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.
In my review of that restaurant, I wrote, “Disillusioned by previous tasting menus experiences that simultaneously lasted too long and offered too little, I was more than pleasantly surprised by the ones delivered here.”
The couple’s success in Chesterland lead to a major announcement in 2024, news that the owners were relocating to a custom-built restaurant in Willoughby. That new restaurant (1731 Lost Nation Rd., 440-375-5956) opened its doors in July of 2025.
“From the very beginning we imagined a fine dining experience where the food, service and atmosphere were completely harmonious,” she added. “During our time in Chesterland, we did start to noticeably outgrow our kitchen and dining room space. So we wanted to design an area that could allow our concept to keep growing and moving forward.”
As the chefs decamp southward, they do so with gratitude for what they have accomplished here and for what’s to come.
“We believe life is meant to be lived fully, to be followed where it calls, even when it means leaving something we love. As we step into what comes next, we do so with full hearts – grateful, proud and certain that the best stories are the ones still waiting to be told.”
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