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Two new restaurants, operated by Sebastians Café and Catering, are now open at the Boston Public Library (BPL) in Copley Square. The restaurants offer library visitors a unique dining experience and showcase the BPL as one of Boston’s most inviting destinations.

The restaurant, called Novel, offers a luncheon buffet featuring gourmet salads, homemade soups, signature sandwiches, and a variety of hot and cold entrees, as well as afternoon tea service.  It is now open Monday through Friday from 11:30-4:30. Luncheon buffet is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and afternoon tea is served from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

The café, called Sebastians Map Room Café, offers breakfast and lunch items and features freshly made sandwiches and salads, homemade soups, desserts and snacks. The café is now open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

The restaurants are located on the first floor of the historic McKim building. Novel overlooks the Boston Public Library Italianate courtyard with its famed Bacchante statue and fountain. Sebastians Map Room Café is housed in the space originally opened as a map room in 1895.

To make a lunch reservation, please call 617-385-5660. For more information about restaurant and catering services at the BPL in Copley Square, please visit Sebastians Café and Catering.