Take a break from sunbathing and vintage shopping to check out the best restaurants in Palm Springs and as far afield as Cathedral City and Yucca Valley, including a secret speakeasy, a Balkan-inspired beer hall and a classic steakhouse.
Like most visitors, I head to Palm Springs to flee life’s stresses: to revel in sunshine and the enormous sky, to watch the colors of the San Jacinto Mountains change from morning to evening, to do as little as possible. A culinary tour is never my primary agenda in the desert — and yet it’s my nature to always be looking for my next great meal. Tourist-oriented restaurants abound, so places brimming with individual character that serve consistent, careful cooking tend to be very popular.
All of which is to say: The menu is large and zigzagging and can warrant guidance. Start with cevapcici, skinless beef sausages served over lepina and kajmak . Crisp, attractively buckled wienerschnitzel tastes even better paired with kaspaten, a caloric wonder of spätzle, caramelized onions, cheese sauce and optional bacon baked in a cast iron skillet. A Greek salad and a side of sauerkraut both offset the richness and cement the culinary bridges.
Jeff Brock and Richard Crisman, the hoteliers and life partners whose local properties include the Sparrows Lodge and Holiday House, opened the restaurant in April 2021 as an homage to Sir Cecil Beaton, the famously flamboyant British photographer, designer, author and all-around Renaissance man who died in 1980 four days after his 76th birthday.
Hot Cheetos. Delve further into the family’s repertoire with a satisfying combination platter featuring carne asada smothered in onionschicharrones, fried yuca, plantain, rice and beans. Fernanda-Morales also will mention seasonal specials such as pescado forrado, a Lenten dish of reconstituted bacalao fried in fluffy egg batter and draped in light tomato sauce.
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