Query seized the chance to speak with Murray about the restaurant business, since the movie star is invested in eateries, and said Murray obliged patrons who asked for pictures and autographs, and then even showed up to play golf, “Caddyshack”-style, the next morning with a frequent Jax customer who invited the comedian to his Boulder Country Club tee time. He also recalled a rainy night in the late 1990s when actor Bill Murray, dressed in a slicker, visited Jax while filming in Colorado. “A lot of great firsts, a lot of people who met in this place, got engaged in this place, conceived their baby in the car after dinner in this place, a lot of kids named Jax running around.” “This is the only restaurant that is dinner only, this is the smallest restaurant that we own, only 49 seats, yeah, near and dear to my heart,” Query said. Upon its opening Jax was among few seafood restaurants in the city,and was perhaps the only one that wasn’t a chain, according to Query. The business has come to operate six Colorado restaurant brands in the time since Jax’s opening followed Zolo’s start in Boulder earlier in 1994 as the beginning of Query’s Big Red F venture. This month, the owner of the Big Red F group, which has grown to multiple restaurants in locations across the Front Range, is celebrating 25 years of serving patrons seafood at Jax in Boulder, where Query grew up. It still feels like the same vibe.” When it opened 25 years ago, Jax Fish House was the only place in Boulder to get raw oysters. There’s been maybe too heavy of a hand on the growth, but it’s been good. I think Boulder has grown pretty intelligently. So does this street, so do these buildings. “… You look a ton different than when you were 10 years old. “Everyone wants to sort of demonize growth and change,” Query said. Now, a mixed-use building sits across the street with shops including Topo Design and eateries including a Chipotle Mexican Grill along with an Oskar Blues taproom. in Boulder, he said “it was just a different downtown.”Īcross Pearl from the seafood joint, there was still a giant cottonwood, Query said, one he is convinced was among the largest three in Colorado. When Dave Query opened Jax Fish House in 1994 at 928 Pearl St.
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