Bar Forte Pop-Up Dinner; Cantina Laredo Tequila Dinner

SPRING VALLEY — Forte Tapas launches Takeover Tuesdays with Vegas chefs taking over the restaurant starting on July 23. Pinot Brasserie sous chef John Courtney takes over the restaurant first with a six-course menu that focuses in, on or around the mouth. The event starts at 7 p.m. with a cocktail hour and dinner at 8 p.m. Tickets for $100 are available at www.barforte.com, and a portion of the proceed go toward building St. Mina Church and Balkan Cultural Center. [EaterWire]

TIVOLI VILLAGE —  Cantina Laredo has partnered with Don Julio Tequila for a four-course tequila dinner starting at 7 p.m. July 31. Executive chef Damon Workman paired each course with a different tequila. For tickets to the $49.99 dinner, call 702-202-4511. [EaterWire]

LUXOR — Tacos & Tequila extended happy hour from 2 to 6 p.m. with half off appetizers and $5 drink specials. Dishes include guacamole, habañero chicken wings, beef flautas, fiesta nachos and quesadillas. Drinks include Dos Equis lager, Jose Cuervo shots, well drinks, red and white wine and sangria. Other specials include the "Seis y Seis" package, a combination of six specialty carne, carnitas or chicken tacos and six 7-ounce bottled Sol beers priced at $29; summer tequila flights including three pours of Patrón, El Jimador, Milagro or Don Julio priced at $15; the Chonga, a 54-ounce frozen margarita with two upside down 7-ounce Sol beers that flow directly into the giant margarita, priced at $20; and buckets of six bottled Sol beers priced at $18. [EaterWire]
Cantina Laredo [Photo: Chelsea McManus]