Maybe
Hours / 營業時間 Weekdays 平日 8PM – 3AM; Weekends 週末8PM – 4 AM
(02)2705-7399
No. 15 Lane 253 Section 1 Fu-Xing South Road Taipei
台北市復興南路一段253巷15號
Credit Cards Accepted / 10% Service Charge
提供刷卡 / 一成服務費
Maybe: the Last Oasis in Taipei for Rock & Roll Fanatics!
Three years ago Bruce along with a few good friends took over a storefront and turned it into what’s now called Maybe. Bruce had dreamed about opening his own lounge bar when he was only a college student. His dream did come true and Maybe was born to be a simple, easygoing, and down-to-earth hangout joint. Whether you put your best looking suit or walk in with casual flip flops, you can always feel at ease while listening to rock & roll music from all around the world. You can sit back, relax and enjoy the rock & roll marathon or get up and sing your heart out!
Every lounge bar has a designated DJ to be in charge of the music. At Maybe Bruce is the commander at the music station and he can take your request as long as you follow the simple rules: 1. No Mandarin and Taiwanese music; 2. No Hip Hop and techno music. If you are interested in learning about the basics in rock & roll music and the classic tunes, come hang out at Maybe and listen to the music festival that goes on all night long. You can enjoy a few drinks and be baptized by rock & roll. There is no need to worry about those shower singers. Bruce will ask them nicely to give up the microphone and buy them a round of drinks before the tragic happens.
Maybe attracts many rock & roll fanatics and most of them are society elite between the age of 25 to 40. Bruce shares an interesting insight into the social problem of modern people. After graduation most people have difficulties making new friends. When they meet those who love rock & roll as much as they do, an active social group was born. Hence Maybe becomes more than a rock & roll heaven, it is also a place where friends with common interest can have a good time.
Maybe was highly recommended by a friend and she insisted to show me the place. My first time at Maybe was for her 40th birthday. It was a very special birthday celebration and the birthday cake was made of sticky rice shaped like a bikini bathing suit with two candles on it! And it was also my first time trying Maybe’s signature drink: Baby sleeps for three days (350NT). Nine types hard liquor were mixed into one drink and the portion was more than generous. When you finish it, you feel like as if your dull life suddenly becomes colorful again! This signature drink is so popular that the best record so far was 100 orders in one night. That means every patron had at least one Baby sleeps for three days because the capacity at Maybe can only allow 80 people the most.
The night I stopped by Maybe to interview the owner Bruce was Maybe’s 3rd anniversary. Every year Bruce goes out of his way to celebrate the anniversary and this year was no exception. For their 3rd anniversary a cross-dressing party was in order and when Bruce appeared all eyes were on him. Among all the acts imitating the legendary female singer Tiger Huang Bruce is the best looking man of all.
There are themed parties and special events throughout the year at Maybe. And the most unique event has to be the talent show, just like the trendy talent TV search program where customers can demonstrate their singing skills and face the cruel commentary from the acting jury members or take a challenge to guess the title of the song by listening to bits of the prelude.
Maybe is like one big family and every member is passionate about rock & roll. And they all tell me that Maybe’s signature fries (180NT) is the best home-cooking there is in the city of Taipei. And Maybe’s beef noodle (260NT) comes from an ancient family secret and it is off-limits to those non-family members. You’d better come join Maybe before full house.
MAYBE:台北市的最後一塊搖滾樂淨土，隨時讓你HIGH翻天！
三年前布魯斯和幾個志同道合的朋友接下現在Maybe的店址，他的想法很單純，希望能夠實現大學時期的夢想，那就是開一家以搖滾樂為特色的夜店，簡單、隨和、無論是穿人字拖鞋或是燕尾服的，都能自在的走入Maybe，聽到喜歡的國內外搖滾樂，和其他搖滾樂迷一起聽音樂，甚至大聲的唱出來。
每家夜店都有負責放音樂的DJ，在Maybe布魯斯都是自己擔任DJ，而且還準備兩隻麥克風讓客人一起唱，想要點歌必須遵守布魯斯的原則：不接受國台語歌曲、電音和嘻哈音樂。如果對於搖滾樂有興趣的朋友，不妨來Maybe聽音樂，因為布魯斯會播放國內外的入門和經典搖滾樂，讓你小酌之餘還可以接受搖滾樂的洗禮！不過，如果遇到歌藝不佳卻巴著麥克風不放的客人，布魯斯會大方的請對方喝酒，阻止悲劇繼續發生。
Maybe吸引非常多熱愛搖滾樂的男男女女上門，年齡分布是25至40歲的社會中堅份子，布魯斯發現一個有趣的現象，這年頭似乎大家進入社會工作之後就很難交到朋友，很多志同道合的客人在Maybe認識之後，自成一個社交團體，當他們相約來Maybe，不再是為了聽搖滾樂，而是和擁有共同興趣的朋友一起分享快樂時光！
第一次去Maybe是去參加朋友的四十大壽，壽星不斷的和我推荐這家店，當晚店家準備一個很特別的慶生方式，送給壽星一個用油飯做成比基尼形狀、上面還插著兩根蠟燭的另類生日蛋糕！那晚喝到Maybe最為大家津津樂道的招牌調酒：寶貝睡三天﹙350元﹚。九種不同的烈酒調配而成，而且份量十足，500cc下肚之後，黑白的人生頓時變彩色的！這杯調酒曾經在一晚賣出將近百杯，表示當晚每位客人都點了至少一杯，因為客滿的Maybe也不過才八十個席次！
安排採訪的當晚是Maybe的週年慶，每年都有不同的慶生方式，今年邀請來賓變裝反串，男扮女裝，女扮男裝，布魯斯一出場大家一致拍手叫好，因為他應該是所有反串過黃小琥的男人中，長得最好看的！Maybe不定期會舉辦節慶主題派對，也會模仿時下流行的歌唱比賽，讓客人登台展現歌喉並面對現場評審團的評論，或是挑戰聽音樂前奏猜歌名的遊戲。
Maybe就像一個大家庭，住在這裡的每個人都對搖滾樂瘋狂，而他們都說Maybe招牌炸薯條﹙180元﹚是全台北市最好吃的，而Maybe招牌牛肉麵﹙260元﹚是布魯斯媽媽的獨家秘方，外人可是沒有機會品嚐的，趕緊加入Maybe吧！
