Fresco Cocktail Shop

Thanks to another taking the time to post, we ventured out from the Como shopping district to find this very cool place. It’s obvious the owner has taken care to create a unique place that has a very cool ambiance and high quality, original drinks. The fresco drinks are all handmade with fresh fruit and spices blends. A journey outside the ordinary bar!

We stumbled across Fresco Cocktail Bar on our way to the Osteria L’angolo del Silenzio next door. It was definitely one of the coolest establishments we found in our two weeks traveling around Northern Italy. A fun, rustic and classy cocktail bar.
It’s a really small, cozy bar that has a vintage, friendly but hip feel to it. The two rooms were definitely worthy of a photo shoot but we failed on that note. There was a huge chalkboard with prices for all their exotic liquors and the bar itself was actually surprisingly small. The night we were there was lively with locals and a few tourists and they had good 1930’s jazz on the stereo such as Louis Armstrong and others I was unfamiliar with. I think it’s great to get turned on to great American music while you are in a tiny bar in Italy.
The cocktail menu was extensive but seemed to lean towards the sweet side, barring any translation problems on our part. The two cocktails we ordered were both excellent. The staff were also quite friendly and brought us great little snacks while we waited for our drinks. First off they brought some olives, tortilla chips and corn nuts. Later they brought some little shrimp and cheese.
If you find yourself in Como I definitely recommend stopping in to see what’s going on.
There is a promotional video about the bar on YouTube: