Beneath her is a brass plaque bearing one name in bold, staunch letters: VILLA TAVERNA. For decades, this private lunch club has eluded San Francisco, in large part because it reveals so little ...

Address: 27 Hotaling Pl. San Francisco’s Hotaling Place, a one-car-wide street in the city’s Financial District, is home to Villa Taverna, a private club that opened in February of 1960.