With numerous locations in Rennes, Paris and Bordeaux, the Café Joyeux family is now expanding to the city of Marseille. The concept? Delicious coffees and fresh, homemade, seasonal meals served and prepared by waiters and cooks with mental or cognitive disabilities. What’s more, 100% of the profits from sales are reinvested in the employment of mentally handicapped people on permanent contracts and in the opening of future cafés-restaurants! We tell you more about Café Joyeux, which opened its doors in March 2024 in Marseille.
Marseilles finally has its own Café Joyeux: where can you find it?
Winner of the la Fabrique Aviva en 2021 competition dedicated to social entrepreneurship, Café Joyeux has won the handsome sum of 60,000 euros. This reward has been reinvested in the employment of mentally handicapped people and the opening of future café-restaurants, including the one in Marseille at number 14 Place Générale de Gaulle, in Marseille’s 1st arrondissement.
Café Joyeux is the first restaurant in France to employ a majority of staff with Down’s syndrome, cognitive disorders or autism. A genuine route to professional integration for people with disabilities, a new structure opened in Marseille in mid-March 2024. Hot drinks, pastries, sandwiches, dishes and salads made with local produce… It’s that you find yourself in this café with “a little something extra”. And, of course, it’s all prepared with a smile for the happy crew members!
This wonderful initiative enables mentally handicapped people – who are heavily affected by unemployment – to be trained and included in society. A wonderful solidarity project that’s right at home in Marseille!
☕ Café Joyeux
📍14 Place du Général de Gaulle – Marseille 1e