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Frasca Food and WinevsSushi Zanmai
Sushi Zanmai and Frasca Food & Wine are both recommended by professionals. On balance, Frasca Food & Wine scores significantly higher than Sushi Zanmai. Frasca Food & Wine comes in at #1 in Boulder with endorsements from 8 reviews including Zagat, Fodor's and Lonely Planet.
Frasca Food and Wine
Fodor's
Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
BlackBook
Gayot
Zagat
Where
Condé Nast Traveler
1738 Pearl St, Boulder, CO 80302
From $41/night
"In the Friuli region of Italy the frasca (tree branch) is a historic marker for a neighborhood eatery where you'll be warmly welcomed and well fed." Full review
"Not only is slick, sociable Frasca one of the best reviewed restaurants in Boulder, it's one of the best-reviewed in the country, landing on all sorts of national lists since its opening in 2004." Full review
"Chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson’s Friulian menu features hand-cut pasta and pork in half a dozen forms, while the wine list of co-owner (and Master Sommelier) Bobby Stuckey glitters with northern Italian gems." Full review
"Let some luck rub off on you at Frasca, a slow-food sanctuary where the area’s culinary darlings come to play."
17.0
"Effortlessly polished and affable servers help guests navigate their way through Mackinnon-Patterson's seasonally changing menu." Full review
4.8
"“Sublime in every way”, this “special-occasion” “favorite” in Boulder “lives up to the hype” thanks to Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson's “transcendent” Northern Italian prix fixe menu." Full review
" Prix fix menu with wines on M." Full review
"This powerhouse on the Boulder dining scene specializes in northern Italian food, and has racked up award after award and exhibited staying power in a finicky industry." Full review
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Choose the seven-course chef’s tasting, which showcases Friulian specialties; an ever-changing menu highlights fresh produce, dry-aged or roasted meats, and pasta that will make you swoon.
Sushi Zanmai
Fodor's
Where
Frommer's
1221 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302-4805
From $0/night
"The delicious seafood is prepared fresh, and the wasabi is zesty at this perennially popular sushi restaurant, a bright, open place that fills early." Full review
"A Boulder sushi destination for more than 20 years. Special rolls like “Z-No. 9” and “Smokey and the Bandit” are as creative as they are delicious." Full review
"Staff greets you in unison, sings along to karaoke, and otherwise entertains patrons...antics of the employees are no distraction—the sushi rolls, tempura, and noodle dishes are uniformly first-rates" Full review