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The Best Places to Eat in Palm Springs

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By Heather Platt 
| Fine Dining Lovers
Whether you’re in town for Coachella, Stagecoach, or a quick desert escape, these restaurants define where to eat in the desert right now. Palm Springs’ dry desert air and poolside views of the San Jacinto Mountains have been luring vacationers from Los Angeles and beyond for more than a century. In recent decades, world-famous music and film festivals have drawn visitors from even farther afield.
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How Neighborhood Restaurants Became the Industry’s Sweet Spot

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By Heather Platt 
| Fine Dining Lovers
From Los Angeles to Brooklyn, operators are finding success by balancing hospitality, pricing, and a steady base of regulars. We’ve all seen the headlines: restaurants are struggling. Even before COVID disrupted the hospitality industry, operators across the country were contending with rising minimum wages, higher food costs, rent, inflation, and ongoing staffing shortages.
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Ten Years of Redbird: Neal Fraser on Change, Culture, and Longevity

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By Heather Platt 
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A decade after opening Redbird in downtown Los Angeles, chef Neal Fraser reflects on changing kitchen culture, evolving service models, and the philosophy that still guides the restaurant. “I grew up with a bunch of bears trying to eat me all the time,” says chef Neal Fraser of the kitchen culture he endured in his early days of cooking in Los Angeles in the 1990s. “The restaurant business has changed. I was scared for my life when I started cooking.
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