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"Making a big splash in San Francisco’s Financial District in September 2023, Holbrook House captured social-media attention with martini and Champagne carts that are summoned by the flick of a switch; a lightbulb indicates which drink customers seek and there's an option to add caviar upon the cart’s arrival, after which staff direct visitors to a drink that fits their palate from spirits or Champagnes by the bottle or glass — an experience meant to evoke the spirit of grand European hotels, general manager and beverage director Hernan Martinez said at the opening." - Dianne de Guzman