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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2004 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• Twelve-Stepping

  published December 30, 2004

  Thanksgiving is a distant memory, Christmas is done, and the holiday season -- in all its shlocky glitz and sweetness -- is nearly over. All... More >>

• Cash Landing

  published December 23, 2004

  When I was young, Christmas in the Sheehan household was a fairly predictable event. It began about 4 a.m., or whatever godawful hour my brother... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 23, 2004

  Hey, fat man. You've got some explaining to do. I was just looking over last year's letter to you, and I realized that I got nothing I... More >>

• Bait and Switch

  published December 16, 2004

  Larry Herz is happy. Walking the floor of Go Fish Grille on a Saturday night, he's in his element -- an industry veteran working a crowded... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 16, 2004

  After chef Ian Kleinman left Go Fish Grille (see review), he returned to Golden, where... More >>

• Waugghhh to Go

  published December 9, 2004

  Finally, I feel like a true Coloradan. I've eaten at the Brown Palace. I've eaten at Casa Bonita (and lived to tell about it). And now I've eaten... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 9, 2004

  In the September 18, 2003, installment of this column, titled "Luna Eclipse," I detailed the fateful, drunken and calamitous last hours of Flow... More >>

• Take That!

  published December 2, 2004

  Reporter, huh?" Fred said, looking entirely uninterested. "Like, you work for the newspaper?" "Yeah," I said, looking down at the Vesuvius of... More >>

• Bite Me

  published December 2, 2004

  Long story short, I recovered. The tom kha soup at Yummy Yummy Tasty Thai (see More >>

• Finding My Religion

  published November 25, 2004

  It's an embarrassment, the amount of instant ramen noodle soup in my cupboard right now, from a variety of companies (Nissin, Maruchan, some... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 25, 2004

  Before it opened this Monday, I got a sneak preview of Rioja, chef Jennifer Jasinski's new digs on Larimer Street, courtesy of local... More >>

• A Hell of a Place

  published November 18, 2004

  For nearly half my life, I watched no TV. When I tell people that, a squint of fundamental distrust screws up their faces, and they look at me... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 18, 2004

  t's a good thing I can get a decent croque monsieur at Devil's Food Bakery (see More >>

• The Fame Game

  published November 11, 2004

  It must be weird when fame pays off, when you're not just recognized for what you do well, but when that recognition translates into the kind of... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 11, 2004

  Like Denver as a food city, Sixth Avenue as a restaurant neighborhood always seems on the edge of becoming the next big thing. Its progression can... More >>

• Paradise Found

  published November 4, 2004

  I never thought Mirepoix would make it. I didn't believe that Bryan Moscatello and crew could squeeze Adega's smart, beautiful cuisine into... More >>

• Bite Me

  published November 4, 2004

  This time last year, there was a lot of talk about the big man, Bryan Moscatello, and the guys from Adega Restaurant + Wine Bar... More >>

• King of Tartes

  published October 28, 2004

  Phil Collier, owner and executive chef of A La Tomate Cafe and Tarterie, is a nervous sort of fella. I can see him in the kitchen -- a big... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 28, 2004

  Sometimes when I have a bad day, I console myself by thinking about sandwiches. Not about eating them -- although I do dearly love a good sammich... More >>

• Meals That Heal

  published October 28, 2004

  THURS, 10/28 So it's a Thursday night, and you've got some extra green burning a hole in your pocket. What is there to do? Well, if... More >>

• The Shlock of the New

  published October 21, 2004

  Wild-mushroom-and-Fontina grilled cheese. Frittatas; toasted-oat pancakes that taste like giant oatmeal raisin cookies laced with wispy vanilla;... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 21, 2004

  It was early in my tenure here -- and in Littleton, of all places, while visiting Opus Restaurant, at 2575 West Main Street -- that my... More >>

• Salt Treaty

  published October 14, 2004

  Once is an event, twice is a coincidence, but three times? Three times is the beginning of an addiction, and for the Bush administration,... More >>

• Bite Me

  published October 14, 2004

  Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said that, and I believe it. What a person eats says... More >>

• History in the Making

  published October 7, 2004

  One of the best Vietnamese restaurants in the country, Dac Hoa, is in Rochester, New York. It's a small, Barton Fink-ish place, with... More >>