co-founder, Candelaria & Le Mary Celeste (Paris) · 4 picks
Where does Josh Fontaine eat in Paris? Josh Fontaine has named 4 places in Paris: Bar Les Ambassadeurs, Mardi, Le Chardonnay and Paulownia. Each one is listed below in their own words, with the source.
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 · updated 2026-10-13