On Fulton Street, just around the corner from Ionia Street and the Heartside Historic District is San Chez Bistro, a world class tapas joint. In Grand Rapids. I offer that opinion having had tapas in Spain for the better part of two weeks, on my honeymoon.

Our family enjoyed squid with bacon, leeks and roasted red peppers; seared rare ahi with harissa sorbet; a salad of shaved cucumbers, succulent tomatoes, and highfalutin' greens; thin-sliced smoked salmon with peppers, capers and tomatoes. Mom and dad each had a mojito. Great setting, very cool music, ranging from Latin jazz to Afro-Cuban, to Raga-hop. There's a bistro next door that occasionally has some piquant live music, such as the Chicago Afrobeat Project.

If you're in Grand Rapids, don't miss San Chez.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at July 15, 2005 07:42 AM