Pearl Street Harbor, as one chef deemed it when South Pearl Street, once a destination restaurant row, had lost Pearl Street Grill, OTOTO and India’s Pearl within days of each other, has a new dining den, and after having dinner there on Monday night, I’m inclined to move in…

I’ve had some exquisite food at Opus, the Littleton restaurant that’s orchestrated by executive chef Sean McGaughey, who took over the burners after opening chef Michael Long departed the fine-dining restaurant to spearhead the kitchen at Aria, which opened in late 2010 in Cherry Creek. Long parted ways with Aria…

When you order breakfast or lunch at this cafe straight out of the Elvis era, your waitress will likely answer your request with “Okey-dokey, artichokey.” And when ask for a cup of coffee, it’ll arrive fresh and hot alongside a 45 rpm vinyl coaster. Can you guess where I’m drinking?…

The fact that Snarf’s, the Boulder-based sub shop that’s generated a cult following, has unveiled its eleventh location in Colorado isn’t exactly the most groundbreaking news on the culinary front, but then again, this Snarf’s, which just opened near the University of Denver at 1729 East Evans, in the former…

Big personalities — and big sandwiches — are the calling cards of this Italian deli. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts is entered into a pool — and every Monday, we select one lucky winner…

Derek Dietz’s mouth moves faster than just about anyone I’ve ever met — but he chalks up his gift of gab to unabashed excitement. The Philly native and CIA graduate is just a few weeks away from opening Bocadillo, a Spanish-influenced sandwich shop and tapas cafe at 4044 Tejon Street,…

Cafe Society unleashed four Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a yet to be identified Ethiopian feast to an oblong burger from a diner, whose location continues to mystify readers to tampiqueña from Tacos Jalisco to a behemoth plate of chicken and dumplings sided with collard greens and macaroni…

Like a lot of voyeurs, I’m intrigued by the contents of other people’s refrigerators, especially the refrigerators of chefs. And, apparently, so is Leigh Sullivan, the innovator behind FIVE — five local chefs and their bar cohorts, all of whom cook (and pour) at various restaurants and venues around the…

It appeared impossible that any Mexican restaurant in Denver could manage to get the temperature of its tampiqueña right, which, in my book, means rare, or, at most, mid-rare. And of all the Mexican joints I’ve been to — and there are hundreds of them in this green chile-soaked city…

Pizzerias, a chef recently groused, are swarming the city like Miller moths. To the contrary, breakfast joints, he lamented, have been regulated to the back burner, slipping into the abyss like paying for porn. But Julia Grother, who just opened Sassafras American Eatery last week in an historic Victorian at…

Ever since Samir Mohammad was tapped as the executive chef of the Village Cork, a lovely Washington Park wine bar, oenophiles and foodophiles alike have been clamoring for a taste, and while Mohammad’s open kitchen, which squats squarely in a sea of bodies, isn’t equipped with a hood or a…

The deli where I’d originally stopped for lunch had run out of bread, which warranted a sudden change of scenery…to chicken and dumplings, collard greens and macaroni and cheese. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first correct answer to the week’s Guess Where posts…

This is part two of our interview with Biker Jim, chef-owner of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs. Read part one of the Biker Jim interview. Jim Pittenger Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs 2148 Larimer Street 303-550-8231 www.bikerjimsdogs.com What you’d like to see more of in Denver/Boulder from a culinary standpoint: Some really…

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. Like a lot…

You’ll need to block out a few hours of your afternoon if you want to swell your gut at this Ethiopian restaurant (the service moves in slow motion, as does the kitchen), but the food is definitely worth the wait. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who…

This is part one of my interview with Biker Jim, chef-owner of Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs. Part two of our banter will run in this space tomorrow. Jim Pittenger Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs 2148 Larimer Street 303-550-8231 www.bikerjimsdogs.com “I’m too young to have this much history,” quips the 54-year-old Army…

If you’re jonesing for a malt, scratch-made onion rings, fried pickles and an oblong burger that reminds you of the ’60s (as does the decor), then you’ll want to make a beeline for this off-the-eaten path diner. Can you guess where I’m eating? Special bonus: Anyone who gives the first…

Several big-name local chefs have coveted the new build-out across the pavement from the Waffle Brothers on Corona Street, just north of Speer Boulevard, but most have skunked off because of their uneasiness in securing a liquor license…

There were plenty of frivolous amusements to keep us occupied over the holiday weekend, but the Big Eat, EatDenver’s annual food orgy at Union Station, was definitely a bash to remember. “It was fantastic, everyone had so much fun, and the chefs really brought their game,” says Elizabeth Woessner, executive…

Cafe Society dished out five Guess Where? contests last week, ranging from a ceviche tostada from Pinche Taqueria to a vast selection of salsas from a taqueria that still remains a mystery to an omelet and au gratin potatoes from Annie’s Cafe. We also unleashed a beer cocktail from a…

If you’re a product of the ’70s, and spent your spare time eating a salisbury steak TV dinner while glued to Lee Majors flexing his bionic implants on the Six Million Dollar Man, then you and that goofball, Johnny Ballen, the tall, lanky bean who owns the Squeaky Bean, have…