"If you have the money you go, if not you look". This is the answer that the mayor of Trieste, Roberto Dipiazza, gave to the local TriesteCafè website when he asked him for a comment on the high prices of the prestigious Caffé Sacher, which opened in the city on 1 June last after a long wait and constant postponements.
Dipiazza then, contemptuous of the controversy, even increased the dose: «Would you like a Ferrari but you can't afford it? So if she passes you're there to look at her, so..."
The Sacher cake in Trieste is sold for 45 euros. Dipiazza is keen to confirm the principle: if you don't have a certain amount of money, you can't afford some things. Rather, cut short, "it is a great pride that Trieste was chosen to open the Caffè Sacher and no one thinks of the enormous amount that has been invested to open the place".
The Caffè Sacher is Viennese par excellence, then opened in Salzburg; this one in via Dante, in the center of Trieste - a city always in the heart of the Austrians - is not only the first in Italy but it is the first point of sale outside the national borders.
Despite the success with the public, there was some controversy: the price of the slice is more or less the same as in Vienna, practically 10 euros (8.90); the costs of other products are also high. However, the Café remained closed today. For the controversy? Not at all: because the supply of cakes has run out after the huge influx of customers. We will have to wait until Tuesday, when the supplies arrive.
(Unioneonline/E.Fr.)
