Frasca finally opens for lunch -- for two days only

For the first time, Frasca Food & Wine is opening for lunch -- but only on Friday and Saturday, May 8-9. Although the schedule change is to accommodate people in town for graduation ceremonies at the University of Colorado, you don't need to know a student to sign up for...

By Patricia Calhoun

May 5, 2009

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For the first time, Frasca Food & Wine is opening for lunch -- but only on Friday and Saturday, May 8-9. Although the schedule change is to accommodate people in town for graduation ceremonies at the University of Colorado, you don't need to know a student to sign up for the $50 prix-fixe, four-course meal by chef/owner Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson. (Sommelier Bobby Stuckey will be on hand to pair wines and offer recommendations, too.) To reserve your spot, call 303-442-6966.

And while Frasca will quit serving lunch after Saturday, it will soon have more seats to accommodate the throngs to flock to the restaurant at 1738 Pearl Street. The restaurant has created an outdoor patio that will open as soon as this "freaky deeky weather settles down," says spokesomwan Sarah Abell. And all thirteen al fresco dining spots will be reserved for walk-in diners -- doubling Frasca's walk-in capacity.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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