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Add a Bulgarian/Spanish tapas bar to the “Only in Vegas” file. Forte European Tapas Bar & Bistro belongs to European-born, Vegas-reared Nina Manchev, a tall, twentysomething blonde who once worked the front desk at the Hard Rock.

When I first stumbled onto Forte, I wasn’t sure how to even get in. The gate is the entrance to the patio; the restaurant’s entrance door is painted over. With its funky décor, thrift-store art and infused libations such as Gypsy Juice (a creation based on vodka, cassis and a number of secret ingredients) this place is eccentric in the extreme. And then some……….