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One Nob Hill, 999 California (at Mason) San Francisco, CA 94108

415-616-6916

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Best Place to Find a Sugar Daddy
Award Winner 2006

Cuisine(s): American, Brunch, California

Hours: Sun 10am-1pm, Mon-Sat 6:30am-2:30pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-1am
Features: Coat Check, Prix Fixe, Water View

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Reservations: Accepted

Description

This famed martini bar offers high-class wallpaper music on the weekends, including lounge piano, easy listening, classical, and some jazz combos. The best stuff comes late on Friday and Saturday nights, when the drinks pour with a heavy hand and the jazz bands blow with a little more gusto.

2006 | Best Place to Find a Sugar Daddy

Everyone knows the Top of the Mark for great views, smooth jazz, and overpriced cocktails. But this, the granddaddy of San Francisco hotel bars (which famously refused service to Charles Mingus because he was black), is the perfect place for a single lass to make the acquaintance of an older (read: loaded) gentleman. The bands, usually a parade of slick R&B acts with their fingers on the "Proud Mary" trigger, are well versed in mid-tempo soul numbers that won't irritate his arthritic hip,... More »
2005 | Best Sissy-Drink Bar

Top of the Mark InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel, 999 California (at Mason), 616-6916, www.topofthemark.com When the Top of the Mark opened its 360-degree vistas to the public in 1939, candied violets, pomegranate juice, and lemongrass weren't in your standard bartender's bag of tricks. Times (and taste buds) change, however, and as the martini continues its devolution into a sort of alcoholic Bosco for post-pubescents, phantasmagoric, candy-coated sissy drinks (there's no other... More »
2001 | Best Place for a Romantic Spin Around the Dance Floor

There's something classy about Old San Francisco, something that's worth giving up a place in line at the new dance club. Assuming, of course, that it's romance you're after. The 62-year-old Top of the Mark is just a downright lovely venue, with its panoramic views of the city and classic cocktail tables. Live music wafts from the stage every night of the week, including jazz and swing from some of the city's classic bands, as well as from new faces. Regardless of who's playing, there's... More »

Unreality Realized

By Keith Bowers | Wed, August 31, 2011

We present to you a contradiction. You sit in a luxurious setting with a stunning view. People bring you wine and food. On a big screen you watch a man in a prison — a prison that’s so close you can see it out the window. The man is attempting an ... More »
Car Chases, Gunfights -- and Wine Tasting? Sure, this Summer at the Top of the Mark

By Keith Bowers | Fri, June 10, 2011

Legendary three-dot columnist Herb Caen once wrote that "San Francisco ain't what it used to be -- and it never was." Really? Tell that to Steve McQueen, Jacqueline Bisset, Clint Eastwood, Jimmy Stew... More »

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Robert3056519625 | Los Angeles, CA | 6 Reviews

| Tue, February 17, 2009

This is the bar at the top of the InterContinental hotel. On a clear day there is great views of San Francisco and eerily you can enjoy cocktails and look out at Alcatraz.

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Top of the Mark

One Nob Hill, 999 California (at Mason) San Francisco, CA 94108

415-616-6916

Description

"The Best of the Bay"

9:00 p.m. every Sat.

Michael Athans

10:00 a.m. every Sun.

Gone With the Wind and Wine

5:30 p.m. May 29

Ricardo Scales

6:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. every Wed.

Stompy Jones

7:30 p.m. every Thu.

2006 | Best Place to Find a Sugar Daddy

2005 | Best Sissy-Drink Bar

2001 | Best Place for a Romantic Spin Around the Dance Floor

Unreality Realized

By Keith Bowers | Wed, August 31, 2011

Car Chases, Gunfights -- and Wine Tasting? Sure, this Summer at the Top of the Mark

By Keith Bowers | Fri, June 10, 2011

Robert3056519625 | Los Angeles, CA | 6 Reviews