DV8
Hours / 營業時間
Daily 7:30 pm – 3:00 am；每天 7:30 pm – 3:00 am
02-2733-9039
No.385 Section 2 Fu-Xing South Road Taipei 台北市復興南路二段385號
Credit Cards Accepted / No Service Charge 可刷卡 / 無服務費
DV8：Good ol’ American dive bar with beer, sports channels and snacks
Years ago when I first moved from San Francisco to Taipei a friend from the U.S. took me out for a drink. It was a place called DV8 on Jin-hua Street. I thought to myself, what a coincident! I used to frequent a club in San Francisco during my college years and it’s also named DV8. I wondered if these two establishments are somehow related. Once I went inside and I was amazed by the similarities: both places offered variety of beer, the TV hanging from the ceiling is always tuned into sports channels and Happy Hour is a daily ritual with free snacks.
This past July someone finally answered my inquiry in regard to DV8 and it’s the sole owner of DV8. The story goes back to 20 years ago when Michelle was encouraged by friends to open a bar of her own. One of her friends who helped her setting up DV8 and later became in charge of the music was a young man from San Francisco. He suggested the place to be model and named after the most popular club of his hometown. Therefore everything inside of DV8 was the same as the one in San Francisco!
18 months ago Michelle closed DV8, sold the store front and started travelling abroad. When she came home, a dilemma occurred: she didn’t know where to go if she felt like getting a drink with people who became good friends with her through DV8. Everyone would come to DV8 for drinks, light supper or just catching up with each other. Michelle missed her friends and all the happy moments they shared and decided to bring back DV8, except for this time it’s located on Fu-Xing south road adjacent to the back door of Taiwan University.
The new DV8 is very much the same as the previous one. Drink list and menu are written by chalk on the wall above the bar. That has always been the characteristic of DV8. And all the walls inside of DV8 are reserved for graffiti: apparently customers like to doodle when they come to DV8. Michelle is still one sexy lady and doesn’t seem to age at all. She’s very proud of the fact that over the years many interracial marriages occurred at DV8 and a lot of couples would bring their significant others to DV8 to commemorate wedding anniversaries or the day they first laid eyes on each other.
Long Island ice tea ﹙NT300﹚ is DV8’s signature mixed drink and Michelle has a secret recipe that makes this drink smooth and full of kicks! When you’re in the mood for snacks, you may choose any flavor of handmade pizza to satisfy your taste bud. If you’re indecisive, go for beef pizza﹙NT250﹚which is the most requested flavor so far. Nachos ﹙NT200﹚with chef Michael’s homemade salsa is the must have item for foreign customers and locals alike!
Wine lovers watch out because every Thursday night is red wine night ﹙NT100 / glass; NT600 / bottle﹚. And let’s not forget the daily happy hour is from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm ﹙draft beer NT100; cocktails & whisky are half off﹚.
The regulars feel right at home when they’re at DV8. People have drinks together, shoot darts and chitchat with each other. Some come as often as 3 or 4 times a week because DV8 is a second home for all of them.
DV8：啤酒、運動頻道和下酒菜缺一不可的美式酒吧
當我從舊金山搬回台北時，某天晚上一位美國籍的朋友帶我去金華街的一個酒吧，招牌寫著：DV8。真巧，我住在舊金山時常和朋友去玩的地方也叫DV8，而當我在台北看到一模一樣的名字時，我不禁納悶，他們之間是否有關連？進去之後大吃一驚，眼前所見和我在舊金山所見非常相似，不但啤酒的選擇多樣化，牆上的電視永遠鎖定在運動球賽頻道，每天固定有歡樂優惠時段，並提供免費的下酒菜。
今年七月初，終於有專人為我解答。20多前Michelle在朋友的鼓勵之下，決定自己開一家酒吧；當時協助她的朋友之一，同時也是店內放音樂的DJ，是個來自舊金山的年輕人，建議以他的家鄉最熱門的酒吧DV8為藍圖，在台北也打造一個，因此連店名都直接沿襲靈感的來源。
Michelle在一年半前轉手賣掉金華街的店面，但是當她想找以前店內的常客、如今成為好朋友一起聚會時，卻不知道該上那兒去？因為太懷念以前的快樂時光，她重做馮婦，於接近台灣大學後門的復興南路重新打造DV8。
酒單、菜單通通寫在酒吧上的牆壁是DV8的風格，店內牆壁提供顧客塗鴉的習慣也不變，而歲月也沒有在性感火辣的Michelle身上留下足跡。最令Michelle得意的是，這些年來DV8湊成非常多對的異國聯姻，客人會帶著自己的另一半到DV8慶祝結婚週年慶、甚至是當年第一次見面的紀念日！
DV8的招牌調酒是長島冰茶﹙300元﹚，Michelle的配方的確不同，喝起來很順口，但是後勁依然很強！肚子餓了，點一客手工披薩，口味選擇多重，牛肉披薩﹙250元﹚是最受歡迎的！而下酒菜以墨西哥烤乾酪玉米片﹙200元﹚搭配廚師Michael的獨門莎莎醬是中外客人必點的！
喜愛喝紅酒的朋友記得每週四是屬於你的日子！整晚享有DV8紅酒一杯100元﹙整瓶600元﹚的優惠；而每天7:30 pm – 9:30 pm都是歡樂優惠時段，生啤酒一杯100元，所有威士忌和調酒以半價招待。
DV8的客人把這裡像自家的客廳，大家一起喝啤酒、射飛鑣，和Michelle閒話家常，不少客人一週有三、四個晚上都在這裡，因為DV8是所有人共同擁有的第二個家！
