Is it just me, or does summer scream burgers and fries? Thought so… Thankfully, when I don’t feel like grilling in my back yard, I don’t have to leave the sumptuous comfort of my home town of Rancho Mirage to find the best burgers in the Palm Springs Valley. When I’m in the mood for…
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Palm Springs Resort Cities Restaurant Week may have just passed, but I was excited to hear while dining at Rancho Mirage’s Catalan Mediterranean Restaurant that this fab establishment will continue its highly popular three-course dinner specials throughout June and July. Dinner with friends last week was pretty much a fairy tale come true. The busy…
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It’s here, it’s here! Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week, that is. Now through June 7, more than 100 venues across the Palm Springs Valley—including a plethora in Rancho Mirage—are offering eat, play, and stay deals of all kinds. Hungry? Great! Confused and overwhelmed? Not so great. But I can lead you toward the path…
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If it’s early June in the desert, it must be Palm Springs Desert Resorts Restaurant Week! And there’s plenty happening right here in Rancho Mirage between May 29 and June 7, the period wherein eateries, entertainment venues, and resorts invite you to “Eat, Play, Stay” with them to take advantage of specially designed promotions. Founded…
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One of the things I look forward to most as summer approaches in the Palm Springs Valley is the fact that most of my favorite Rancho Mirage restaurants offer great specials to make sure a steady flow of customers continues in the triple-digit heat. One of the first ones to cross my desk—and to whet…
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Once upon a time, my take on a liquid diet was combining vodka, gin, and tequila in the perfect proportion for the tastiest Long Island Iced Tea I could brew. Then I discovered Juice It Up! So now, when the need arises to quench my thirst during teetotaling hours, I head to Juice It Up!’s…
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Rancho Mirage has no shortage of burgers, some of the best of which may be had at Johnny Rockets on Highway 111 across from The River. But lest one forget, franchise owners Marriette Simoni and husband Nick Thomas have created a family eatery that is much, much more than a beef patty or two stuck…
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Convivial Darius Farzaneh, 38, longtime bartender at Roy’s Hawaiian Fusion in Rancho Mirage, prefers for customers and colleagues alike to simply call him Dar. “Or they call me ‘the Dartender,’” he says, chuckling. “That gets a lot of mileage.” No matter his moniker, Dar—who has lived in the desert for most of his life, and…
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The good folks at bb’s at The River know something or three about running restaurants. Jack Srebnik—who many in the desert know from his other eateries, The Slice, JT’s Diner, and Maracas (the latter of which he co-owns with Todd and Flora Flood)—is now doing a booming biz at the former location of Acqua Pazza.…
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The good folks at bb’s at The River know something or three about running restaurants. Jack Srebnik—who many in the desert know from his other eateries, The Slice, JT’s Diner, and Maracas (the latter of which he co-owns with Todd and Flora Flood)—is now doing a booming biz at the former location of Acqua Pazza.…
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