Cora Faye’s Cafe, Denver’s most well-known — and arguably best — soul-food eatery, is the last stop in a month of soul food for May’s Ethniche series. Cora Faye’s opened in 2006 on a run-down stretch of shops on Colorado Boulevard just north of City Park, but the decor and comfortable wear of the place make it feel significantly older, like a quaint cafe that Denver has always relied on for Southern home cooking and a dose of motherly love.

Cora Faye’s and owner Priscilla Smith had a moment in the spotlight two years ago when Guy Fieri stopped by to film an episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives for the Food Network here — a fact that’s not lost, even on a sleepy Tuesday at lunch, among the antique lamps, brocade tablecloths and flea-market knickknacks that fill almost every inch of the place. Although there were only a handful of customers, most of them were tourists who had heard about the cafe on TV and were coming in for the soul-food staples mentioned on Fieri’s show (which are highlighted on the menu) — and for a photograph with Smith. Between checking up on tables, refilling drinks, ringing in guest checks and exuding an air of calm and grace, Smith posed for photos and talked about her food and her impression of Fieri.