Beer To Go

Beer To Go (啤酒土狗) is a bottle shop that also functions as a bar, on Xinsheng South Road near Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT and the Syntrend tech mall. Untappd categorises it as both a beer store and a beer bar, which is exactly right — you can buy and leave, or buy and stay.

The range covers Taiwanese craft and imports across a wall of fridges, with a small draught offer alongside. Central Taipei has surprisingly few genuine bottle shops, so its usefulness is out of proportion to its size: it is the obvious stop for stocking up before a hotel night or a picnic.

The room is plain and functional rather than a destination in its own right, which is part of the appeal — no minimum spend rituals, no theme, just a good fridge and somewhere to sit with what you pick out of it.