Valley Club: Sleek New Hotel Bar Just Opened From a Cocktail Pro | Eater SF

"Occupying the former Benjamin Cooper space on Geary Street, this newly opened Union Square lounge (opened Thursday, June 12) is the first solo project from Mitch Lagneaux, whose résumé includes high-end San Francisco bars like Horsefeather and Brass Tacks. Billed as “a sexy sexy lounge” by local writer Camper English, the upstairs spot inside Hotel G — above Adriano Paganini’s coastal Italian restaurant — is decked with mirrors and plush interiors. The cocktail program is similarly dressed-up, featuring a chocolate-and-raspberry Negroni and a Midas Touch built with bourbon, Galliano, vanilla, orange, lemon and “pure gold,” plus “side quests” of batched shots (two for $20 or four for $35)." - Paolo Bicchieri