The Dessert Block was built for hotel magnet Victor Dessert in 1904. Dessert owned the Pacific Hotel, the Cliff House and the Victor Block, as well as this saloon facing Bernard, with a drug store in the corner and a clothing store. The upper floors were hotel rooms. In later years, it was known as the St. Regis Hotel. In 1970, Larry Brown opened his popular Onion Bar on the main floor.