Just got word that a production crew from Diners, Drive-ins and Dives has touched down in Denver, and for the next week, they’ll be lugging their camera equipment all over the Mile High City and Boulder, amassing footage for a future episode of the popular Food Network show hosted by…

The small plates happy hour menu at this high-style restaurant with an equally cosmopolitan lounge tricked out with TVs, a fireplace and faddish furnishings stars everything from from frog legs to sushi rolls. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the…

Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part two of Lori Midson’s interview with Charley Sinden, exec chef of the Lobby. See what Sinden has to say about roach coaches, liver and the Domino’s cheese pizza delivery in the first segment of that Q&A. Greatest accomplishment…

Next year, sometime in February, the SPIRE, downtown Denver’s new 42-story, skyscraping structure that’s currently home to residents and, soon, Organic Pizza Company, will introduce fervent gastronauts to Row 14, a joint venture between David Schneider, a part-time server at Rioja and restaurant business consultant and Arik Markus, the former…

Charley Sinden The Lobby 2121 Arapahoe Street 303-997-9911 www.thelobbydenver.com This is part one of Lori Midson’s interview with chef Charley Sinden. We’ll run part two of Sinden’s interview tomorrow. By his own admission, Charley Sinden was a teen who liked trouble. He was the kind of kid who would smack…

Maybe it’s the change in seasons, or the fact that I live in an ancient bungalow with single-pane windows and a thermostat that doesn’t understand the concept of heat, but whatever the reason, I’ve been on a macaroni and cheese kick for the past two weeks, even guiltily breaking out…

Until recently, Olmeca Altos, a 100 percent blue agave tequila from the Los Altos region of Jalisco, Mexico, had only been available outside of the United States, but in July of this year, the double-distilled agave juice was introduced stateside — specifically in Chicago and Denver — and last night,…

Every other week, we feature a recipe from the crew at Marczyk Fine Foods, the gourmet market at 770 East Seventeenth Avenue overseen by Pete Marczyk and his wife, Barb Macfarlane. The market pimps, among other things, pies, which are a hot seller during the holidays, although Barb insists that…

There were a group of us slouched over the bar, rolling our eyes at the Denver Broncos debacle unfolding on the TV screen. Most were spilling tears into their beers, seeking solace in a microbrew. But since I was holed up in a Boulder bar, and didn’t want to risk…

Cochon555, the exclusive nationwide traveling swinefest that was started three years ago by founder Brady Lowe, has pig-pointed Denver as a stop on its 2011 ten-city jaunt, which kicks off in New York City on January 16…

Back in August, local restaurant consultant and chef Michel Wahaltere was preparing to join the street food revolution, promising to launch Aja to Go, “the first mobile food truck in the city to travel day and night around Denver serving up great sushi, salad bowls, noodle bowls and Asian tapas.”…

Smother love: It’s easy being green in Denver in September and October, when the smell of roasting chiles overrides the odor of exhaust along Federal Boulevard, and the green chile at your favorite Mexican joint carries the heat of the new harvest. For the next several weeks, Cafe Society will…

Charles MacDonald, the mouthpiece of this week’s Chef and Tell interview and the chef de cuisine of Z Cuisine, which serves some of the state’s best French food, makes la marmitte du pecheur — or fisherman’s stew — at the bistro, the recipe of which he’s sharing with Cafe Society…

Last night, EatDenver, a local network of independent restaurants and 9Health Fair teamed up to host a Saucey Affair, a judged small plates and sauce showdown, the proceeds of which benefited 9Health Fair, Colorado’s largest volunteer-driven healthcare program offering free and low-cost health screenings to more than 100,000 people each…

Loaves n Ladles, which opened this summer in the former Fisher Clark Deli space at 723 South University Boulevard, shuttered abruptly on Monday, leaving nothing behind in the long, narrow quarters previously stocked with deli meats and cheeses, soups, carry-out items and baked goods…

Charles MacDonald Z Cuisine 2239 West 30th Avenue 303-477-1111 www.zcuisine.com Don’t miss part one of Lori Midson’s interview with Charles MacDonald, the chef de cuisine of Z Cuisine. Rules of conduct in your kitchen: Less grammar, more hammer. I say that a lot in the kitchen, but seriously, take your…

Better known for its thin-crusted artisan pizzas, this tiny joint with an oversized garden also constructs notable sandwiches, including the Italian grinder in the above snap. 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…

Charles MacDonald Z Cuisine 2239 West 30th Avenue 303-477-1111 www.zcuisine.com It’s late Tuesday afternoon, and Charles MacDonald, wearing a baseball cap, T-shirt and jeans, is hunched over the bar at Z Cuisine, tasting a fleet of Infinite Monkey Theorem wines, which are lined up like dominoes behind a charcuterie plate…

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. David Bekkin, the…

ModMarket, the wedding-white fast-casual space that hawks healthy brick-oven pizzas, sandwiches, soups and salads at 1700 28th Street, in Boulder’s Twenty Ninth Street outdoor mall, is adding a second ModMarket location, but not in Boulder. The restaurant, owned by Rob McColgan and Anthony Pigliacamto, is coming to Denver — specifically,…