If there’s something Palm Springs has been blessed with that we can all appreciate, it’s the city’s vast selection of excellent restaurants and watering holes (the Rat Pack would be proud). And while Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week highlights restaurants across the Coachella Valley, we just want to focus on the fine dining establishments found here in Palm Springs. Why? Because that’s what we’re about.
Restaurant Week is a wonderful way to get out and explore the diverse selection of dining options we have here in Palm Springs, and here at The Palm Canyon Paradise, we call this “research.” We are dedicated souls (burp), having dined and wined at quite a few of these establishmments over the years, from 533 Viet Fusion and the Blue Coyote, Cafe Europa, Copley’s, Europa Restaurant, Johannes, Kaiser Grille, King’s Highway, and Lulu, to Pomme Frite, Rick’s, Sammy G’s, The Steakhouse at Spa Resort Casino, Tropicale, and Trio. But clearly, from the list to the right, we have much work left to do, and disappointingly, we may not make it to every restaurant between now and June 11. Though wallet-willing and the creek don’t rise, we’ll try.
With special menus that highlight retaurant offerings, you can find special menus for two course lunches beginning at $15, and three course dinners starting at $29. That doesn’t include tax or gratuity, or your drink tab, which we hear can be sizable.
But whether you’re in the mood for classic American comfort food, or an ethnic specialty, or world class fine dining, Restaurant Week provides you with the opportunity of the summer to get out and experience the best of what Palm Springs can dish out. Don’t go, however, just for the food, but the full Palm Springs experience. When you dine at Copley’s, for instance (where I had a birthday dinner some years ago), you dine at the 1940s Cary Grant guesthouse (eat their ice cream whenever offered, it is divine), and you get the Palm Springs experience served up with your meal at no extra cost. Some Palm Springs restaurants are inherently part of the Palm Springs experience, whether it’s Melvyn’s, or Spencer’s, Johannes, or Le Vallauris. Others are welcome newcomers, keeping the mix fresh and invigorating. We love them all.
While you’re out and about this Restaurant Week, make sure to snap that photo of a meal you absolutely love, and share it with us at publisher@sunrunnersw.com. Make sure to tell us what it is, where it’s at, who you are (if we haven’t met already), and who you were with. We’re planning regular dining features to highlight our Palm Springs restaurants, bars and nightclubs, chefs, mixologists, and their—and your—favorite creations and concoctions. Dining and nightlife are central to the classic Palm Springs lifestyle, and we want to make sure to share it with our readers because it’s really a shame to not enjoy such incredible talent and skill (burp). Chefs and mixologists (bartenders), are often artists, and their talents are some of what’s at the core of an authentic Palm Springs experience.
So stop reading and get out and eat! Restaurant Week runs only through June 11, and Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week has a wonderful website where you can search for restaurants and even reserve tables at many. Hopefully, we’ll see you out there at one of our delectable dining establishments soon.
Participating Palm Springs Restaurants
533 Viet Fusion 1775 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 625 760-778-6595 $29 dinner
Al Dente Trattoria Toscana & Bar 491 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-325-1160 $29 dinner
Alicante Spanish Mediterranean Cuisine 140 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-325-9464
$29 dinner
Blue Coyote Bar & Grill 445 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-1196 $20 lunch / $29 dinner
Broken Yoke Cafe – Palm Springs 262 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-318-9655 $15 lunch
Cafe Europa Palm Springs 301 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-835-5878 $15 lunch
Cantala at Riviera Palm Springs 1600 N. Indian Canyon Drive 760-778-6659 / 866-588-8311 $39 dinner
Chi Chi at Avalon Hotel & Bungalows 415 S. Belardo Road 760-318-3012 $39 dinner
Chicken Ranch 515 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-832-6682 $20 lunch / $29 dinner
Copley’s on Palm Canyon 621 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-9555 $49 dinner
dish Creative Cuisine 1107 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-322-7171 $49 dinner
Draughtsman at Arrive Palm Springs 1501 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-507-1644 $25 lunch / $39 dinner
Eight4Nine Restaurant & Lounge 849 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-325-8490 $29 dinner
Escena Lounge & Grill 1100 Clubhouse View rive 760-992-0002 $39 dinner
Europa Restaurant at Villa Royale Inn 1620 S. Indian Trail 760-327-2314 $49 dinner
Il Giardino Ristorante Italiano 333 S. Indian Canyon Drive, Suite K L 760-322-0888 $39 dinner
Jake’s 664 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-4400 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
Johannes 196 S. Indian Canyon Drive 760-778-0017 $39 dinner
jusTapas 301 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-835-5878 $29 dinner
Kaiser Grille – Palm Springs 205 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-323-1003 $20 lunch / $39 dinner
King’s Highway Diner at Ace Hotel & Swim Club 701 E. Palm Canyon Drive 760-325-9900 $39 dinner
Le Vallauris 385 W. Tahquitz Canyon Way 760-325-5059 $49 dinner
LG’s Prime Steakhouse – Palm Springs 255 S. Palm Canon Drive, Suite B2 760-416-1779 $49 dinner
L’Olivo Italian Bistro 333 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 105 760-327-0382 $29 dinner
LuLu California Bistro 200 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-5858 $20 lunch / $39 dinner
Melvyn’s Restaurant at Ingleside Inn 200 W. Ramon Road 760-325-2323 $20 lunch / $39 dinner
Michael Holmes’ Purple Room 1900 E. Palm Canyon Drive 760-322-4422 $39 dinner
Mister Parker’s at Parker Palm Springs 4200 E. Palm Canyon Drive 760-770-5000 $49 dinner
Mod Cafe 515 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite B9 760-699-7714 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
Moxie Palm Springs 262 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-318-9900 $29 dinner
Mr. Lyon’s Steakhouse 233 E. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-1551 $39 dinner
Palm Greens Cafe 611 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite 6 760-864-9900 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
Peaks Restaurant at Palm Springs Aerial Tramway One Tram Way 760-325-4537 $49 dinner
Pomme Frite 256 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-778-3727 $39 dinner
PS Underground (Secret location) 760-636-8442 $49 dinner
Purple Palm Restaurant & Bar at Colony Palms Hotel 572 N. Indian Canyon Drive 760-969-1818 $49 dinner
Reservoir at Arrive Palm Springs 1551 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite B 760-507-1640 $25 lunch / $39 dinner
Rick’s Desert Grill 1596 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-325-2127 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
Rio Azul Mexican Bar & Grill 350 S. Indian Canyon Drive 760-992-5641 $29 dinner
Sammy G’s Tuscan Grill 265 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-320-8041 $29 dinner
SHARE Small Plate Bistro at Hyatt Palm Springs 285 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-969-6026 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
SO•PA at L’Horizon Resort & Spa 1050 E. Palm Canyon Drive 760-323-1858 / 800-377-7855 $49 dinner
Spencer’s Restaurant 701 W. Baristo Road 760-327-3446 $39 dinner
The Kitchen at Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs 150 S. Indian Canyon Drive 760-969-6645 $25 lunch / $39 dinner
The Steakhouse at Spa Resort Casino 401 E. Amado Road 760-250-1804 $49 dinner
The Tropicale Restaurant & Coral Seas Lounge 330 E. Amado Road 760-866-1952 $39 dinner
ThreeSixty North Bar & Grill 360 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-327-1773 $39 dinner
Trio Restaurant 707 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-864-8746 $29 dinner
Watercress Vietnamese Bistro 415 N. Palm Canyon Drive 760-832-9927 $15 lunch / $29 dinner
Workshop Kitchen + Bar 800 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite G 760-459-3451 $49 dinner
Zin American Bistro 198 S. Palm Canyon Drive 760-322-6300 $29 dinner
Our thanks to Copley's, the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism, and the Greater Palm Springs CVB for photos.
