by Besha Rodell

There's no doubt about it: Scopa Italian Roots is quite the looker. If there's a checklist for modern-design elements that indicate a certain level of quality and chic in a restaurant, Scopa's designers ticked every box: brick walls, subway tile, giant mirrors, high ceilings, a vaguely industrial feel, even one of those tall, glowing back bars that make the liquor bottles incandescent, like a magical apothecary.

In fact, Scopa's lighting is one of its major accomplishments, and it goes a long way toward creating the suggestion that you are just as gorgeous and urbane as the restaurant in which you're dining. Here the cocktails are both sophisticated and pretty, and the kitchen serves until midnight.

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