Cocktails at Top of the Mark: Table for 8

Top of the Mark
No full dinner here, only tapas and cocktails, celebrating the end of another week in paradise. A full 360 degree view of San Francisco, a plush dinning room in a historic building. To further convince you there is this CBS News Video celebrating their 85 years in business.

Since we'll probably be drinking, I suggest you leave your car at home, but parking is available - valet, or garage and street parking an be found a block or two away, but your walk may be steep, very steep.

I suggest the California Street Cable Car, but arrive early.

And.. I have another event following for a late dinner.

History
The Mark Hopkins Hotel was built by George D. Smith[1] on the site of the old Mark Hopkins mansion, which had burned down following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The hotel was dedicated in 1926, and the penthouse suite was rented exclusively to Daniel C. Jackling, reputedly at US$1,250 (equivalent to $22,000 in 2024) per month,[2] until he moved to his house in Woodside in 1936.[3] In 1939, shortly after emerging from a 1933 bankruptcy, George Smith convinced the trustees of the Mark to spend US$110,000 (equivalent to $2,493,000 in 2024) to convert the 11-room penthouse on the hotel's 19th floor into a glass-walled cocktail lounge,[3] which became known as the Top of The Mark.[4]
Marjorie Trumbull won fame in the 1940s for her radio interviews of celebrities broadcast on KSFO and conducted from the Top of the Mark.[5][6]

During World War II, when San Francisco was a major transit point for troops going to the Pacific Theater, servicemen traditionally had a farewell drink before shipping out while watching the sun set over the Golden Gate Bridge.[7][8] The northwest corner was known as "Weeper's Corner" after the wives and girlfriends who would gather there for their final look at departing ships.[9]

*A new tradition was established during the Korean War, when squadron members would sponsor a "squadron bottle" to be kept available at the bar. Each member would sign and date the label after claiming a free drink, and the man who took the last drink would keep the signed bottle and purchase a new bottle. By the end of the Korean War, thirty-two squadron bottles were in use.[3][10] *from Wikipedia

Menus and Reviews
Top of the Mark
Top of the Mark (Wikipedia)
Top of the Mark (Instagram)

Administratriva
Top of the Mark's menu has tapas (small plates) for about $25 each, and cocktails are about $20-$25 each excluding tax and tip. Estimate about $50 depending on how much one drinks.

Dress is Polished or Cocktail Attire

Taxes and Restaurant Fees
Dining in San Francisco has a sales tax (8.625%) and probably an employee health mandate (3-10%), a tip (20%) may be automatically added, even on individual bills, if not we expect a 20% minimum tip to be paid for individual bills.

Each bill should be per individual.

Please bring cash or have Zelle or Apple Cash available.

Transportation to Top of the Mark
MUNI: California Cable Car
Finding street parking is not that difficult.
Restaurant has valet.
Parking garage can be found nearby
Use event comments for Car Pooling and Ride Sharing.

Many thanks for the photos and history from wikipedia and restaurant websites