The Riff - Hi-Fi Cocktail Restaurant

The Riff is a hi-fi restaurant and cocktail bar in Piazza San Prospero, created by Benny Benassi, Fabio Volo, Ezio Burani and Franco Montanari. It is influenced by international listening-bar culture, but the feel is more restaurant, cocktail bar and music salon than silent audiophile room. The bar-console setup brings bartenders and DJs into the same visual field, with drinks and music treated as part of the same evening. Public coverage frames the room around a New York 1970s and 1980s mood, selector-led nights and a polished cocktail programme. The Riff fits ListenBars as a social hi-fi restaurant and cocktail bar. It is the right choice for dinner, drinks and music-led nights in central Reggio Emilia, not for quiet album-side listening.