Energetic stop offering steaks, ribs, burgers & British-Indian curries plus beer & cocktails.
A neighbourhood sports bar that has anchored the corner of Fuxing North Road since 2003 — and one with an origin story unlike anything else on Taipei's bar circuit. Two members of the Taipei Baboons rugby team, in Bali on a club tour, sketched the idea for a Taipei sports bar over Bintangs in the Sari Club on the evening of October 12, 2002. Hours later, the bombings hit. Five of their teammates didn't come home. Two months after that, Max Murphy called Peter Chworowsky and asked if they were going to do it. Brass Monkey opened February 28, 2003.
The origin story
Late one Saturday evening on a rugby tour to Bali, two team members of The Taipei Baboons Rugby Team were sitting in the Sari club amongst other members of the team talking about the possibility of opening a sports bar in Taiwan. The two friends, Peter Chworowsky, successful American entrepreneur and Max Murphy an Australian businessman, talked into the night over a few Bintangs Beers.
The date was October 12, 2002. Moments later two terrorist bombs ripped through Paddy's Bar and the Sari Club killing 202 people and wounding hundreds more. Five members of the Taipei Baboons touring squad lost their lives.
Around two months after the terrorist attacks Max called Peter and asked, "Do you remember what we were talking about in the Sari Club?"
Peter: "Yeah"
Max: "Well let's do it".
With the support of five other friends — from Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and the United States — Peter and Max brought the vision of The Brass Monkey to life on February 28, 2003. We see the Brass Monkey as a tribute to those friends that lost their lives on that October evening.
— Peter Chworowsky & Max Murphy, founders (brassmonkeytaipei.com)
The room now
Twenty-plus years on, Brass Monkey runs as a full-service sports bar and kitchen. Steaks, ribs, burgers, and a small run of British-Indian curries handle dinner; draft and bottled beer plus a long cocktail list cover the bar side.
Screens carry live broadcasts year-round — football, rugby, NFL, tennis, baseball — and the website lists the upcoming fixtures. Resident DJs work the later weeknights, and Thursday Ladies Night has been a fixture of Taipei nightlife for two decades. Expect a crowd that runs heavy on long-stay expats, weekend rugby crews, and visitors who came once on a Lonely Planet recommendation a decade ago and kept coming back.
Know before you go
- Reservations: book via LINE @426cenpz
- Website: brassmonkeytaipei.com
- What to expect: sports-bar volume during big matches; quieter for a midweek meal
The Brass Monkey
Energetic stop offering steaks, ribs, burgers & British-Indian curries plus beer & cocktails.
A neighbourhood sports bar that has anchored the corner of Fuxing North Road since 2003 — and one with an origin story unlike anything else on Taipei's bar circuit. Two members of the Taipei Baboons rugby team, in Bali on a club tour, sketched the idea for a Taipei sports bar over Bintangs in the Sari Club on the evening of October 12, 2002. Hours later, the bombings hit. Five of their teammates didn't come home. Two months after that, Max Murphy called Peter Chworowsky and asked if they were going to do it. Brass Monkey opened February 28, 2003.
The origin story
Late one Saturday evening on a rugby tour to Bali, two team members of The Taipei Baboons Rugby Team were sitting in the Sari club amongst other members of the team talking about the possibility of opening a sports bar in Taiwan. The two friends, Peter Chworowsky, successful American entrepreneur and Max Murphy an Australian businessman, talked into the night over a few Bintangs Beers.
The date was October 12, 2002. Moments later two terrorist bombs ripped through Paddy's Bar and the Sari Club killing 202 people and wounding hundreds more. Five members of the Taipei Baboons touring squad lost their lives.
Around two months after the terrorist attacks Max called Peter and asked, "Do you remember what we were talking about in the Sari Club?"
Peter: "Yeah"
Max: "Well let's do it".
With the support of five other friends — from Australia, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, and the United States — Peter and Max brought the vision of The Brass Monkey to life on February 28, 2003. We see the Brass Monkey as a tribute to those friends that lost their lives on that October evening.
— Peter Chworowsky & Max Murphy, founders (brassmonkeytaipei.com)
The room now
Twenty-plus years on, Brass Monkey runs as a full-service sports bar and kitchen. Steaks, ribs, burgers, and a small run of British-Indian curries handle dinner; draft and bottled beer plus a long cocktail list cover the bar side.
Screens carry live broadcasts year-round — football, rugby, NFL, tennis, baseball — and the website lists the upcoming fixtures. Resident DJs work the later weeknights, and Thursday Ladies Night has been a fixture of Taipei nightlife for two decades. Expect a crowd that runs heavy on long-stay expats, weekend rugby crews, and visitors who came once on a Lonely Planet recommendation a decade ago and kept coming back.
Know before you go
- Reservations: book via LINE @426cenpz
- Website: brassmonkeytaipei.com
- What to expect: sports-bar volume during big matches; quieter for a midweek meal
