Later this week, the back room of El Senor Sol, a Mexican restaurant at 2301 Seventh Street, will become the new quarters for Tapas de España, a Basque-region bonanza from El Senor Sol owner Francisco Jerez, who hails from Spain — as does the chef who’s responsible for building the…

Slices, a pizza joint that opened in early December at 7155 East Hampden, may be the city’s first pizza emporium that offers America’s favorite food by the slice and whole pie, plus takeout, drive-thru service and frozen slices — and according to owner and dough stretcher, Steve Kranich, that’s just…

No. 96: Fried chicken from the Pinyon The Pinyon has been open for less than two weeks, but already the Boulder newcomer is generating audible cluck for its fried chicken, and now we know why…

Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…

Those of you who follow this blog have likely read my weekly Chef and Tell interviews, wherein I pepper local line monkeys with a syllabus of prying questions. We run a condensed version of their answers in print, while the entire interview runs over the course of two, sometimes three,…

At the bakery/cafe where the above snap was flashed, the owner is easy to laugh, quick with a joke and he gets big bonus points for his insanely delicious crepes and allowing me to camp out at a table with all my crap — laptop, menus, notes and camera –…

Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…

Tickets to the 2011 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, the culinary breeding ground for the country’s most extolled food personalities, chefs, grape gurus and their groupies, just went on sale yesterday, and you can snap up a ticket to the gustatory soiree, held June 17, 18 and 19, for…

Rhett Songer Zi Fusion 7340 South Clinton Street, Englewood 720-934-6402 www.ziasian.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Rhett Songer, executive chef of Zi Fusion. In part one of that interview, Songer dishes on the F-word, racism and sexism and eating a puppy…dog. What you’d like to see…

Pete Marczyk and Barbara Macfarlane do not leave their work behind when they leave Marczyk Fine Foods and head for their great old Denver house with the big, new kitchen. They often bring some of their market’s choicest ingredients home with them, and cook up a feast. This week’s recipe…

Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…

At this suburban Mexican joint that’s far from the land of Federal Boulevard taquerias, the focus is on California-style Mexican, which means that the smother love of green chile isn’t front and center. But if you’re hankering for carnitas, taquitos or carne asada fries, it’s a reliable, if not inspiring,…

Rhett Songer Zi Fusion 7340 South Clinton Street, Englewood 720-934-6402 www.ziasian.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Rhett Songer, the executive chef of Zi Fusion. Part two of Songer’s interview will run in this space tomorrow. “It’s absolutely silly that it’s such a no-no word in the…

Jeb, a Cafe Society reader, is on the prowl to locate the staff/cooks from Pho Van Noodle Souper, which closed earlier this year at 472 South Federal Boulevard. Here’s his plea: Hello! I’m in need of assistance, please. My favorite pho place, which was the former Richard Lee Noodle House…

Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…

Chocolate chip pancakes powdered with sugar: It’s what’s for breakfast, brunch or lunch at this feedlot that flips flapjacks of every flavor. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Where am I drinking/eating posts is entered into a pool…

If you’re searching for ideas to stuff a foodnik’s stocking this Christmas, we know of at least one gift that’s definitely worth giving: EatDenver, a culinary cavalry of locally owned independent restaurants, has just released its 2011 Dining Decks, a collection of 52 cards, each pimping $10 off any $25…

On Saturday, Cherry Creek unmasked its newest food temple, Sweet Ginger Asian Bistro & Sushi, at 2710 East Third Avenue in the below-street-level space that, most recently, was the stamping ground of Plush. Owners Julie and Joe He (he’s the sushi chef) used to run Jason’s Thai Asian Bistro &…

Ah, Christmas: The season of giving, receiving, in-law spats, road rage, parking-lot clusterfucks, check-out line massacres and cookbooks and food books — the ones that you hope will end up wrapped under the tree, right alongside the iPod, iPhone and iPad. Over the course of the last year, as part…

Wine may be the liquid of choice at this global food temple that recently emerged as something different from its original incarnation, but the cocktail curriculum, which includes the sake-based libation in the above snap, is certainly no sloucher. Can you guess where I’m drinking? Special bonus: Anyone who gives…

Last December, we embarked on a culinary sojourn that took us through our favorite dishes in the Mile High City — one hundred, to be exact — as a precursor to the Best of Denver issue. Now we’re back with round two, counting down (in no particular order) a hundred…