It’s Almost Time for Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week
The annual Greater Palm Springs Restaurant Week will take place Friday, May 30, through Sunday, June 8.
Participation is easy; visit dinegps.com to find one of the many Coachella Valley restaurants offering prix-fixe menus and specials during these 10 days. As a bonus, $1 will be donated to FIND Food Bank for every reservation booked through dinegps.com.
Pro tip: I try to eat out during Restaurant Week as much as possible, because it’s a great excuse to try restaurants I may not have been to before—but don’t feel like you MUST get the special. It’s OK to order off the regular menu, too!
Updates
The Capriotti’s Sandwich Shop chain has finally opened its first Coachella Valley location. The shop, at 36101 Bob Hope Drive, in Rancho Mirage, is now open and ready to serve; capriottis.com.
Oceana opened its second location, at 70065 Highway 111, in Rancho Mirage, in early April. The seafood restaurant’s foundation is in Mexican cuisine, but with a global outlook. The menus at the new location and the original Palm Desert space are quite similar, if not exactly the same; oceanaranchomirage.com.
The Amigo Room at the Ace Hotel and Swim Club, at 701 E. Palm Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs, has undergone a facelift, replacing the carved pillars and brick with a more modern, earthy, and wood-tone palette, and distinctly midcentury-style furniture. It has “speakeasy”-style cocktails and an assortment of bar snacks like deviled eggs, chicken taquitos and guacamole; acehotel.com/palm-springs/eat-drink.
In Brief
The Pink Door has opened before the security checkpoint at the Palm Springs International Airport. At this restaurant and shop, you can purchase Joshua Tree Coffee, breakfast treats and souvenirs; visit www.instagram.com/flypsp to take a look. … Speaking of coffee, Palm City Coffee and Bakery has opened in the lobby of Hotel Zoso, at 150 S. Indian Canyon Drive, in Palm Springs, with breakfast, baked goods and so on; www.instagram.com/palmcitycoffeeps. … Last month, we let you know that Hot Cookie is taking over the Palm Canyon Drive space that housed Jus Chillin’ in downtown Palm Springs. Now, the former Jus Chillin’ location on the corner of Indian Canyon Drive and Tahquitz Canyon Way will soon become Gelato-A-Go-Go. The owners are remodeling the old space and hope to open in June. If the website is any indication, this will be a funky, ’70s-inspired gelateria; www.gelatoagogo.net. … Borrego Springs has a new restaurant: Michael’s in Borrego is located at 665 Palm Canyon Drive, offering flat breads, sandwiches, pastas and a few entrees, plus a Friday and Saturday night prime rib dinner. We could not find a website or any social media accounts, so look on Yelp or Google for more information. … Olga’s Tacos seems to have closed its location in the food court at The Shops at Palm Desert—but no worries, because there’s a new location in Coachella, at 49625 Park Lane. The Cathedral City location, at 67850 Vista Chino, is also still serving great tacos. The new location was not listed on the web page (olgasrestaurant.com) as of this writing, but it is mentioned on Olga’s Instagram (instagram.com/olgastacos18). … Several Palm Springs spots have newly appeared on restaurant-for-sale sites. They include Frisky Business Cat Café, at 4781 E. Palm Canyon Drive, Suite F; this space could offer an excellent opportunity for someone to offer quick-eats breakfast and lunch, as there is currently no place in the shopping center besides Vons to grab a bite. Also for sale: La Bottega, at 540 S. Indian Canyon Drive, and Acai Oasis, at 144 S. Palm Canyon Drive. Good luck to everyone involved.
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I really wanted the cat cafe to succeed. I know they spent so much on the build out. I just felt (with all respect) it was way more about the cats and not so much of a cafe.
The Amigo Room has undergone a lobotomy and not a facelift. The new owners seem to have little idea what their loyal customers love about The Ace. They “broke” this space and have reduced the well curated beer selection from days past to a ho-hum (and tiny) selection of uninteresting beers, mostly in cans. And to describe the cocktails as “speakeasy” style is an affront to some of the truly amazing bars in town (e.g., Truss and Twine, Seymour’s, etc.).