For a year now the team at Ripiena have been pulling up their socks six days a week with a working day that starts at 9AM and usually finishes after 11PM. When we first opened, our fit-out consisted of five tables and four bar stools and we managed every aspect of our business between just the two of us – and with ease. Throughout 2019 our business has grown exponentially, and with that growth we’ve hired and trained a wonderful team of people to help with our daily operations.

Despite how things picked up, we had always had one day a week that was quiet enough for just Nicolo’ and myself to manage. However, from the second half of 2019, and into the New Year, we’ve no longer had this quiet, manageable day. While we’ve become increasingly unhappy with the level of service that we’ve been able to provide on these days, we also cannot expect our staff to work six days a week as we have been doing for the past twelve months.

It is with this background that we have decided to close on Mondays and Tuesdays so that we will be able to provide exceptional service and quality product for each minute that we open (and also we’ll have two days off a week just like normal people).

In addition, closing on Tuesday night will allow us to open Wednesday for lunch, meaning we will now offer lunch service five days a week as we launch our new lunch menu. We will also be able to keep our doors open until 5PM to sell our fresh pasta to the public – which we are now updating the menu and ordering system for.

All the best, and we look forward to seeing you all in 2020!