Jax Fish House Reopens & The Post Chicken & Beer Comes to KC

After a months-long closure due to Covid-19, Jax Fish House will reopen on Wednesday, August 5. “Like most others in our hard-hit industry, we have had time during the pandemic shut down to step back, reevaluate, and pivot a little bit,” says Big Red F Restaurant Group chef/founder Dave Query. “We’ll continue to serve our award-winning sustainable seafood, but we’ve spent a lot of time ‘beefing’ up the to-go portion of our menu with family meals that travel well and we are also adding a seafood market component as well.”

While favorites such as the Calamari, Peel N’ Eat Shrimp, and our vast oyster bar offerings remain, culinary director Sheila Lucero has added many new items to the dine-in menu. The Jax menu will be available for takeout, curbside pickup, and delivery. Jax has also added a seafood market that will sell the same sustainably sourced, 100% Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch-approved seafood that we use at the restaurant for the home cook.

New Sample Menu Items Include:

Dine-In

• Curried Shrimp and Potato Eggrolls
  pineapple tepache dipping sauce 
   
• BBQ Verlasso Salmon
  red skin hand mashed potatoes, smoked bacon, creamy corn

Takeout Family Meals

• Crawfish Etouffee
  feeds 4-6  
  louisiana crawfish tails, trinity, long grain rice
   
• Jumbo Lump Crab Cake Kit
  Feeds 2
  preserved lemon aioli
   
• Lobster Mac and Cheese
  feeds 4-6 
  buttery lobster, smoked bacon, peppered breadcrumbs

Seafood Market Selections

Incredibly fresh, sustainable seafood sold by the pound

• Salmon (Verlasso, sustainably farm-raised from Chile)
• Catfish (Mississippi)
• Halibut (Wild-caught from Alaska)
• U – 15 Shrimp (Wild caught from Mexico’s Baja side)
• Snow Crab (Alaska)

Additionally, the Big Red F Restaurant group is also bringing a new fried chicken restaurant, The Post Chicken & Beer, to KC. “We opened The Post Brewing Company in Colorado in 2014 and have since grown to four (soon to be five) locations in our home state,” Dave says. “We love KC and have been looking for a space here for The Post for years. When the pandemic hit, we saw how well fried chicken lends itself to takeout service and we knew the time was right to open in KC, even without a brick-and-mortar location.” The Post will only feature to-go, curbside, and delivery service while we find the right space for our dining room.

The Post’s unique fried chicken recipe was developed by Chef & Partner Brett Smith after years of extensive fried chicken research (a.k.a. eating fried chicken all over the country). The Post starts with humanely raised, fresh and all-natural chicken, which is brined for hours in milk, dredged in a seasoned gluten-free flour blend, and then pressure fried until juicy inside and crispy golden brown on the outside. It’s served with house pickles and gravy and an array of farm-fresh sides. 

The Post’s fried chicken has been featured on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives and Food Paradise, and has been named the best fried chicken in Denver by 5280 Magazine, Westword, 303 Magazine, and many other Colorado publications. “We can’t wait to introduce KC to the fried chicken love that has been so well received here in Colorado,” Brett says.

Sample Menu Items:

• Four Piece Chicken Dinner*
  choice of two sides, sausage gravy, biscuits
   
• Whole Bird*
  Choice of 2 large sides, four biscuits

*All chicken can be made Nashville hot

Sides

• Farm Vegetable Fried Rice
• Hushpuppies - cayenne sugar
• Bacon Braised Collard Greens
• Anson Mills Cheddar Grits

Press kit with images of Jax and The Post fried chicken : https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ma6b65eneqsip5k/AAAyGdBF3aBn0dcLm2IjBupva?dl=0

About The Post 

The Post Brewing Co. serves award-winning gluten-free fried chicken and soulful sides for to-go, curbside pickup, and delivery. Learn more at www.postbrewing.com

About Jax Fish House 

Jax Fish House is a high-energy, non-traditional fish house with an East Coast meets New Orleans vibe and seasoned service. As the first Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch certified restaurant in Missouri, Jax specializes in sustainably sourced seafood, including an unmatched oyster program and raw bar. Jax will be open daily from 3:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. with happy hour from Sunday to Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Learn more at www.jaxfishhouse.com 

About Big Red F Restaurant Group

Big Red F Restaurant Group is a philanthropically minded, independently owned and operated collection of restaurants along Colorado's Front Range and in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in Boulder in 1994 by chef Dave Query, the Big Red F Family includes Jax Fish House, The Post Brewing Co., Zolo Grill, Centro Mexican Kitchen, Lola Coastal Mexican, and West End Tavern. Learn more at www.bigredf.com