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

• Prima Ristorante

  published October 25, 2007

  Hotel work, for some chefs, is like a retreat. Because of the size of the staff, the hours are generally more kind (not shorter, necessarily,... More >>

• Corridor 44

  published October 18, 2007

  I drink champagne when I'm happy and when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink it when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I... More >>

• Champagne Dreams

  published October 18, 2007

  Brian Sifferman has had a rough couple of years. Brought in for the opening of Corridor 44 ( More >>

• Steuben’s

  published October 18, 2007

  When people talk about Steuben's, they usually talk about the place rather than the food. Sure, the kitchen does some dishes well (big plates... More >>

• Oceanaire Seafood Room

  published October 11, 2007

  It was Anthony Bourdain who first warned diners against eating fish on Mondays. He issued the warning in a New Yorker article,... More >>

• Gone Fishin'

  published October 11, 2007

  I know what you're thinking: Why did I write about two seafood places in a row? Specifically, last week's love letter to Cherry Crest... More >>

• Ted's Montana Grill

  published October 11, 2007

  There are many things that should be part of a restaurant critic's working kit. Credit cards, first and foremost, or a large wad of cash. A... More >>

• Cherry Crest Seafood Market and Restaurant

  published October 4, 2007

  On a Saturday night, Cherry Crest Seafood is all business. The menu for this small strip-mall restaurant and fish market lists twenty... More >>

• Taste of Denver

  published October 4, 2007

  I am sick of the Denver omelet. My folks were in town recently, and my dad — a willing gastronaut, but never the most adventurous... More >>

• New Saigon

  published October 4, 2007

  One of these nights I'm going to blindfold myself, have my wife drive me to some random point along South Federal Boulevard, then get out of... More >>

• Changing Seasons

  published September 27, 2007

  The end of August and beginning of September are pure murder in the restaurant industry. Diners are sick of summer and waiting for the first... More >>

• Tropical Grill

  published September 27, 2007

  A few things that are good early in the morning: breakfast burritos, blow jobs, strong coffee, forgiveness for last night's sins, that first... More >>

• Isle of Singapore

  published September 27, 2007

  I'd forgotten just how much I liked Isle of Singapore. It had been years since I'd been there, years since I'd given the place much more than a... More >>

• King Kevin

  published September 20, 2007

  With the memory of that excellent roasted chicken at Palettes (see review)... More >>

• Palettes

  published September 20, 2007

  In the food world, a war has long been waged over what, exactly, it is that cooks and chefs produce. In the galleys and the prep kitchens, on... More >>

• Nine75

  published September 20, 2007

  Kevin Taylor has a big restaurant empire that has occasionally shrunk to a smaller restaurant empire, with closures both temporary (Palettes, the... More >>

• Sae Jong Kwan

  published September 13, 2007

  I've always had trouble with holidays. I don't like the pressure, the expectations; I'm just bad at them. One of the many reasons I took such... More >>

• Star Light

  published September 13, 2007

  Rebecca Weitzman, chef at the fantastic Cafe Star (3201 East Colfax Avenue) and supreme overseer of the fine-dining portion of... More >>

• Uoki Restaurant

  published September 13, 2007

  Some days I want to eat chicken feet. I want tripe and trotters, crispy fried intestine and all the assorted culinary weirdness that makes the... More >>

• Hippie McHipster

  published September 6, 2007

  An ode, a lament: That's what it says on the menu, on the wall, on the chalkboards and on the website that City, O' City shares with... More >>

• Hot Dog!

  published September 6, 2007

  It was real easy to find Biker Jim's Gourmet Dogs. Even if I didn't know where it was, even if I hadn't been there plenty of times before,... More >>

• WaterCourse Foods

  published September 6, 2007

  Since I just reviewed city-o-city, which opened early this year in the original home of WaterCourse... More >>

• Wazee Supper Club

  published August 30, 2007

  I love cheeseburgers. Seriously, madly, deeply. I love foie gras, too. I love maguro sushi. I love whole fish with their eyes rolled back, seared... More >>

• Dog Days

  published August 30, 2007

  Buffalo, New York, sometime in the mid-'90s. I was briefly between jobs — having just told one owner (of a ginormous Irish... More >>

• My Brother’s Bar

  published August 30, 2007

  As far as I'm concerned, there's only one truly great cheeseburger in the area, and that's the double served at Bud's Bar in Sedalia. Bud's has... More >>