A rooftop bar that isn’t El Techo is the gift we all deserve. Charmaine’s, in the San Francisco Proper Hotel, is upscale without feeling pretentious, and has excellent views of City Hall and down Market Street. The crowd can be a bit corporate (it is a hotel bar, after all), but that doesn’t make the cocktails any weaker or less delicious. Heads up, there's a $50 per person minimum for groups of three or more.