Jody, who also co-owns Via Carota, I Sodi, The Commerce Inn and Bar Pisellino with her wife Rita Sodi, first opened Buvette in the West Village in 2011 and has since taken the restaurant to Paris, Tokyo and Seoul. The 80-cover London outpost will be open all day, meaning you can pop in for a coffee, a leisurely lunch on the terrace or post- theatre cocktails.
The collaboration is part of a broader renovation of the Met's 83rd Street and Fifth Avenue entrance, which includes redesigned dining and retail spaces. "Sodi and Williams will shape a culinary vision that both reinvigorates existing offerings and develops new dining concepts, which will begin to emerge in 2027 at The Met's Fifth Avenue location and in later phases, at the Trie Cafe at The Met Cloisters in northern Manhattan," reads the statement.