Italian restaurant Portofino closed last year after 22 years on Paces Ferry Place in Buckhead, but a new Italian restaurant with an espresso and salotto bar is set to replace it Friday, August 4. Bar Ti Amo (“I love you” in Italian) owned by restaurateur and Tuscan native Marco Betti, brings Buckhead an all-day spot with an espresso bar offering breakfast in the mornings that transitions into an Italian restaurant during lunch and dinner.

On the weekends, Bar Ti Amo transforms once again into a late-night Italian salotto bar serving drinks and decadent desserts, including a mascarpone and strawberry cup and classic tiramisu. Growing up just outside of Florence, and working alongside his parents in the family’s butcher shop, Betti says he wants Bar Ti Amo to be a place for people to gather and linger over family-style meals throughout the day, followed by drinks and conversation in the evening.