KAISER GRILL | RESTAURANT WEEK MENU | $38

Our first stop upon arriving to Palm Springs was over at Kaiser Grille — an award winning restaurant with tons of menu options including: steak, fresh seafood, pasta, chicken, wood-oven and rotisserie specialties. It’s no wonder this place is a critics choice, as well as a local’s favorite. The food itself is as diverse as the menu, with extraordinary favors and favorites — you get it all here at Kaiser Grille. They also have a great space, where you can dine in, or have breakfast/lunch out in the patio.

For those wanting to visit during restaurant week, I will tell you that it’s worth every single dime that you’ll spend here. I got a chance to preview most if not all, of the restaurant week menu items — and it didn’t disappoint one bit. If I had to choose my personal favorite though, I would say — Smoked Duck Breast Pasta Salada. Perfectly smoked duck, so tender and flavorful. The Fregola Sardinian pasta was as complex as it sounds. Overall such a great dish and very well put together.