Email Author Jason Sheehan

Awards

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published October 22, 2009

  "Mourning"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 19, 2009

  "Wonderland"

• 2010 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published May 7, 2009

  "White on White"

• 2008 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published December 13, 2007

  "After Dark"

• 2008 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published September 13, 2007

  "Holiday"

• 2008 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published June 2, 2005

  "Lost and Found"

• 2007 - Bert Greene Award/International Association of Culinary Professionals, published January 5, 2006

  "Mama's House"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 6, 2006

  "Sum More, Please"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 1, 2006

  "Wedded Bliss"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 5, 2006

  "Mama's House"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 24, 2005

  "Kokoro Bebop"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published November 10, 2005

  "Z Whiz"

• 2006 - James Beard Journalism Awards/The James Beard Foundation, published February 17, 2005

  "Girl Trouble"

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2003 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• Season's Eatings

  published December 25, 2003

  If I had an unlimited budget, enough pull to get the best guys in town away from their kitchens (or their families) for one night, and room enough... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 25, 2003

  Hey, big guy, I know it's been a long time since I've written, and for that, I apologize. You were pretty good to me back in the day -- easy... More >>

• It's in the Genes

  published December 18, 2003

  I walk into the Cherry Creek Grill, and it just feels right. From the outside, from the inside, from the heavy front doors to the... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 18, 2003

  Chili Cheese Fries Onion Rings Praise Jesus with thanksgiving Isaiah 12:2 That's what the sign hanging... More >>

• Baby, You're a Rich Man

  published December 11, 2003

  It was the Christmas lights that messed me up. The tiny glass ornaments lit from within. The tinsel. The light-up motorized reindeer standing... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 11, 2003

  Remember Colorforms? I do. They were those reusable sticker sets that came with a slick cardboard background and sheets of thin, flimsy vinyl with... More >>

• One Night in Bangkok

  published December 4, 2003

  I know how Thai food tastes when eaten with the fingers in the back seat of a Toyota Celica parked facing the wrong way down a one-way alley,... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 4, 2003

  Under normal circumstances, news that a diner -- a good diner, one with some age and enough funk and grunge to gladden my blackened little Rust... More >>

• Total Recall

  published November 27, 2003

  We were saying our goodbyes. Laura was inside with her mother, doing the last-minute traveler's waltz of checking tickets and departure times,... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 27, 2003

  In Japan they'd say it's otaku, or maybe a by-product of otaku -- that passionate, blind obsession with something long gone,... More >>

• Small Bites

  published November 27, 2003

  At six months, Bistro Vendome still has the potential to be a great spot. It has all the necessary elements -- a perfect little space with... More >>

• Cheese Whiz

  published November 20, 2003

  You know one thing that bugs me about the French? Their cigarettes. Gitanes, in particular. Their boxes are too big; they burn funny; and they... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 20, 2003

  It started with cheese and ended with a chicken suit. In between, I decided to start a revolution, found myself in three different chain... More >>

• Desperately Seeking Sushi

  published November 13, 2003

  By the third time I'd driven past the construction site, the workers were getting suspicious. The fourth time, they waved. I was beginning to... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 13, 2003

  At Hapa Sushi (see review), you don't have to worry much about rules. Don't sneeze... More >>

• Slice of Life

  published November 6, 2003

  Key West today is not my kind of place. For starters, while I love the ocean, I'm not a beach-community kinda guy -- not a guy tuned to that... More >>

• Do You Believe in Magic?

  published November 6, 2003

  There's a colossal amount of stuff I don't know. Seriously. A lot. And I'm not talking about the specialized, esoteric knowledge that only... More >>

• The Sporting Life

  published October 30, 2003

  The original Brewery Bar closed right around the time I was born. What information I have about its glory days comes mainly from historical... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 30, 2003

  I was sitting at my little two-top lonelyheart's table at Brewery Bar II, nursing an afternoon beer and waiting to hear the perfect song.... More >>

• Full of Holes

  published October 23, 2003

  Here's some advice for all the aspiring chefs in the crowd. Want a cinch gig in the kitchen? Go to Switzerland, the home of fondue-style cooking.... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 23, 2003

  Okay, so you've got this great concept for a nightclub -- an Austro-Bulgarian hip-hop joint, some all-Japanese speed-metal sushi bar, whatever --... More >>

• Just Say Pho

  published October 16, 2003

  It's Saturday night and it's raining -- long, vicious sheets of water not just falling, but slapping the ground as if the pavement had said... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 16, 2003

  They came in the dead of night, ready for war, in a rented minivan. They wore rubber gloves, hats, surgical masks and special-issue combat... More >>

• Hum Enchanted Evening

  published October 9, 2003

  Oh, I like this. It's like having dinner in L.A. or something." I blink, look around the room. "What?" "This place. I like it. It... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 9, 2003

  This just in: Griff's Burger Bar at 742 South Broadway, for which I just professed my undying love (" More >>