A six-foot man and a 50-dollar bill both can look awfully small inside Scopa, the new Italian restaurant that chef Vincent Scotto named after the Italian card game.

Shortly after I met my Sicilian husband 12 years ago, he taught me how to play a card game called Scopa. A favourite pastime in many Italian households, Scopa is centuries-old, fast-paced and fun ...

If you find them, you’ll be right in the middle of Montreal Italian Week’s third-ever scopa tournament. The Italian card game is a multi-generational favourite, and if the tables are free, you ...

Scopa opened a year ago and makes its house marinara, a very good one, daily. The back story Scopa is named for a popular Italian card game.