台中國美館周圍一直是人文薈萃之地，悠閒的綠地與豐富的藝文活動搭配，
在繁華熱鬧的中港商圈之外，闢出靜謐角落也讓都市得到喘息的空間，
而我們也隨著 FACTORY 的腳步走入巷弄小店，介紹大家幾個具有特色的好去處。
The casual, cosmopolitan neighborhood of National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts has always been appreciated by its visitors. A perfect place for modern citizens to slow down their pace and embrace its peaceful atmosphere. In this issue we will follow the trails of FACTORY in exploration of the neighborhood to uncover several low key stores with distinguish features.
成立於2014年的春天，與國美館為鄰。店面營造出一股風雅的清流感，舒適且明亮，二樓為展場空間，會不定時的與設計師和藝術家舉辦展覽。店裡引進各國的設計師服飾、鞋包、太陽眼鏡、金屬物件、生活器皿等等，原產地多來自於日本、德國及台灣，為非常高品質且均齊的蒐集。
Zasso – established in the spring of 2014, located alongside the museum. The store layout was fabricated in an elegant and contemporary style, comfortable and bright. Zasso introduces qualified foreign designer clothing, shoes, bags and accessories mainly produced in Japan, Germany and Taiwan. The second floor was designed as a performance space where art exhibitions are hosted occasionally.
成立於 2012 年，是自創帆布袋包設計品牌， EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN 的延伸工作空間，除了自家設計製作的帆布袋包、工作圍裙等系列商品外，並同時展售來自世界各地的日常生活設計雜貨選品，希望這些永恆美好的設計，能一直的被愛惜使用著，即使經過時間的變化，即使有了痕跡磨損，卻增添了物件不一樣的表情樣貌，透過這些生活的小小細節，去豐富過生活的態度，與大家一同看見過去的美好，保留現在的感動，與期待未來的不確定。
Space for Everything In Between – established in year 2012, an original brand specializing in canvas products. Besides from providing self made items such as canvas bags and aprons, the store also exhibits foreign selected items. Space for Everything In Between takes pride in their authenticity within each product. Although traces and marks can be seen on the items as time goes by, they ultimately resembles all the details and memories along your journey. .
於2016年開張，是隱身於巷弄裡的無肉、無蛋奶的蔬食餐廳，店裡食材強調有機、自然、無基改，並致力於推廣台灣在地小農的有機農作物，希望慢慢藉著對食物的友善，進而對人及環境的尊重，乃至世界萬物都能如此，成就一個善的循環。
Algernon Food Meet – Established in 2016, a vegan restaurant hidden within the alleys. Algernon strives to promote local agriculture by selecting organic, non genetic modified materials as their ingredients. Through serving healthy and organic food, Algernon looks to build a positive circulation between the people and the environment.
雖然名字裡面有個restaurant，卻有著非常專業的咖啡吧台，提供美味的義式咖啡以及新鮮水果現榨的果汁。甚至是搭配餐點的葡萄酒與新鮮的比利時hoeggarden生啤酒與各式以新鮮水果為基礎的調酒。餐點的部份，我們號稱台中地區最強漢堡店，來自澳洲的沙朗牛排作成的漢堡排與鬆軟的麵包搭配各式不同的組合。以及每天以大量蔬果熬成的高湯熬煮義大利麵，與手揉的pizza麵團搭配自家熬煮番茄醬汁，與各式當日甜點。 週一到週日皆全天候供餐，趕不上用餐時段的朋友們，即便是下午三點或者晚上十點也可以好整以暇的來吃飯，即便你的朋友已經吃飽了也有甜點可以搭配咖啡或是葡萄酒，一起享受美好的相聚時光。 我們在這裡等你，期盼與你相遇。
Despite Patio entitles itself as a restaurant, it also serves a wide variety of delightful coffee, fresh juice, wine, cocktail and Belgium beer. Patio is also known as a top notch burger joint in Taichung. Using Australian sir loin beef as its main ingredient for their burger patties, several choices of bread are also available in order to meet customer's preferences. Furthermore, a plentiful amount of fresh vegetables are used on a daily basis in preparation of the soup stock used to boil their well known spaghetti. And hey, don't forget about their hand-made pizza along with their self-made tomato sauce. Patio opens at a daily basis from Monday to Sunday...what are you waiting for?
