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Mint
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Mint
The Best Restaurant in the US Serves Italian Food in Boulder, Colorado
if you're looking for the best country in America right now, you'll want to head to Boulder, Colorado. Frasca Food & Wine, whose specialty is the lesser known cuisine of Friuli in northeast Italy, snagged the title of best restaurant from the James Beard Foundation at an awards ceremony on Monday night in Chicago. The casually refined 21-year-old restaurant, from chef Lachlan McKinnon Patterson and acclaimed sommelier Bobby Stuckey, specializes in dishes like cappelletto affondato — burnt flour pasta with green and white asparagus and sheeps milk ricotta — and Alaskan halibut with green strawberries, wild ramps and baccala, the salt cod dish. The vast wine list is world-wide famous; it won Beard's outstanding wine program award in 2013. 'We are so humbled to have won outstanding restaurant,' said Stuckey after taking the stage to accept the award. 'This August, Frasca turns 21 years old and this award is for the communities of Boulder, Denver and Colorado.' It was the one winning Colorado restaurant in the national awards. Otherwise it was New York City's night. Of the 13 big deal national awards, New York dominated with four. Among the big wins for the Big Apple were the title of outstanding restaurateurs, which went to Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr, operators of the wildly popular Le Veau d'Or on the Upper East Side, as well as Le Rock, in Rockefeller Center and Frenchette downtown. Outstanding hospitality went to Atomix, from Ellia and Junghyun Park, the gamechanging fine dining Korean restaurant that last year was ranked No. 6 in the Worlds 50 Best restaurant list. The outstanding chef is Jungsik Yim, chef and owner of Jungsik, the dynamic Korean dining room which made news in New York last year when it broke into the three Michelin star restaurant club. Outstanding cocktail professional is Ignacio Jimenez, better known as Nacho, at Superbueno in Manhattan's East Village, where the specialty is engaging riffs on classics like the vodka y soda, a crystal clear drink mixed with guava and pasilla. 'I can't describe how honored I feel to represent cocktails and their crucial role in hospitality,' he said, after the win. Jimenez also spotlighted the hard working Latin American restaurant community that he represents. 'I'm largely motivated by representing my heritage, both as a Mexican and as a New Yorker. It shines a light on the work that my community does every day and is a huge platform to create more opportunities for those that look like me, who aren't always afforded the same opportunities and come from where I come from.' Likewise, Vijay Kumar, who was named best chef: New York in the regional awards for his cooking at Semma downtown, paid tribute to his native country and current hometown. 'For one of the grandest cuisines in the world, Indian food has been overlooked for far too long and it has been incredibly powerful to reclaim that unapologetically with such regionality and emotion. And there's no better place to do it than New York.' Among the other regional chef winners was Nando Chang, who won the title best chef South for his outstanding Nikkei cuisine at Itamae AO in winners were named at Chicago's Lyric Theatre. The restaurant awards, which launched in 1991, have been based in Chicago since 2015. The city will host the awards through 2027. But its long tenure as host did not result in more than two awards for the night: Kumiko was named outstanding bar and Oriole's Noah Sandoval won best chef: Great Lakes. Ironically, before the awards set up shop in Chicago a decade ago, they were based in New York. Organizers thought that moving them away from the Big Apple would help spread out the national awards across the country. But this year, that didn't help; New York's hospitality community was unstoppable. Following is a list of all the winners. Outstanding Restaurant Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO Outstanding RestaurateursLee Hanson and Riad Nasr, Frenchette, Le Veau d'Or, and Le Rock, New York, NY Outstanding Chef presented by HiltonJungsik Yim, Jungsik, New York, NY Emerging Chef Phila Lorn, Mawn, Philadelphia, PA Best New RestaurantBûcheron, Minneapolis, MN Outstanding BakeryJinJu Patisserie, Portland, OR Outstanding Pastry Chef or BakerCat Cox, Country Bird Bakery, Tulsa, OK Outstanding Hospitality Atomix, New York, NY Outstanding Wine and Other Beverages ProgramCharleston, Baltimore, MD Outstanding BarKumiko, Chicago, IL Best New BarIdentidad Cocktail Bar, San Juan, PR Outstanding Professional in Beverage ServiceArjav Ezekiel, Birdie's, Austin, TX Outstanding Professional in Cocktail ServiceIgnacio 'Nacho' Jimenez, Superbueno, New York, NY Best Chef: CaliforniaJon Yao, Kato, Los Angeles, CA Best Chef: Great Lakes Noah Sandoval, Oriole, Chicago, IL Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic Carlos Delgado, Causa and Amazonia, Washington, D.C. Best Chef: Midwest Karyn Tomlinson, Myriel, St. Paul, MN Best Chef: Mountain Salvador Alamilla, Amano, Caldwell, ID Best Chef: New York State|Vijay Kumar, Semma, New York, NY Best Chef: Northeast |Sky Haneul Kim, Gift Horse, Providence, RI Best Chef: Northwest and Pacific Timothy Wastell, Antica Terra, Amity, OR Best Chef: South Nando Chang, Itamae AO, Miami, FL Best Chef: Southeast Jake Howell, Peninsula, Nashville, TN Best Chef: Southwest Yotaka Martin, Lom Wong, Phoenix, AZ Best Chef: TexasThomas Bille, Belly of the Beast, Spring, TX This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Bloomberg
9 hours ago
- Bloomberg
The Best Restaurant in the US Serves Italian Food in Boulder, Colorado
if you're looking for the best country in America right now, you'll want to head to Boulder, Colorado. Frasca Food & Wine, whose specialty is the lesser known cuisine of Friuli in northeast Italy, snagged the title of best restaurant from the James Beard Foundation at an awards ceremony on Monday night in Chicago. The casually refined 21-year-old restaurant, from chef Lachlan McKinnon Patterson and acclaimed sommelier Bobby Stuckey, specializes in dishes like cappelletto affondato — burnt flour pasta with green and white asparagus and sheeps milk ricotta — and Alaskan halibut with green strawberries, wild ramps and baccala, the salt cod dish. The vast wine list is world-wide famous; it won Beard's outstanding wine program award in 2013.
Axios
12 hours ago
- Business
- Axios
Colorado restaurant wins James Beard award
Boulder's beloved Frasca Food and Wine took home one of the culinary world's top prizes Monday, a James Beard award for Outstanding Restaurant. Why it matters: The category is among the James Beard Foundation's highest honors, recognizing restaurants that deliver consistent excellence. Driving the news: The upscale Italian eatery, led by restaurateur Bobby Stuckey, triumphed against four other restaurants scattered across the country to earn its third James Beard award at the 35th annual ceremony held in Chicago. The previous two recognized the restaurant's outstanding service and wine program. What he's saying: Stuckey took the stage and shouted: "Our industry is frickin' beautiful." Like other winners, he emphasized the importance of immigrants to the restaurant world amid federal raids. "If you are new to this country and don't speak the language, the hospitality industry is here for you," he said from the podium. The big picture: Two restaurants, four chefs and two bar owners from Colorado were named James Beard finalists. The other finalists from Colorado who didn't win included: Carolyn Nugent and Alen Ramos, Poulette Bakeshop in Parker, for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker McLain Hedges and Mary Allison Wright, Yacht Club in Denver for Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service Josh Niernberg, Bin 707 Foodbar in Grand Junction for Outstanding Chef Alma Fonda Fina in Denver for Best New Restaurant Penelope Wong, Yuan Wonton for Best Chef: Mountain region The intrigue: Salvador Alamilla, the chef behind Amano in Caldwell, Idaho, took home the medal for best chef in the mountain region, which includes Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming. Zoom in: First nominated in 2016, Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson opened Frasca in 2004. The Boulder restaurant has since collected a variety of national nods, including consecutive Michelin Stars in 2023 and 2024. The Frasca Hospitality Group operates several Colorado restaurants, including Pizzeria Alberico, which sits next door to Frasca, and Tavernetta and Sunday Vinyl in Denver.
Axios
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Boulder's Frasca wins James Beard award for Outstanding Restaurant
Boulder's beloved dining room at Frasca Food and Wine was crowned a winner at the 2025 James Beard Awards, earning the Outstanding Restaurant honor at Monday's ceremony in Chicago. The big picture: Although the upscale Italian eatery has previously been recognized by the Beard Foundation, this is the Pearl Street restaurant's first time as a finalist in this category and pushes the city's culinary scene further into the national spotlight. Catch up quick: The Outstanding Restaurant category is among the James Beard Foundation's highest honors, recognizing restaurants that deliver consistent excellence. Flashback: The James Beard Awards announced their 2025 semifinalists in January, with more than a dozen Colorado chefs, bars and restaurants in the running. Hosea Rosenberg, of Boulder's Blackbelly, was acknowledged as a semifinalist in the Best Chef — Mountain (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming) category. Zoom out: First nominated in 2016, master sommelier Bobby Stuckey and chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson opened Frasca in 2004. It has since collected a variety of national nods, including James Beard Awards for Outstanding Wine Program and Outstanding Service, and consecutive Michelin Stars in 2023 and 2024. State of play: The Frasca Hospitality Group operates several Colorado restaurants, including Pizzeria Alberico, which sits next door to Frasca, and Tavernetta and Sunday Vinyl in Denver.
CBS News
12 hours ago
- Business
- CBS News
Frasca Food and Wine in Colorado wins James Beard Award for outstanding restaurant in the U.S.
Frasca Food and Wine in Boulder, which already had a Michelin Star and two James Beard Awards -- from 2013 and 2019 -- won the James Beard Outstanding Restaurant Award. It was one of just five restaurants in the entire country nominated and it earned one of, if not the most coveted, awards in the food and beverage industry, and one of several Colorado restaurants, bakeries, and industry professionals nominated this year. Other nominees for Outstanding Restaurant included Coquine of Portland, Oregon; Galit, of Chicago; Nonesuch of Oklahoma City; and Oberlin of Providence, Rhode Island. "Our industry is frickin' beautiful," Bobby Stuckey, partner and master sommelier at Frasca, said in his acceptance speech. "We are the industry -- if you are new to this country and you don't speak the language -- the hospitality industry is here for you. If you're a single parent and you need a flexible schedule, we're here for you. If you need a second chance because maybe you were incarcerated or just made some mistakes, hospitality is here for you, and I love that the James Beard Foundation gives this beautiful industry this night. Thank you." Tahiirah Habibi, left, and Bobby Stuckey speak on stage during the 2025 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards on June 16, 2025 in Chicago, James Beard Foundation The award ceremony and gala were held Monday night at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago. Frasca Food and Wine is located on Boulder's Pearl Street Mall at 1738 Pearl Street.
