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6 Places to Meet for Breakfast or Lunch in Desert Hot Springs
Azure Palm Café The café at Azure Palm Hot Springs Resort & Day Spa Oasis serves scratch-made fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a focus on seasonal, plant-forward recipes. Mornings might mean avocado toast brightened with beet-pickled egg or a delicate...
How Restaurant Design Impacts the Dining Experience
In the sun-drenched expanse of the Coachella Valley, where light has long captivated artists, a different kind of artistry plays out within the desert’s most lauded dining rooms, where psychological games of color, secrets, shadow, and storytelling take place. While...
Kitchen Ten Eleven Restaurant Opens at Trilogy Golf Club
Following the rebirth of Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta, the iconic former host of the Skins Game recently unveiled a new signature restaurant: Kitchen Ten Eleven, an inviting hangout for Coachella Valley residents. The contemporary, California-inspired restaurant...
9 Spots to Meet Up for Coffee, Matcha, or a Great Meal in Palm Desert
La Provence Patisserie & Café Chef Farshid Hakim focuses on artisanal ingredients and scratch-made recipes that offer a taste of France in the heart of Palm Desert. The pastry cases brim with chocolate croissants, airy macarons in rotating flavors, fruit tarts,...
8 Best Fine Dining Restaurants in the Desert
Each year, Palm Springs Life invites readers to vote for their favorite businesses, experiences, and attractions across Greater Palm Springs in our city-by-city Best of the Best competition. Below, you’ll find this year’s winners for Best Fine Dining. Explore the full...
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Everbloom Expands With Downtown Indio Location, Plus 5 Other Recent Openings
Everbloom is the sunflower of Coachella Valley coffee shops: warm, bright, and welcoming, especially in the morning, when you’re starting the day and crave outsize human kindness alongside your caffeine. Now, a second location in downtown Indio makes that ritual even...
Meet the Pitmaster Bringing Texas-Style BBQ to Coachella
What’s so great about desert life? What I love most about life in the desert is that: It’s not overcrowded. It’s a short drive to visit the beach, snow, or mountains. And the overall culture. What should diners expect when they grab a meal at Just Smoke BBQ? Being...
The Indian Wells Golf Destination With a Restaurant Run by a Celebrity Chef
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Coachella Valley, Indian Wells Golf Resort offers more than just exceptional golf — it’s a destination where sophisticated design, elevated leisure, and thoughtfully curated experiences converge. Located just 20 minutes from...
Culinary Pop-Ups Spice Up the Desert Food Scene
Quentin Garcia was taking his veggies for granted. That’s one lesson the Lola Rose Grand Mezze executive chef, who hails from Indio, learned when he walked into his kitchen at the Thompson Palm Springs and noticed visiting chefs from Mexico chowing down on raw...
What to Expect at the 2025 Indio International Tamale Festival
Tradition, family, and community are at the heart of the Indio International Tamale Festival, returning to Miles Avenue Park for its 33rd year. What began as a small gathering has grown into one of the Coachella Valley’s most beloved celebrations — a place where...
Chef Nyitre Rodgers Elevates the Menu at The Edge Steakhouse
Long before she stepped into a professional kitchen, Nyitre Rodgers already had a guiding culinary philosophy. At dinner one night in Aruba with friends, she watched a companion push ingredients from her entrée to the side, as if removing the decoration. Rodgers,...
12 Best Bar Scenes in Greater Palm Springs
Each year, Palm Springs Life invites readers to vote for their favorite businesses, experiences, and attractions across Greater Palm Springs in our city-by-city Best of the Best competition. Below, you’ll find this year’s winners for Best Bar Scene. Explore the full...
17 Restaurants (and a Candy Shop) to Try on Your Palm Springs Vacation
SPONSORED Smokin’ Burgers & Lounge This bustling neighborhood joint keeps the crowds coming back with made-to-order burgers, generous portions, and a lively atmosphere that includes a spacious patio and friendly Cheers-like full bar that stays open late seven days...
Bellatrix Restaurant Raises the Bar on Country Club Dining
Bellatrix Restaurant & Wine Bar, the Tuscan-inspired clubhouse restaurant at Classic Club in Palm Desert, is on a mission to push the culinary envelope beyond typical country club fare. Leading this flavorful reimagining is executive chef Jose Torres, a Coachella...
Meet the Duo Behind Cathedral City’s Best Brunch Spot
Named Best Brunch in Cathedral City in this year’s Best of the Best competition, Brunch 101 offers a laid-back, no-rules approach to brunch. With a creative menu and easygoing vibe, Brunch 101 has quickly become a local favorite. We spoke with owner Natasha Garcia to...
11 Brunch Spots to Try From Palm Springs to Coachella
Each year, Palm Springs Life invites readers to vote for their favorite businesses, experiences, and attractions across Greater Palm Springs in our city-by-city Best of the Best competition. Below, you’ll find this year’s winners for Best Brunch. Explore the full list...
12 Coachella Valley Restaurants for a Great Burger
Each year, Palm Springs Life invites readers to vote for their favorite businesses, experiences, and attractions across Greater Palm Springs in our city-by-city Best of the Best competition. Below, you’ll find this year’s winners for Best Burger. Explore the full list...
Palm Greens Café Brings Fresh Flavor to Palm Springs’ Brunch Scene
During the pandemic, our Saturday mornings settled into a new rhythm — cleaning house, doing laundry, and eventually, heading out together to satisfy those midday hunger pangs. That’s when my husband and I rediscovered Palm Greens Café, which quickly became our go-to...
Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth at Brandini Toffee in Rancho Mirage
In high school, desert native Brandon Weimer and a friend decided to make and sell his family’s almond toffee to raise funds for a school trip to Italy. Beyond bankrolling the getaway, the venture snowballed into a toffee empire that has been featured on The Martha...
