Sauce on Copper - Frisco, Colorado

Abby T.

This place is fine. But because the prices are so bloated, I'm going to judge it harshly.
We got takeout after a long day of skiing. Our party got the rigatoni and sausage, fat tony, organic arugula pizza, house salad, and a basket of bread.
Photo of pizza is attached. First thing I notice is the amount of arugula differs greatly from the photo listed in the online menu. I've had this issue with Sawmill in the past because they started skimping on their arugula pizza as well. So my excitement for this pizza goes down.
I take a bite. It's fine. Not amazing, not great, not really good, just fine. The ingredients tasted fresh. The advertised roasted red peppers were missing. Which is a shame because they would have brought a little bit of much needed moisture to this pizza. There was also no basil on my pizza even though it was listed in the description. Perhaps the 'garlic-infused olive oil' was missing as well. Maybe don't lie about your pizzas guys.
Another issue I have had with other pizzas in the past comes in the form of roasted garlic. It boggles my brain to try to figure out why a chef would put whole cloves of garlic on a pizza. This garlic was not nearly as roasted as it would need to be to get away with this. None of the deep, rich, comforting flavors I seek in roasted garlic were present. Maybe for good reason since there were at least three cloves in one slice of this 10" pizza. At least no vampires will come haunt me tonight I guess.
The last major issue I had with this pizza was that it was too dry, to the point where it became hard to eat. Goat cheese is not oily enough to get away with not having sauce. Maybe the roasted red peppers and olive oil would have helped if they were there. Or perhaps a balsamic reduction drizzled over top. Or make the roasted garlic into a sauce itself. The garlic cream sauce found at Wicked Good Pizza in Leadville is a star performer. I couldn't help but think this is a silly way to present a pizza from a restaurant literally named 'Sauce'.
Anyway, onto the other pieces of the meal. I hope the bread comes free when you sit down at this establishment. It's been literal years since I went to a restaurant with free bread and it makes me sad when I think about it. I was hoping for a warm, soft piece of bread to butter up and enjoy. What came were 4 pieces of toast with cheese on top. Which is fine, just again, not as advertised. In my head, 'bread basket' doesn't mean toast. Which should have come without asking with the meatball appetizer (fat tony). And for some reason the toast was kind of spicy?
The rigatoni was fine. The meatballs and red sauce were fine. The salad was fine. Although, after having Sawmill's house salad this week, Sauce's house selection paled in comparison to the varied textures and delicious dressing from Sawmill.
Overall, for the price, I'm quite offended. I guess all these rich people giving 5 stars value their dollar quite differently than I do. If you're going to charge me $20 for a 10" pizza, at least give me all the toppings you said you would. Because those are the reasons I got that pizza.
Please note there is a 2% "take out" fee. I'm not sure if this is a new Summit County initiative or just from Sauce, but it is there either way.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk. All in all I would not eat here again by choice, due to the resort prices and false advertising.

Kirsten K.

Our family of five showed up without a reservation last night. Rather than turn us away, the host found a four-top for us and seated us immediately. Mitch was an attentive server, checking in on us regularly and making sure our waters were topped off. We ordered two pizzas and a family-sized salad. The salad was larger than I expected, and the pizzas arrived within a reasonable amount of time. The food was delicious. We would highly recommend Sauce.

A.L. S.

Our party of four had excellent food and service at Sauce on Copper. The trout and salmon dishes were delicious and our gluten-free friend raved about her pasta bolognese (and gluten-free menu in general). We loved the family-sized salad options. We will definitely be back.

Mac C.

The food was delicious. The servers were attentive. The drinks were great (maybe a little small though). I left my card at the restaurant, and they were nice enough to find it and keep it safe when I called about it. Shout out to Ross!

Pete N.

I made reservation last night for a party of 7 and was glad that they had a round table to accommodate us. Two of us ordered the Brussels sprout appetizer to share and I thought it was one of the best I have had. So often I have ordered this at other restaurants and they had barely been roasted. I ordered the penne ala vodka with scallops and it was excellent. Another at out table ordered the penne ala vodka and said it was excellent and better than at her favorite restaurant back home. Her husband ordered the chicken marsala, also excellent. Our server, Koa, was excellent and took in stride all the requests and questions from my sister who is gluten intolerant and avoids dairy. I would not hesitant to return!

Terri T.

We enjoyed this restaurant when it first opened last year, but the food this year has been underwhelming. We brought out of town guests and I was embarrassed. We dined there on Christmas Eve. My steak was lukewarm and mashed potatoes cold. I sent it back to be reheated, but it came back the same way. Last night we took 5 guests, and my food experience was worse. I will say, the salads were wonderful, but my bolognese was basically a heap of watery spaghetti noodles with minimal sauce and basically no meat. I then asked for a side of meatballs to add some protein to the dish. The flavor of the meatballs was good, but they were very dry. A friend ordered the spaghetti and meatballs and had to order two sides of sauce as their spaghetti was dry, as well as the meatballs. Very disappointed, as we live here part of the year and we were so excited when this restaurant opened. I hope they can get the food back to the level it was when it opened. We did order pizzas as well for carry out, and they were very good.

Gabe L.

We had a group of five, and had a great time. Our Waitress, Winter, was fantastic. The rest of the staff were very attentive as well. The food, we ordered pizza, was delicious. The bartender served us up 5 shots to take on a ski as a group, and it was great!

Wonderful place to eat!

chloe B.

Mitch absolutely made our meal, we had several issues with the food and drink order (it was Christmas Eve so level set expectations) but Mitch really went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of. He’s friendly, attentive and professional, and he made what would have been a not great experience something great. We enjoyed our time and meal and he provided excellent service!