It's pleasant, Saturday brunch at Scopa Italian Roots, a bit of calm compared with the roar of nearby Abbot Kinney Boulevard. The filtered sunlight in the double-height dining room feels like late afternoon, although it is just after noon.

Big tables of neighborhood regulars, so loud late in the evening, are polite, almost subdued. It is hard to believe that not long ago, this was a neighborhood Chinese restaurant, all egg rolls and moo shu pork.

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