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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2009 Stories by Jason Sheehan

• A rearview look at the year in food

  published December 31, 2009

  It was the year of the gastropub, the year of the gourmet hamburger joint and cupcake shop, the year of the noodle bar. For me, it was the year... More >>

• Colt & Gray starts out strong but slows down in the main event

  published December 24, 2009

  Come on, Jay. Let's just eat." Laura and I had been arguing the whole way, skidding through icy streets under a gray sky bruised with... More >>

• Vert Kitchen is no white-bread sandwich joint

  published December 24, 2009

  When I make a sandwich, it is an admittedly pathetic (though oddly comforting) thing: two slices of white bread laid with two slices of... More >>

• Yo' momo! Nepal Cuisine knows how to make dumplings

  published December 17, 2009

  In Nepal, momo — the small, white-flour dumplings that represent the Nepali contribution to the world dumpling culture — are used... More >>

• India's Restaurant moves on to bigger things

  published December 17, 2009

  The new India's Restaurant is big. Seriously big. Big in the way that interstate chain restaurants are supposed to be big, or the doomed... More >>

• Troy Guard's TAG: Play that funky music, white boy!

  published December 10, 2009

  Troy Atherton Guard, the man behind the semi-eponymous restaurant TAG, serves the best rice I've ever had. Yeah, rice.... More >>

• Ali Baba Grill is a honey of a destination

  published December 10, 2009

  Last week, I wrote about a not-so-great cheesesteak. Unfortunately, I wasn't alone in having that not-so-great cheesesteak. Laura was with me,... More >>

• Red Trolley needs to serve more than ice cream to stay on track through the winter. But hot dogs?

  published December 3, 2009

  When it opened in the middle of the hot summer of 2008, Red Trolley was an ice cream and gelato shop, and only an ice cream and... More >>

• Denver Ted's still has a lot to learn about cheesesteaks

  published December 3, 2009

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• After my first bite at Argyll, I was ready to eat my words

  published November 26, 2009

  It worried me that Argyll, the new restaurant from Robert Thompson, called itself a "gastropub," a word I hate with a rare and white-hot... More >>

• The good times keep rolling at Lucile's

  published November 26, 2009

  There are two things they do real well in New Orleans: drink and eat. New York might be a great town for chefs; San Francisco might be a Garden... More >>

• Paradise Asian Cafe may not take you to paradise, but close enough

  published November 19, 2009

  My favorite movie of all time is Blade Runner. It gave me a serious yen for the intersection of Japanese and American culture that's... More >>

• Barbecue: It's what's for breakfast at Cabin Creek

  published November 19, 2009

  Colorado has recently gone through something of a barbecue boom. Sure, there are places like M&D's that have been around since forever, but... More >>

• Fogo de Chao sticks it to the steakhouse concept

  published November 12, 2009

  On my first visit to Fogo de Chão, I was like Augustus Gloop in the chocolate factory — set loose in Wonka's main room,... More >>

• The chefs have changed, but Encore remains worthy of applause

  published November 12, 2009

  This week's review of Fogo de Chão contains one important bit of wisdom: No man can live solely on giant hunks of skewered meat... More >>

• What's a Belgian cafe doing on Colfax? Serving very good food.

  published November 5, 2009

  The first time I saw the Cheeky Monk, I thought to myself, "Well, that's going to last about five minutes." An upscale Belgian beer cafe... More >>

• The Royal Hilltop gives its customers reason to stay loyal

  published November 5, 2009

  Years ago, I stumbled on the Royal Hilltop, a faux-British pub in the middle of a suburban strip mall that, despite its geographical and... More >>

• Chili Verde serves nearly perfect Pueblan food

  published October 29, 2009

  Ceviche is a nearly perfect dish — simple and organic and beautifully balanced, using the strengths of every single ingredient to subtly... More >>

• In mourning over a meal at Mark & Isabella

  published October 22, 2009

  I was out eating when I heard that my father had died. Drinking, actually. But the place where I was — standing on a patio in a warm rain... More >>

• West End Tavern delivers from any direction

  published October 22, 2009

  Dave Query and I have not always seen eye to eye. Actually, for a long time, Query (boss of the Big Red F restaurant group, which owns... More >>

• Silver Creek Diner serves up American food flavored by almost every nationality that's settled here

  published October 15, 2009

  Back in the day — and I'm talking way back in the day — there was only one word to describe a place where a stranger could... More >>

• At Olivea, John Broening shows that he has all the right tools -- and knows how to use them

  published October 8, 2009

  Jesus...," I said to no one in particular, dopey smile aimed down 17th Avenue, waddling a little as I cleared the doors of Olivea. "He... More >>

• Braking for beer at the Vine Street Pub

  published October 8, 2009

  Over the last few years, East 17th Avenue has seen some remarkable restaurant successes. The street has become one of Denver's food hubs... More >>

• Taste of Thailand has the cure for the flu -- and the cure for boring food

  published October 1, 2009

  They were giving away irises at Taste of Thailand the other day — free to a good home, free to anyone who wanted to take away a... More >>

• Snack on half a chicken at Thai Lotus

  published October 1, 2009

  I "discovered" (read: accidentally stumbled across) Thai Lotus a couple of years back when, hungry for something that wasn't necessarily... More >>