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Jax Fish House
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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
    Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Catering, 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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  • 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
$13.00
Rock Shrimp Hash
roasted peppers, potatoes, romanesco, arugula, two bear farms fried egg
$14.00
Creole Shrimp & Grits
shellfish reduction, trinity, stone ground grits, white cheddar
$11.00
Fried Calamari
mango-chile mojo, lime aioli
$15.00
Ahi Tuna Carpaccio
smoked cashew salsa, heirloom bean hummus, arugula
$14.00
Add Linguine Or Rice Noodles $3.00
Steamers - Mussels Or Clams
brown ale & roasted shallots or coconut red curry
$13.00
Griddled Blue Crab Cake
pickled scallion aioli, lemon
$13.00
Kona Kampachi Sashimi
roasted daikon & potatoes, peanuts, tempura green beans
Soups & Salads
$4.00
$8.00
Jax Chicken & Crawfish Gumbo
spicy andouille, long grain rice, red & green peppers
$7.00
Jax Caesar
asiago, whole grain mustard dressing, croutons, lemon
$7.00
Add Crispy Bacon & Bleu Cheese $2.00
Baby Iceberg Wedge
tomatoes, house ranch
$4.00
$8.00
Chilled Cucumber Avocado Soup
rock shrimp ceviche
$10.00
Chilled Asparagus Salad
heirloom greens, crispy poached egg, green goddess dressing
Fresh Raw Bar
 
Fresh Shucked Oysters
$12.00
Peel ‘n’ Eat Shrimp ½lb.
 
Crab Sampler
1/2 lb dungeness, 1/2 lb snow & 1/4 lb king
 
Chilled Seafood Samplers
king crab, lobster, shrimp, mussels & oysters
Extraordinary Oysters
$16.00
Oysters Rockefeller
bacon, spinach, pernod
$15.00
Cornmeal Fried Emersum Oysters
crispy bacon, pickled okra, mustard seed mayo
$14.00
Hangtown Fry
crispy west coast oysters, smoked bacon, two bear farms omelette served with traditional garnish
Traditional Caviar
Served With Toast Points, Sieved Egg, Capers, Red Onion, Crème Fraîche
$70.00
American Paddlefish
small grain, silky, rich & smooth
$140.00
Black River Ossetra Caviar
large grain, nutty, clean & creamy
For The Table
3 For $14.00
$6.00
Stone Ground Grits
$6.00
House Cut Fries
$6.00
Steamed Potatoes
$6.00
Grilled Broccoli
$6.00
Fish House Side
potatoes, slaw & cornbread
$6.00
Red Beans & Rice
$6.00
Cornbread
$6.00
Garlic Fries
$6.00
Spiced Lentil
$6.00
Grilled Asparagus
$6.00
Sautéed Collard Greens
$6.00
Sautéed Spinach
$6.00
Green Garlic Tater Tots
$6.00
Pasta
Winter Specialties & Jax Favorites
$21.00
Catfish Blackened Or Fried
green chile cornbread, spiced honey, wilted collard greens
$18.00
Jax Lobster Blt
applewood smoked bacon, citrus aioli, slaw, house cut fries
$16.00
Catfish, Shrimp, Or Oyster Po’ Boy
spicy remoulade, slaw, house cut fries
$13.00
½ Lb. Dry Aged Colorado Charolais Beef Burger
slaw, house cut fries add bleu cheese, cheddar, bacon, fried egg or fried oyster - 1 each
$26.00
Steamed Lobster Tail
pork & shrimp dumplings, ponzu, garlic butter
$29.00
New england Sea Scallops
moroccan spiced lentils, madiera roasted cippolini onions, sherry gastrique
$26.00
Cedar Grilled Steelhead
sauteed spinach, garlic fries, hollandaise sauce
$23.00
english Pea Risotto
rock shrimp, spring peas, asparagus, mushrooms, pea sprouts
$28.00
Seared Petrale Sole
smoked ham broth, peas, carrots, green garlic tater tots, crispy bacon
$36.00
Natural Striploin of Beef
roasted fingerling potatoes, grilled broccoli, peperoncini, rosemary-garlic compound butter
$28.00
Grilled Whole Colorado Trout
arugula & bread salad, beets, roasted red peppers, smoked grape vinaigrette
Desserts
$8.00
Sticky Chocolate Cake
pecan saltine brittle, chocolate streusel, bourbon ice cream, chocolate toffee sauce
Three Scoops $6.00
Sorbets & Ice Creams
handmade by ice cream alchemy in boulder, co
$6.00
Jax Root Beer Float
house made root beer, sea salt ice cream by ice cream alchemy. try it with bourbon
$8.00
Banana Cream Pie
grilled bananas, hot fudge, almond crunch

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