When Italian-influenced Sophia's opens on Friday, August 5 on West 6th Street., guests can expect traditional favorites—cacio e pepe, grilled salmon, bone-in ribeye—plus whole roasted fish, crudo, and orecchiette tartufate with black truffle cream.

Eater photographer Courtney Pierce visited the space before its debut this week, which includes a bar and lounge area, an open dining room, and a covered terrace upstairs. Owners Matt Deichl, Jonathan Gillespie, and James Brown of BDG Hospitality Group took over the defunct Bess Bistro spot, reinventing it with fresh wallpaper and flooring, and added new furniture and lighting to usher in its supper club-meets-speakeasy atmosphere.

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