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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2007 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• Memories

  published December 27, 2007

  I'm looking back at the year from a twelfth-floor suite across from Carnegie Hall, on the quiet side of 57th Street. I've got a bellyful of... More >>

• Tambien

  published December 20, 2007

  Mexico, Christmas 2001. Laura and I, in a fit of wild-goose inspiration, had quit the bright, dusty and idiot-ridden confines of Albuquerque,... More >>

• It's Time

  published December 20, 2007

  Jesse Morreale, owner of Tambien, called me at home last Wednesday night. "So, how is it?" he asked with no preamble, no... More >>

• Mezcal

  published December 20, 2007

  Some of the world's worst restaurants come out of a restaurateur's attempts to define a cuisine, a mood or himself. Some of the best come as an... More >>

• Izakaya Den

  published December 13, 2007

  It was almost midnight when I left Izakaya Den. I muscled my way out the big, unmarked front doors, turned to face a bracing, cold... More >>

• Bolder in Boulder

  published December 13, 2007

  I recently spent an afternoon at the University of Colorado at Boulder, boring the pants off an entire classroom of aspiring food writers with... More >>

• Han Kang

  published December 13, 2007

  As evidenced by the strange but incredibly successful tapas menu being done izakaya-style at Izakaya Den (see More >>

• The Bagel Deli & Restaurant

  published December 6, 2007

  I'd spent most of a lazy Saturday avoiding the commitment of deciding where to eat that night. Laura kept asking, kept pestering me to make a... More >>

• Holiday Rush

  published December 6, 2007

  In the restaurant business, the holiday season goes one of two ways. Either it's all quiet on the Western front, complete with men in the... More >>

• East Side Kosher Deli

  published December 6, 2007

  While I may always have a soft spot for the Bagel Deli (see More >>

• Prime 121

  published November 29, 2007

  I've heard it said a thousand times, by tourists and by natives, by local chefs and national food writers — said ironically, in jest, in... More >>

• Meat of the Matter

  published November 29, 2007

  When the people behind Prime 121 decided to bring yet another steakhouse to this crowded cow town, they were taking on quite a challenge... More >>

• The Corner Office

  published November 22, 2007

  On Friday at five-thirty, six, seven at night, The Corner Office is less a restaurant than a three-ring circus filled with liquored-up... More >>

• Trading Spaces

  published November 22, 2007

  There's news in Cherry Creek, where Eric Laslow, formerly of Corridor 44 and Restaurant 4580, has just been named chef for... More >>

• McCormick’s Fish House & Bar

  published November 22, 2007

  There are easy lunches and then there are really easy lunches. At the... More >>

• Julia Blackbird's

  published November 15, 2007

  Back in the day (June 2004, to be specific), I hated Julia Blackbird's with a rare and fiery passion. I hated it for its knock-off New Mexican... More >>

• 8 Rivers Cafe

  published November 15, 2007

  I have this dream of going to France. Paris, sure, but also (and mostly) Lyon. In my dream, I have a small, upper-story room in one of those... More >>

• Pure Magic

  published November 15, 2007

  Using liquid nitrogen, chef Ian Kleinman makes magical sorbets at O's Steak & Seafood (" More >>

• Mama’s Cafe

  published November 8, 2007

  Morning at Mama's Cafe is all business. Eggs and more eggs, pancakes and waffles, toast and toast and toast. The kitchen is tiny, a... More >>

• TV or Not TV

  published November 8, 2007

  Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson has won a lot of awards, most of them for Frasca, the restaurant he owns in Boulder with partner... More >>

• Tom’s Diner

  published November 8, 2007

  Tom's Diner holds a special spot in the pantheon of Denver's 24-hour dives, a special spot in the hearts and bellies of the cops who police it,... More >>

• Cow Town

  published November 1, 2007

  And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying unto them, speak unto the Children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall... More >>

• Underground

  published November 1, 2007

  Last week, Osteria Marco opened for a party of friends anxious to see what Frank Bonanno had done with the old Del Mar Crab... More >>

• Sushi Den

  published November 1, 2007

  For this week's review of Culver's and Smashburger (see review), I ate a lot of... More >>

• O's Steak & Seafood

  published October 25, 2007

  It begins with a cheese plate. One large cube of Point Reyes blue cheese, well marbled with veins of blue-green mold, nicely cut. A... More >>