In Antibes, the unbeatable pan bagnat sandwich from Chez Josy
LÉO BOURDIN The distant sputter of a small engine breaks the nighttime silence. Mario Gianantonio rides in on his trusty Piaggio Ciao. Cigarette at his lips and sleeveless shirt against his skin, the charismatic owner of Chez Josy is returning from his supply run, his moped loaded with crates and bags brimming with provisions.
- ▪LÉO BOURDIN The distant sputter of a small engine breaks the nighttime silence.
- ▪Mario Gianantonio rides in on his trusty Piaggio Ciao.
- ▪Cigarette at his lips and sleeveless shirt against his skin, the charismatic owner of Chez Josy is returning from his supply run, his moped loaded with crates and bags brimming with provisions.
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Chez Josy on Plage de la Salis in Antibes. LÉO BOURDIN The distant sputter of a small engine breaks the nighttime silence. Mario Gianantonio rides in on his trusty Piaggio Ciao. Cigarette at his lips and sleeveless shirt against his skin, the charismatic owner of Chez Josy is returning from his supply run, his moped loaded with crates and bags brimming with provisions. This scene played out in Antibes (southern France), on Plage de la Salis, in the early 1970s. It repeated for decades, around 6 am, ever since the summer of 1965 – when the former mason and his wife, Saveria (nicknamed "Josy"), Italian immigrants from Calabria, were given the chance to run one of the brand-new sandwich kiosks installed by the town hall on this 300-meter stretch of white sand – one of the city's most…
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