About the venue
Cars were banned here until 1925.
Until June 1925, cars were banned from Graubünden's roads. Almost a century later, a restored Shell station at Punt Muragl, a short drive from St. Moritz, sells fuel, coffee and cake under one roof.
British car enthusiast Richard Gauntlett, whose father Victor owned Aston Martin in the 1980s, bought the run-down station, restored it and opened the café in 2023 in partnership with Meyers Manx, the Californian dune buggy brand whose revival he is part of. The result is part café, part petrol station, part design boutique and Meyers Manx showroom: tiny, full of objects you want to take home, and licensed to serve alcohol.
The Manx itself was born in California in 1964, when Bruce Meyers designed a fibreglass body for the Volkswagen Beetle chassis. It won the first Mexican 1000 race in 1967, starred alongside Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair and inspired an estimated quarter of a million copies. New owners revived the brand in 2020, and its line-up now includes the electric Manx 2.0.
The café has hosted book signings with Lord Norman Foster and designer Marc Newson. Meyers Manx has also appeared at The I.C.E. St. Moritz, the concours on the frozen lake: Steve McQueen's Thomas Crown Affair car paraded there in 2022, and the brand ran a coffee pop-up with La Marzocco on the ice in 2026.
You will find it at Punt Muragl in the municipality of Samedan, where the Muottas Muragl funicular starts, about 5 km from St. Moritz. Punt Muragl has its own Rhaetian Railway stop, and Zurich is roughly three hours away by car.
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Working Shell station
Fill the tank, then stay for coffee and cake.
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Meyers Manx showroom
The California dune buggy, on show in the Engadin.
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Restored in 2023
Revived by Richard Gauntlett, son of former Aston Martin owner Victor.
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Design-world signings
Norman Foster and Marc Newson have both held book signings here.
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