across the evening.
• A Cuban-inspired grazing board from The Guava Tree.

The partners

• The Guava Tree Cuban Cafe & Cantina — Cuban-American cooking from a family recipe book, on the road as a food truck since 2012 and now settled at 104 S. Chestnut St., directly across from our door. Known for their Cuban sandwiches and loaded yucca fries, and a past contender on Food Network’s The Great Food Truck Race.
• LA Dance and Entertainment — Roberto Lay — dancer, performer and instructor, originally from Panama City and one of the people who brought bachata to Dallas. Thirty years teaching salsa, mambo, bachata, merengue and cha-cha, and co-founder of the SeduXion dance team. Private, couple and group lessons, wedding and quinceañera choreography. On Instagram at @roberto.lay3k.

Good to know

• $80 per person, which covers the lesson, two cocktails and the grazing board. The bar is open for anything beyond that.
• Wednesday, October 21. Doors at 6 PM, lesson at 6:30, dancing until 9.
• 103 S. Chestnut St., 2nd floor, at the corner of Chestnut and Louisiana. Elevator access, two adjacent parking lots and two free parking garages nearby.

Come as you are. Leave a little Cuban.