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Cafés in Xinyi

Below Taipei 101 and Elephant Mountain: a 1948 military village, a tobacco-factory park and cafés in residential lanes.

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Xinyi (信義) and Da'an are the modern commercial and financial districts of Taipei.6 Taipei 101, at No. 7, Section 5 of Xinyi Road, rises 508 m and was officially the world's tallest building from its opening on 31 December 2004 until the Burj Khalifa overtook it.1

Away from the malls the district is residential, and its cafés spread through the lanes of Keelung Road, Zhongxiao East Road Sections 4 and 5 and Chongde Street rather than gathering on one strip. Cafe ACME uses the tower's own address, No. 7, Section 5 of Xinyi Road.

Local tip: On a Sunday, time your coffee for Simple Market at Four Four South Village, which runs 13:00–19:00 in the plaza between the old village houses.

At a glance

202Cafés listed
10With opening hours
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21:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: TA Coffee, from 08:00 (Daily 08:00–16:00).
  • Closes latest: 塔吉特信義人文館, until 21:00 (Daily 10:00–21:00).
  • Most common features: wi-fi (4%), specialty (4%), smoke-free indoors (3%).

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Four Four South Village

Four Four South Village (四四南村), at No. 50 Songqin Street, was built in 1948 for workers of the 44th Arsenal of the Combined Logistics Command and their families, which is where the name comes from.23 Most of the village was demolished; the houses that remain were listed as historic buildings in 2003, and some were rebuilt as the Xinyi Civic Hall.2 They now hold cultural and creative shops and a restaurant.3

Simple Market (簡單市集) runs in the village's plaza on Sundays, 13:00–19:00.2 Good Cho's (好丘), a tenant since 2011, closed its Xinyi shop on 23 November 2025.2 Caffe Pergo is on the same street, at No. 3.

Taipei 101 and the tobacco factory

Taipei 101's indoor observatory is on the 88th and 89th floors, with outdoor decks on the 91st and 101st.1 Taipei 101/World Trade Center station is the MRT stop for the village.3

Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, 6.6 hectares, was the Matsuyama Tobacco Plant from 1937 until production stopped in 1998; the city listed it as a historic site in 2001 and opened it as a creative park in 2011.4 Its Eslite bookstore has stayed open 24 hours since January 2024.4

Elephant Mountain and the lanes below it

Xiangshan station, opened in November 2013 on the Tamsui–Xinyi line, is close to the Xiangshan hiking trail up Elephant Mountain (象山).5 Sunshine Cafe (象山日光珈琲), named after the mountain, is in Lane 150 of Xinyi Road Section 5.

Farther north, Lane 147 of Keelung Road Section 1 has Nathalie Lete's Taipei shop and Cyan Cafe (小青苑), open 13:00–19:00 from Monday to Saturday, while I Met You Cafe and mbi share Lane 380. On Chongde Street, MYSBOX, a board-game café, and TRIBU CAFE (森優咖啡) sit at Nos. 70 and 74.

Opening hours in Xinyi

Curista Coffee (奎士咖啡) opens daily 08:00–20:30, and TA Coffee 08:00–16:00, cash only. 烘焙者咖啡 on Songde Road keeps the latest hours, until 22:00 every day, and opens at 09:00 at weekends. The cat branch of Wen Shan (聞山咖啡 永春有貓店, "with cats") in Lane 372 of Zhongxiao East Road Section 5 opens 12:00–20:00.

Several small rooms close in the late afternoon: NUMÉRO QUATRE in Lane 553 of Zhongxiao East Road Section 4 at 17:00 daily, and Stand Up on Yongji Road at 17:30 from Thursday to Sunday. Cobalt Blue Coffee (鈷藍咖啡) at No. 502-1, Section 4 of Ren'ai Road keeps a steady 10:00–19:00, and Dawn Surf Cafe (開燈咖啡) is in Lane 419 of Guangfu South Road.

Sources

  1. Taipei 101, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. 四四南村, Wikipedia (Chinese), accessed October 2026
  3. Four Four South Village, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  5. Xiangshan metro station, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  6. Taipei, Wikivoyage, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Xinyi cafés: questions

What is Four Four South Village in Taipei's Xinyi District?

Four Four South Village, at No. 50 Songqin Street near Taipei 101, was built in 1948 for workers of the 44th Arsenal and their families. Its remaining houses were listed as historic buildings in 2003 and now hold shops, a restaurant and the Xinyi Civic Hall. Simple Market runs there on Sundays, 13:00–19:00.

Which cafés are near Taipei 101 in Xinyi?

Cafe ACME shares Taipei 101's address, No. 7, Section 5 of Xinyi Road, and Caffe Pergo is at No. 3 Songqin Street, the street of Four Four South Village. Good Cho's, the village's former café and shop, closed its Xinyi branch in November 2025.

Which cafés in Taipei's Xinyi District open early?

Curista Coffee opens daily at 08:00 and serves until 20:30. TA Coffee also opens at 08:00 but closes at 16:00 and takes cash only. 烘焙者咖啡 on Songde Road opens at 09:00 at weekends and stays open until 22:00 every day.

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