Afternoon Tea at The Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego has anchored its formal tea service in the Grand Lobby since the hotel opened in 1970. Pastry courses arrive on silver two-tier trays in the traditional British order—savories, scones, sweets—produced by the same French-trained kitchen behind the hotel's Bonne Vie Brasserie, a from-scratch pastry program rivaling Parfait Paris in the Gaslamp Quarter for its macaron and cake precision. Baccarat crystal chandeliers imported from Milan hang above the Versailles-inspired interiors, and a live harpist accompanies each seating. The executive chef's French-Californian kitchen produces tea sandwiches, handmade French macarons, and seasonal pastry courses entirely from scratch, each plated on the same silver service that has run continuously since 1970—a multi-decade baking tradition few downtown kitchens outside Extraordinary Desserts attempt at comparable scale. Private tea bookings accommodate groups up to large-scale receptions in a setting modeled after the Palace of Versailles without leaving Second Avenue.