Scarpetta, located at 355 West 14th Street, is now open for business. Scott Conant, one of the city’s top Italian chefs, is the Chef and owner. The place is conceived as seasonal Italian and will feature the kind of elegant, yet elemental and assertive food Conant is known for, such as imported ricotta raviolini with chicken livers and spinach purée, and calamarata pasta with mixed seafood and sea urchin. The room, which is designed by S. Russell Groves, holds 70 seats, and has a long mahogany bar and a twenty-seat café in the front.