We decided to try a couple of restaurants in La Quinta this time. Both of these places are within 10-15 minutes of our Palm Valley Country Club condo.
First up was dinner at Arnold Palmer's.
We really enjoyed the cozy, casual - yet elegant - warm atmosphere here. The walls are covered with photo's of Arnie and related golf memorabilia. One of the small points we liked was, unlike other restaurants, tables for two were not jammed together. The food was great. Most entree's seemed to be in the $20 - $30 range. We had two beef dishes that were very tasty. The only negative was the elevated sound level in our dining room. Overall, it's well worth a try if you haven't been.
78164 Avenue 52
La Quinta, CA 92253
760-771-GOLF (760-771-4653)
http://www.arnoldpalmers.net/
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Next was breakfast at La Quinta Baking Co.
What a wonderful surprise this was ! We had a delicious breakfast that included fresh pastries. The lunch and dinner menu's look great as well. We will make this a regular stop from now on ! It's located in the Von's shopping center on the south side of Hwy 111, just west of the intersection of Hwy 111 and Washington.
(760) 777-1699
78395 Highway 111
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
New Development in Palm Desert
A new Fairmont Hotel is to be bulit near the Classic Club in Palm Desert. Announced last week in the local paper, the $200 million hotel and adjoining master planned community will be built near the I-10 and Cook St. area. Ground is to be broken in 2009 for the 14 story luxury hotel. The site will include retail and office complexes as well.
Since this development will be just a few minutes away from our Palm Valley Country Club condo, it should provide more first class shopping and dining opportunities for our guests, yet be far enough way to have no impact on the peace and tranquility of Palm Valley Country Club.
It's hard enough to visit all the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the Palm Springs area, and I guess we'll have a few more choices once the project is complete.
Since this development will be just a few minutes away from our Palm Valley Country Club condo, it should provide more first class shopping and dining opportunities for our guests, yet be far enough way to have no impact on the peace and tranquility of Palm Valley Country Club.
It's hard enough to visit all the wonderful restaurants and shopping in the Palm Springs area, and I guess we'll have a few more choices once the project is complete.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Winter in Palm Desert
Just got back from a quick weekend stay at our Palm Valley Country Club golf condo. It's officially winter in the Desert !
The Championship course at Palm Valley Country Club is as beautiful as ever ! It was a bit windy, but it was fun to play golf while watching the storm dump snow on the mountains just a few miles away. When the clouds lifted periodically, the snow became visible at very low elevations. In any other place, playing golf would have been impossible in that kind of weather. In Palm Desert, you just put on a windshirt to fight off those frigid low-60's temperatures ! The clouds just pile-up against the mountains and leave the valley nice and dry. It would have been a very interesting day to take the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway !
Armando's Dakota Bar & Grill on El Paseo was our choice for dinner once again. We enjoyed it so much last time we had to go back for more.
The Championship course at Palm Valley Country Club is as beautiful as ever ! It was a bit windy, but it was fun to play golf while watching the storm dump snow on the mountains just a few miles away. When the clouds lifted periodically, the snow became visible at very low elevations. In any other place, playing golf would have been impossible in that kind of weather. In Palm Desert, you just put on a windshirt to fight off those frigid low-60's temperatures ! The clouds just pile-up against the mountains and leave the valley nice and dry. It would have been a very interesting day to take the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway !
Armando's Dakota Bar & Grill on El Paseo was our choice for dinner once again. We enjoyed it so much last time we had to go back for more.
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