“If you want bad tapas, go to Firefly; if you want good tapas, go to Forte.”
ELV couldn’t have said it better himself.
FORTE TAPAS BAR & BISTRO
4180 South Rainbow Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89103
702.220.3876
Author: John Curtas
HOPS & HARVEST Opens to Our Huzzah!
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Once you get past the sign at the just-opened (last Friday) Ogden’s Hops & Harvest, you will enter a worthless and feng shui-challenged foyer that makes absolutely no sense:
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This odd entryway will slightly annoy you, as it did the crowds who stayed away from the previous tenant (the without-a-clue Bottles & Burgers) in droves.
But pay no attention to this fatuous foyer, because fortunately, everything forward is familiar, fascinating and fantastic.
Last Call at VALENTINO
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On July 14th, one of Las Vegas’s best restaurants will close, and slowly fade into another footnoted memory of gastronomic wonders gone by. Piero Selvaggio’s Valentino is not only one of our best, but it has also been one of our most influential eateries over the past thirteen years — a top shelf operation helmed by a passionate chef who considered it his duty to be at the stoves, not in front of the cameras.