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1539 17th St. Denver, CO 80202

303-292-5767 

http://www.jaxfishhousedenver.com  

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1539 17th St. Denver CO 80202

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  • Seafood
    Sun 4pm-9pm, Mon-Thu 4pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-11pm
    $$$ $$$
  • All Major Credit Cards, MasterCard, cash
    Catering, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
    Dinner
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties, Online Reservations Available
    Meters, Street, Valet
Description

There are newer restaurants in LoDo, as well as restaurants with more unusual selections on their board. But still, Jax has become a kind of comfort restaurant for fish-obsessed carnivores. The oft-changed menu cycles between merely good and phenomenal, with the best plates on the best nights ranking among the best in the city. And while the bar is often the scene of crushing crowds during prime time, a quiet moment in the dining room with a plate of oysters or scallops can be worth all the waiting in the world.








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  • 2013 | Best Seafood Restaurant

    There's now a trio of Jax Fish Houses -- and a fourth opening soon in Glendale -- but the newly remodeled LoDo location is the front-runner stunner. The nautically funky interior showcases whale-tail cutouts suspended from the ceiling, white subway tile, a gorgeous marble-finished bar that stretches from one end to the other, and an interactive raw bar, from which fresh oysters, clams, shrimp, mussels and crab legs are dispensed by a crew of seaworthy captains who can shuck, peel,... More »

  • 2012 | Best Team of Bartenders

    Many bars in this town turn out balanced drinks, but the team of bartenders at Denver's Jax Fish House exhibits a different kind of equilibrium. The restaurant employs a complementary cadre of professionals with varying skills. Some lend deep, geeky spirits knowledge to the list, contributing housemade sodas, knowledge of the classics and inventive mixology wizardry. Others have perfected the true art of tending bar; they're expert conversationalists and endlessly entertaining -- and... More »

  • 2012 | Best Seafood Restaurant

    This LoDo shrine to aquatics -- thankfully bereft of any Disneyland-under-the-sea nonsense -- is quite a catch for crab cakes, catfish and calamari, paddlefish and luxurious caviar, as well as a lovely raw bar glistening with oysters, the true benchmark of a seafood restaurant. Purists will insist that fresh oysters need no adulteration; dispense with the cocktail sauce and the Mignonette, they'll demand, and for chrissakes, never, ever cook them, they'll tell you, shuddering at... More »

  • 2009 | Best Burger in the Last Place You'd Expect It

    Colorado beef grilled up a perfect mid-rare, topped with white cheddar, on a soft, grilled brioche roll and sided by hand-cut fries. A great seafood restaurant has no business making such a great burger. It seems wrong, almost greedy. But there it is: Chef Sheila Lucero and her crew at Jax make a burger that can stand proudly among the best in town. More »

  • 2008 | Best Contemporary Cocktail

    When we walk into Jax, the LoDo outpost of a fish house that got its start in Boulder, we still get a twinge of nostalgia for the old Terminal Bar that once occupied this building. But after ten years, Jax has proven itself more than see-worthy. And the great horseshoe-shaped bar -- a holdover from the Terminal days -- is one of the main reasons why. Settle onto a stool here, and you can order up a plate of oysters or the best burger you're ever going to find in a seafood... More »

  • 2006 | BEST SEAFOOD RESTAURANT

    If restaurateur, chef and culinary man-about-town Dave Query has a signature spot that captures the evolution of his empire, it's Jax in LoDo. Here, in a retooling of the original Boulder fish house, Query's vision and his attempts to meld the upscale with the down-home come together most smoothly. From the brick walls sketched with graffiti to the big horseshoe bar, from the seating crammed in every which way on the floor to the butcher's paper on the tables, Jax exudes a feeling of casual... More »

  • 2002 | Best Eggs Benedict for Dinner

    Sunday through Thursday nights, Jax Fish House features "blue-plate specials" that fit the mood of the day. On Mondays, that means fish 'n' chips; Tuesday is Wash Day, cleaning the kitchen out of shrimp and beans and rice. But Sunday dinner is our favorite meal at Jax, because that day's offering is steak 'n' eggs Benny, a serious version of the breakfast classic that takes tender-on-the-inside, blackened-on-the-outside sirloin steak and blue crabcakes and piles them onto cornbread slices,... More »

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Dinner Menu
Starters
$14.00
Shrimp & Grits
anson mills grits, bacon braised greens, pork shoulder
$11.00
Shrimp Poke
poached gulf shrimp, sweet potato puree, edamame, citrus reduction
$15.00
Griddled Blue Crab Cakes
salsa verde, lemon
$15.00
Albacore Tuna Crudo
tuna botarga, granny smith apples, preserved meyer lemon geleé
$11.00
Fried Calamari
mango-chile mojo, lime aioli
$14.00
Add House Made Pasta Or Rice Noodles $3.00
‘steamers’ - Mussels Or Clams
chorizo-tomato broth or wheat beer, charred vidalia onions, roasted garlic
Soups And Salads
$4.00
$8.00
Green Gumbo
andouille, shrimp, long grain rice, green peppers, collards
$4.00
$8.00
Mulligatawny
blue crab, chick pea fritter
$7.00
Add White Anchovies $1.50
Jax Caesar
asiago, whole grain mustard dressing, croutons, lemon
$7.00
Add Crispy Bacon & Bleu Cheese $2.00
Baby Iceberg Wedge
tomato, house ranch
$10.00
Local Farm Green Salad
windsor dairy mcintyre cheese, pickled red onion, warm croutons, five minute egg, sherry-thyme vinaigrette
Fresh Raw Bar
 
Fresh Shucked Oysters
$12.00
Peel N’ Eat Shrimp ½ Lb
jax mustard sauce, cocktail sauce
 
Crab Trio
1/2 lb dungeness, 1/2 lb snow & 1/4 lb king
 
Chilled Seafood Samplers
king crab, lobster, shrimp, mussels & oysters
Extraordinary Oysters
Each $3.50
Oysters Rockefeller
bacon, spinach, walnuts, pernod
Each $3.50
Oven-baked emersum Oysters
bacon, shallots, bread crumbs, tomato, thyme
Each $3.50
Bbq Oysters
sweet onion bbq sauce
Traditional Caviar
Served With Toast Points, Sieved Egg, Capers, Red Onion, Creme Fraiche
$70.00
American Paddlefish
small grain, silky, rich & smooth
$140.00
Black River Ossetra Caviar
large grain, nutty, clean & creamy
Specialities & Jax Favorites
$21.00
Catfish - Blackened Or Fried
red beans & rice, sauteed collard greens, pickled okra
$29.00
Grilled Snake River Sturgeon
isabelle farm greens, new potato, chorizo, pickled jalapeno
$27.00
Grilled Skuna Bay King Salmon
roasted carrots and onions, pickled lobster mushrooms, new potatoes, brown butter vinaigrette
$18.00
Jax Lobster Blt
applewood smoked bacon, citrus aioli, slaw, house cut fries
$27.00
Seared Florida Grouper
isabelle farms winter squash and ricotta ravioli, red pepper coulis, arugula pesto
$27.00
Grilled Whole Colorado Trout
hazel dell mushrooms, himalayan red rice, baby artichokes, sherry agra dolce
$24.00
Kurobuta Pork Loin
bacon braised greens, fried potatoes, apple gastrique
$13.00
Add Bleu Cheese, Cheddar, Bacon, Fried Egg Or Fried Oyster $1.00
½ Lb Dry Aged Colorado Charolais Beef Burger
slaw, house cut fries
$29.00
Seared Red Snapper
beets, oranges, pistachios, fried ham hocks
$21.00
Shrimp And Sausage Tagliatelle
fresh pasta, spinach, white wine, cream, roasted garlic
$16.00
Oyster Po’ Boy
chicken fried oysters, andouille gravy, grilled lemon, house pickles
$31.00
Peanut Oil Seared Ahi Tuna
sticky rice, kim chi, cucumbers, tamarind marinade
For The Table
3 For $14.00
$6.00
Stone Ground Grits
$6.00
Red Beans & Rice
$6.00
Bacon Braised Greens
$6.00
Cornbread
$6.00
House Cut Fries
$6.00
Garlic Fries
$6.00
Fried Potatoes
$6.00
Sautéed Collard Greens
$6.00
Sautéed Spinach
$6.00
Steamed Potatoes
$6.00
Himalayan Red Rice
$6.00
House Made Pasta
$6.00
Fish House Side
potatoes, slaw & cornbread
Desserts
$8.00
Sticky Chocolate Cake
bruleed banana, roasted cashews, chocolate toffee sauce, thai coffee ice cream
$6.00
With Jim Beam Bourbon $10.00
Jax Root Beer Float
housemade root beer, sea salt butterscotch ice cream
$6.00
Sorbets & Ice Creams - Three Scoops
handmade by ice cream alchemy in denver, co
$8.00
Blackberry Crumble
blackberry preserves, lillabee gluten free streusel
$6.00
Val’s Purple Cow
housemade grape soda, vanilla ice cream

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