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Jörg Meyer
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i. Biography
Coming Up
Modern cocktail lineage gave the Gin Basil Smash its reach through Le Lion — Bar de Paris in Hamburg (from 2008), where Jörg Meyer became known as its creator. Its movement through bartenders, menus, and guests is the relevant evidence: a drink that traveled beyond its point of origin because its construction was direct enough to be understood, repeated, and named. A signature drink can become a working shorthand for a bar’s standards. At Le Lion — Bar de Paris, the Gin Basil Smash was not only a recipe attached to Jörg Meyer; it became part of how the bar’s craft was read. Its clarity sits beside the same public language he uses about business: exact, communicative, and built for peers as much as guests. Today, Jörg is founder of Le Lion — Bar de Paris, keeping the identity of the drink tied to the room where it first gathered momentum.
Where They Are Now
Continuity is part of the operating craft here. The role keeps Jörg Meyer attached to Le Lion — Bar de Paris, the base from which his best-known drink moved through Germany and beyond. In a bar culture that often rewards movement, this profile is shaped by the slower work of holding a standard, returning to the room, and treating hospitality as a business as much as a performance. Trade writing and bar operation meet in the same practical position. Meyer writes for colleagues, for self-employed people, for those running small shops; he wants to explain how the business works with transparency, without complaint, and with honesty. Read that way, the bar functions as a clear argument: place, product, public standard, and business structure all open to direct discussion. The useful lesson is that bar craft includes the ledger. Meyer’s language does not dress up precarity or hide the commercial frame beneath the room. It treats hospitality as work sustained by lucid decisions: bottles, service, mood, and the operating choices that allow the doors to open again.
Signature
Jörg's signature cocktails include Gin Basil Smash and Gin-Basil Smash.
Honors
Jörg Meyer has received Tales of the Cocktail — Best New Cocktail Bar for Le Lion. Jörg's honors include World's 50 Best Bars list, peak ranking No. 16 (2013).
Profile updated July 2026
FAQ
Asked of Jörg
What is Jörg Meyer's current role?
Jörg Meyer is Operator.
Where did Jörg Meyer work before?
Earlier in their career, Jörg Meyer worked at Le Lion — Bar de Paris.
What recognition has Jörg Meyer received?
World's 50 Best Bars list, peak ranking No. 16 (2013).
