Frasca takes its name from the frasca, a Friulian tradition of informal gathering spots historically marked by a tree branch over the doorway, where farmers and neighbors shared food and wine through the harvest season. That idea anchors the restaurant in Boulder, run by partners Bobby Stuckey, Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, and Peter Hoglund, with Ian Palazzola as executive chef.
The kitchen works in a tasting menu format, offered as the Quattro Piatti and Friulano menus. Quattro Piatti moves through courses like red sea bream with cantaloupe and prosecco, chanterelle risotto with orange wine, gnocchi with rabbit sausage, grilled swordfish with mussel saor, and Liberty Farms duck with summer corn, with an A5 Miyazaki wagyu supplement and a plum panna cotta to close. Sourcing runs through named farms and producers, including Anson Mills polenta, Palisade peaches, and Point Reyes Blue cheese.
Michelin has awarded Frasca one star in both the 2025 and 2026 guides. The restaurant's history with the James Beard Foundation runs deep: Mackinnon-Patterson won Best Chef Southwest in 2008, the restaurant won Outstanding Service in 2019, and it has been named an Outstanding Restaurant finalist multiple times between 2016 and 2020, alongside earlier recognition for its wine program.
The kitchen works in a tasting menu format, offered as the Quattro Piatti and Friulano menus. Quattro Piatti moves through courses like red sea bream with cantaloupe and prosecco, chanterelle risotto with orange wine, gnocchi with rabbit sausage, grilled swordfish with mussel saor, and Liberty Farms duck with summer corn, with an A5 Miyazaki wagyu supplement and a plum panna cotta to close. Sourcing runs through named farms and producers, including Anson Mills polenta, Palisade peaches, and Point Reyes Blue cheese.
Michelin has awarded Frasca one star in both the 2025 and 2026 guides. The restaurant's history with the James Beard Foundation runs deep: Mackinnon-Patterson won Best Chef Southwest in 2008, the restaurant won Outstanding Service in 2019, and it has been named an Outstanding Restaurant finalist multiple times between 2016 and 2020, alongside earlier recognition for its wine program.