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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2006 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• Invasion!

  published March 2, 2006

  While the rest of the country stupidly worries about Arabs guarding our ports, I've uncovered the surreptitious Hawaiian invasion of the American... More >>

• Pho 79

  published March 2, 2006

  There's one thing that Mary Nguyen and her crew at Parallel Seventeen (see review) don't do too... More >>

• All Things to All People

  published February 23, 2006

  Andouille gumbo and tortilla soup, fried mushrooms with truffled dipping sauce, enchiladas con queso and steak frites, crabcakes with chipotle... More >>

• Raw Courage

  published February 23, 2006

  Strange that Magnolia (see review) would have a sushi bar attached. Stranger still that... More >>

• Sushi Mara

  published February 23, 2006

  Lafayette has only one sushi bar. Fortunately, it's a good one. Not just good, but creative. And not just creative, but intelligently so -- which,... More >>

• Another Kind of Comfort

  published February 16, 2006

  I hated Black Pearl. I hated it before the place even opened. I hated the hype, the website, the menu. Even the building -- the... More >>

• Pearl Bucks

  published February 16, 2006

  Just up the street from their Black Pearl restaurant (see review) Sean Huggard and... More >>

• Vesta Dipping Grill

  published February 16, 2006

  All this talk about New American food got me thinking about Matt Selby and his crew at Vesta Dipping Grill. Since it opened almost nine years ago... More >>

• Drinking, Smoking and Screwing

  published February 9, 2006

  Drinking, smoking and screwing. That's what hotel restaurants are really for -- for doing the first two as prelude to the third. Waiting,... More >>

• Going Underground

  published February 9, 2006

  The All-Inn -- that's what Jesse Morreale is calling his newest acquisition, at 3015 East Colfax Avenue, the former Executive Inn... More >>

• Rialto Cafe

  published February 9, 2006

  The Rialto Cafe is one of those rare exceptions to the rule (see page 53) that hotel restaurants are good for nothing but drinking, smoking and... More >>

• Temptation

  published February 2, 2006

  The wait at the Cherry Cricket was twenty minutes, shading into thirty, late that Saturday afternoon. "That's a long time to wait for a... More >>

• Buns on the Run

  published February 2, 2006

  Denver is the cheeseburger capital of the nation: Burgertown, USA. Yes, there are other cities that harbor their own singular burger... More >>

• Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard

  published February 2, 2006

  As the Chipotle IPO took off last week at a near-record pace, I visited another Colorado born-and-bred chain. Good Times -- which was founded in... More >>

• Coffee's On

  published January 26, 2006

  This place reminds me of someplace else," my friend says, leaning his chair back against the wall and tracing a finger along one of the cracks in... More >>

• Big Time

  published January 26, 2006

  Those crazy kids at Monkey Bean (see review) have a cadre of fans -- and they know how to... More >>

• Java Moon

  published January 26, 2006

  There was a time when Java Moon was hailed as the conquering hero of the Golden Triangle. It was a coffeehouse in a neighborhood that desperately... More >>

• A Happy Ending

  published January 19, 2006

  Once upon a time, in a land not so very far away, there was a restaurant ruled by a king named Larry. Now, King Larry wasn't an evil king.... More >>

• Herz Tries Harder

  published January 19, 2006

  After visiting Carmine's on Penn (see review), I decided to check in with Carmine's... More >>

• 3 Sons

  published January 19, 2006

  When I wrote my original review of 3 Sons ("Same Old, Same Old," September 11, 2003), people... More >>

• Shakin' Bacon

  published January 12, 2006

  It's not often that a fellow like myself -- a dedicated carnivore, shameless bacon addict, fan of all things larded, bloody and fat-spackled --... More >>

• Family Plan

  published January 12, 2006

  The problem wasn't so much that we were drinking, but that neither of us had really stopped in a couple of days. When my little brother and I... More >>

• Mama's House

  published January 5, 2006

  Mama T is leaving. She's moving to Cincinnati, where her husband is working a factory job now, where there's another apartment waiting,... More >>