co-founder, Candelaria & Le Mary Celeste (Paris) · 4 picks
Josh Fontaine came to Paris in 2008 and, with Carina Soto Velásquez and Adam Tsou, opened a run of bars that reset how the city drinks — Candelaria in 2011, Glass in 2012, Le Mary Celeste in 2013 — and now also runs the apéritif brand Lutèce. Asked by Service95 where he eats and drinks in Paris himself, he named none of his own rooms: a palace-hotel bar, his morning café, a family brasserie, and a new place opened by friends.
The bar team here is doing fantastic work. One of my go-to spots when I'm looking for a refined cocktail experience.
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My local café where I can be found meeting neighbourhood friends over coffee several mornings a week.
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A quality, all-day classic brasserie from a family of Parisian restaurateurs.
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An unassuming, great new restaurant by my friends Tess and Geoffrey, who I met during harvest at Maison Valette in Burgundy.
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Published 2026-09-06