Less than one year after reopening in its new home, Coppia will close its doors. The last night of service will be June 20. The sad and surprising news was recently delivered by chef-owners Hedy and Talia Trovato.
“Coppia was never just a restaurant,” they explain. “It was a chapter of our lives written in seasons, in stories, in every plate that left our hands. And like all beautiful chapters, there comes a moment when the page turns.”
The chefs already have charted a unique journey, one that started when they met at Victoria & Albert’s restaurant at Disney’s Grand Floridian. In 2022, the chefs quietly took over the former Sapore restaurant at the Paganini School of Cooking in Chesterland and reshaped it into a creation of their own design. The chefs, now married, were creating tons of buzz for their approachable, seasonal tasting menus, which they presented in tandem with an a la carte menu…