The Via Carota Duo Is Taking Over the Restaurants at the Met

"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."

"The pair behind Via Carota from 2014, which earned them the James Beard Award for Best Chefs in New York City in 2019, and landed on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list this year, are also responsible for a string of West Village staples: Tuscan icon from 2008 I Sodi, the all-day cafe Buvette, no-reservations coffee and cocktail spot Bar Pisellino, and American tavern, the Commerce Inn."

Rita Sodi and Jody Williams will create new dining and retail concepts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of a renovation of the Met's 83rd Street and Fifth Avenue entrance. The chefs will shape a culinary vision that reinvigorates existing offerings and develops new concepts, with openings beginning in 2027 at the Fifth Avenue location and later at the Trie Cafe at The Met Cloisters. Restaurant Associates will partner on operations. Offerings will range from casual cafes to full-service lunch and dinner venues designed to serve the museum's six million annual visitors. Sodi and Williams bring accolades including Via Carota (2014), a 2019 James Beard Award, and inclusion on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list.

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