Brother-sister business partners, Paul and Aileen Reilly, the duo behind Beast + Bottle, are opening are opening the doors of their new Uptown eatery, Coperta, today at 5 p.m. A casual, large format concept, Coperta took shape after the siblings traveled through Southern Italy last summer, exploring regional specialties and quaint village hospitality.

Primarily focused on cuisine from Rome and southern Italy, Paul Reilly most readily refers to the menu as "rustic," with simple dishes, freckled with Colorado references. To start, the "mozz bar" is the centerpiece of the second room and a leftover focal point from Jonesy's Eatbar. Emerging from the cold kitchen are two choices of mozzarella balls, either a Caputo Brothers version, house-made and pulled from grass-fed curds, or an imported D.O.P.-certified cheese from Campania, which legally must be shipped fresh in its own whey.

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