Bar Joséphine

St-Germain & Les Invalides


Named for former regular, entertainer and French Resistance activist Josephine Baker, glamorous Bar Joséphine is within the grand 1910-built Hôtel Lutetia, which reopened in 2018 (the bar's pastel frescoes have been restored). Jazz (live and recorded) is a fitting soundtrack to accompany a signature cocktail such as a Rive Gauche (Guillotine vodka, St-Germain liquor, citrus and celery shrub, and Champagne).


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