Overview
- Co-owners Diego Rossi and Pietro Caroli confirmed the trattoria will be shut on Saturdays in addition to its usual Sunday closure, with the new schedule starting in October after honoring September bookings.
- Rossi says the move follows employee requests for consecutive rest days and stresses it is a trial that does not reduce total work, possible because the restaurant is consistently full through the week.
- To offset some lost dinner revenue, Trippa will open at lunch on Fridays to start and may add another weekday lunch, though they expect midday takings to be about half of a dinner service.
- The restaurant will maintain strict booking rules to protect revenue, including €10 per person for same‑day cover reductions after 6 p.m. and €50 for no‑shows or uncommunicated delays beyond 15 minutes.
- The decision reflects a growing post‑Covid shift among some northern Italian restaurants—echoing chef Giancarlo Perbellini’s weekend cuts in Verona—though Rossi notes only busy venues can sustain it given high costs and heavy tax pressure.