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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2008 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria is hot!

  published October 30, 2008

  Wednesday night, I had a pizza. Doesn't matter from where — let's just say it was from a well-known chain, well-known for serving... More >>

• Armando's is in a state of reddiness

  published October 30, 2008

  Just as Marco's Coal-Fired Pizzeria presents... More >>

• Jax Fish House is a keeper

  published October 23, 2008

  Once again, I find myself wishing I were a big fat man, one of those renowned, infamous gastronomes of old. I wish I were James Beard, who... More >>

• The Snooze kitchen finally wakes up

  published October 23, 2008

  I'd heard about Snooze long before it opened and was excited about the place, juiced to have a hip, eclectic, chef-driven breakfast... More >>

• Charlie Master picked the wrong partner

  published October 23, 2008

  Following service Saturday, Mel's Bistro at 1120 East Sixth Avenue went dark. After lots of back-and-forth and sniffing around by some... More >>

• Fast work

  published October 16, 2008

  I'd intended to waste the bulk of this column on a vain, poorly researched, smarty-pants essay about the cuisine of the '80s and Denver's best... More >>

• Lo Coastal Fusion hits no culinary high

  published October 16, 2008

  I took my first cooking job in 1988. Fifteen years old, I walked into a neighborhood pizza shop knowing precisely nothin' about nothin' and... More >>

• Ice Cream Alchemy makes sorbet out of a sow's ear

  published October 9, 2008

  It didn't take long to learn who'd done that amazing cupcake gelato served at More >>

• A meal at Relish is something to relish

  published October 9, 2008

  Lemon-braised artichoke with roasted garlic herb butter. Venison carpaccio with Humboldt Fog blue cheese, organic olive oil and black pepper.... More >>

• Cafe Bisque joins the brunch bunch

  published October 9, 2008

  Before there was Limón or the Arvada Grill, chef Alex Gurevich had Cafe Bisque. I first wrote about the restaurant not long after it... More >>

• Any way you slice it, Tonti's makes good pizza

  published October 2, 2008

  Last week, I got stuck in three "best pizza in blahblahblah" discussions. One was a drunken confession. One was a declarative statement: If I... More >>

• Why Neighborhood Flix went dark

  published October 2, 2008

  Over at the Lowenstein project, Neighborhood Flix has gone dark. The combo food/flick operation stayed open for this past Saturday's... More >>

• A bad night in Boulder at Tahona Tequila Bistro

  published October 2, 2008

  I was thinking that they could probably hear my stomach rumbling from three tables away. "So, what are you going to have?" Laura... More >>

• Charlie Brown's

  published September 25, 2008

  I've passed by Thai Lotus many times without going in.... More >>

• Pho 99 is pho-king great

  published September 25, 2008

  When I reviewed Pho 99 two months ago, I stuck with the Vietnamese soup for which the place was named, in deference to some complicated... More >>

• Once you eat at Thai Lotus, you won't ignore it again

  published September 25, 2008

  Standing in front of Thai Lotus after our first meal there, Laura and I look at the place, amazed. Stuffed and carrying takeout, we need... More >>

• One more night at Black Cat

  published September 18, 2008

  It's rare for a restaurant to have a night go the way of our first meal at More >>

• Three hours for dinner? Black Cat proves worth the wait

  published September 18, 2008

  Have you ever dined with us before?" our server asked. She was penny-bright, scrubbed and polished in her house livery (black on black),... More >>

• The earls of sandwich

  published September 11, 2008

  At Masterpiece... More >>

• Two chefs deliver our daily bread at Masterpiece Delicatessen

  published September 11, 2008

  Libertines though they may be, chefs love making sushi because sushi is so limiting, so rigorous in what is allowed and what is not, so rooted... More >>

• At Tacos D.F., the torta takes over for the sandwich

  published September 11, 2008

  American sandwich-makers have come a long way. Now that serious, heavyweight chefs have begun muscling in on the action (see my review of... More >>

• William Wahl's Indulge French Bistro serves warmth to one and all

  published September 4, 2008

  No matter how many bodies you pack inside, some restaurants are always going to be as cold and sterile as a surgical pre-op, where voices seem... More >>

• Local eateries sum up the DNC action -- or lack thereof

  published September 4, 2008

  So it's over. The political circus has folded the big top, loaded all the donkeys and elephants, packed up the clown cars and skipped town. Was... More >>

• Tacos Jalisco serves Southern comfort, Mexican style -- and free chips

  published August 28, 2008

  This is not the first invasion Denver has suffered. There was a sci-fi geek incursion just a couple of weeks ago, that basketball thing a... More >>

• Mel's Anti-Bistro is up for sale

  published August 28, 2008

  Democratic National Convention? Okay, that's big news. But believe it or not, there's stuff happening around town that has nothing at all to do... More >>