Gamsei – a cocktail bar rethought. When owner and head bartender Matthew Bax opened Gamsei in 2013 in Munich's trendy neighborhood Glockenbach, he introduced hyper-localism to a field of practice which had till then been mainly confined to the food scene. At Gamsei, ingredients for cocktails like Lavender Drunk Bee and Frühlingserwachen are either wildly foraged by Bax and his team or grown by local artisan farmers, thus reestablishing a connection with local products, region and culture, and offering something that is unique in its kind. Bax, an Australian artist and founder of three bars, envisioned his fourth project as an antidote to the globalization of cocktail bars. Why drink the very same cocktail in every bar you go to in the world? Why not experience the excitement of the new when sipping a cocktail? The bar interior, designed and executed by Fabian A. Wagner of Buero Wagner with Andreas Kreft, is a clear continuation of this philosophy – looking for new configurations while paying tribute to the local Bavarian culture and craftsmanship. The ambience of a Bavarian beer hall has been applied to the 430 square foot interior through amphitheater-style benches against opposing walls, eliminating the common separation of ...
Gamsei – a cocktail bar rethought. When owner and head bartender Matthew Bax opened Gamsei in 2013 in Munich's trendy neighborhood Glockenbach, he introduced hyper-localism to a field of practice which had till then been mainly confined to the food scene. At Gamsei, ingredients for cocktails like Lavender Drunk Bee and Frühlingserwachen are either wildly foraged by Bax and his team or grown by local artisan farmers, thus reestablishing a connection with local products, region and culture, and offering something that is unique in its kind. Bax, an Australian artist and founder of three bars, envisioned his fourth project as an antidote to the globalization of cocktail bars. Why drink the very same cocktail in every bar you go to in the world? Why not experience the excitement of the new when sipping a cocktail? The bar interior, designed and executed by Fabian A. Wagner of Buero Wagner with Andreas Kreft, is a clear continuation of this philosophy – looking for new configurations while paying tribute to the local Bavarian culture and craftsmanship. The ambience of a Bavarian beer hall has been applied to the 430 square foot interior through amphitheater-style benches against opposing walls, eliminating the common separation of ...