A three-floor complex on Lane 49 off Zhongxiao East Road, opened in 2024 by three indigenous Taiwanese co-founders — and a name that runs as a homophone in two directions. 三藩市 reads as both three-tribe city and Some Fun. The two public faces of the partnership are Brandon and Amis, hosts of the YouTube show Stupid Bar; the third partner stays off camera. The bar is unusual on the Taipei circuit for centring indigenous source material — millet wine cocktails, tribal flavours, traditional music — without it reading as decoration.
The room
Three floors, three different days. The ground floor opens from noon as a café, with draft beer and easy cocktails running alongside the coffee program. The full bar lives on the second floor and starts at 7.30pm. The third floor is seating with a DJ booth, set up to flex for events. Indigenous detail meets you at the door — a giant neon Q-version indigenous figure on the way in — and traditional music carries through the room. Closed Sundays.
The cocktails
Brandon is the senior bartender of the partnership; Amis runs both the coffee and the cocktail side (咖啡、調酒雙刀流). The list is online and unusually wide — 部落特調 (tribal specials), 小米酒特調 (millet-wine specials), coffee cocktails, classics, plus a 特濃專區 extra-strong section for anyone wanting to skip the warm-up. Beer, wine, and millet wine by the bottle round it out.
A few markers from the program as it ran in mid-2024:
- 神木的故鄉 — a gin fizz infused with tieguanyin and oolong, lifted with peach and passionfruit extract. Reads closer to a sparkling fruit tea than a serious cocktail, in the best way.
- 部落也有提拉米蘇 — labeled on the menu as "tribal-flavor Jägermeister," which turns out to mean 保力達 (Baolida) — Taiwan's own bittersweet herbal tonic. An Alexander reframed: Baolida, chocolate liqueur, cream, and an off-menu hit of watermelon that draws a macadamia-nut note out of the chocolate.
- 咖啡馬丁尼 — Amis's signature, and probably the most expensive espresso in the room. Standard bean is geisha — fresh-pulled Colombian sun-dried geisha, Cîroc vodka, a touch of Mr. Black. The whole-fruit berry note carries through cleanly. The same beans run as a NT$150 pour-over if you want the comparison.
- Sidecar — Brandon's recommended classic, built off Kishi Hisashi (岸久) and Uyeda Kazuo (上田和男): Grand Marnier rinse, then Cointreau, cognac, lemon, with old ice and machine ice mixed in the build for a softer, sweeter finish.
Cocktails sit in the NT$350–450 band. The kitchen — 滷味, a ham-and-cheese board — was paused as of mid-2024; treat the bar as drink-only for now and front-load food elsewhere.
一飲樂酒誌 — 2024-07-11
整體來說三藩市不管在調酒或氛圍上都相當有自己獨特的展現，Brandon和Amis就像Youtube上一樣親切好相處，但調起酒來仍是相當認真。以原住民素材、小米酒和咖啡為主題的酒吧不多見，三藩市算是有自己獨特的賣點。
Source: 一飲樂酒誌
Know before you go
- Hours: noon — 3am (Fri/Sat to 4am); bar program opens 7.30pm; closed Sundays
- Cocktails: NT$350–450
- Phone: 02-8773-5309
- Food: kitchen paused as of mid-2024 — call ahead if you need it
Somefun
A three-floor complex on Lane 49 off Zhongxiao East Road, opened in 2024 by three indigenous Taiwanese co-founders — and a name that runs as a homophone in two directions. 三藩市 reads as both three-tribe city and Some Fun. The two public faces of the partnership are Brandon and Amis, hosts of the YouTube show Stupid Bar; the third partner stays off camera. The bar is unusual on the Taipei circuit for centring indigenous source material — millet wine cocktails, tribal flavours, traditional music — without it reading as decoration.
The room
Three floors, three different days. The ground floor opens from noon as a café, with draft beer and easy cocktails running alongside the coffee program. The full bar lives on the second floor and starts at 7.30pm. The third floor is seating with a DJ booth, set up to flex for events. Indigenous detail meets you at the door — a giant neon Q-version indigenous figure on the way in — and traditional music carries through the room. Closed Sundays.
The cocktails
Brandon is the senior bartender of the partnership; Amis runs both the coffee and the cocktail side (咖啡、調酒雙刀流). The list is online and unusually wide — 部落特調 (tribal specials), 小米酒特調 (millet-wine specials), coffee cocktails, classics, plus a 特濃專區 extra-strong section for anyone wanting to skip the warm-up. Beer, wine, and millet wine by the bottle round it out.
A few markers from the program as it ran in mid-2024:
- 神木的故鄉 — a gin fizz infused with tieguanyin and oolong, lifted with peach and passionfruit extract. Reads closer to a sparkling fruit tea than a serious cocktail, in the best way.
- 部落也有提拉米蘇 — labeled on the menu as "tribal-flavor Jägermeister," which turns out to mean 保力達 (Baolida) — Taiwan's own bittersweet herbal tonic. An Alexander reframed: Baolida, chocolate liqueur, cream, and an off-menu hit of watermelon that draws a macadamia-nut note out of the chocolate.
- 咖啡馬丁尼 — Amis's signature, and probably the most expensive espresso in the room. Standard bean is geisha — fresh-pulled Colombian sun-dried geisha, Cîroc vodka, a touch of Mr. Black. The whole-fruit berry note carries through cleanly. The same beans run as a NT$150 pour-over if you want the comparison.
- Sidecar — Brandon's recommended classic, built off Kishi Hisashi (岸久) and Uyeda Kazuo (上田和男): Grand Marnier rinse, then Cointreau, cognac, lemon, with old ice and machine ice mixed in the build for a softer, sweeter finish.
Cocktails sit in the NT$350–450 band. The kitchen — 滷味, a ham-and-cheese board — was paused as of mid-2024; treat the bar as drink-only for now and front-load food elsewhere.
一飲樂酒誌 — 2024-07-11
整體來說三藩市不管在調酒或氛圍上都相當有自己獨特的展現，Brandon和Amis就像Youtube上一樣親切好相處，但調起酒來仍是相當認真。以原住民素材、小米酒和咖啡為主題的酒吧不多見，三藩市算是有自己獨特的賣點。
Source: 一飲樂酒誌
Know before you go
- Hours: noon — 3am (Fri/Sat to 4am); bar program opens 7.30pm; closed Sundays
- Cocktails: NT$350–450
- Phone: 02-8773-5309
- Food: kitchen paused as of mid-2024 — call ahead if you need it
