LA's longest-running chef affiliation returns with a brand new Palm Springs restaurant

For greater than 40 years, cooks Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken have maintained one of many longest restaurant partnerships and careers in Southern California and past. The 2 have opened a number of eating places in Los Angeles County and Las Vegas, written 5 cookbooks, hosted their very own Meals Community present, and appeared in The very best grasp cooks. His newest venture is Alice B., a Californian-Mediterranean restaurant positioned in an LGBTQ+ senior group that debuted in December 2023.

Alice B. is positioned a number of blocks from Downtown Palm Springs close to the Courtyard by Marriott, an space that may be a bit missing in chef-oriented eating places. Though the restaurant operates out of Dwelling Out Palm Springs, it’s open to everybody, together with individuals who stay on web site, those that stay within the space, and the gang of Southern California residents who make the common trek to the Coachella Valley. .

Feniger and Milliken recruited native chef Lance Velasquez and collaborated to design a contemporary, seasonal menu. Feniger and Milliken confess that Alice B. is a return to their early profession roots with LA's Metropolis Cafe and Metropolis Restaurant again within the Eighties.

Velasquez's CV contains expertise at some notable Northern California eating places. He labored with Gary Danko on the Chateau Souverain, the Ritz-Carlton San Francisco, Campton Place Bar & Bistro, acquired nominations from Esquire and Meals & Wine Journal, and was the founding chef of the now-closed and iconic Moose's restaurant.

Alice B. has not taken any cues from Central or South America, not like his different eating places, so it’s nothing like his restaurant in Santa Monica Socalo or the lengthy Border Grill (which now operates in Terminal B at LAX and the Mandalay Bay resort in Las Vegas). As an alternative, Alice B's menu and expertise are geared in direction of the flavors of California and the Mediterranean.

A brown cocktail in a tall stemmed glass at the Alice B. restaurant in Palm Springs, California. — Gertie's Excellent Date cocktail.

Suppose small plates like quick rib croquettes and potatoes or amberjack yellowtail crudo with limequats, Fresno chile, chervil and olive oil. As for the entrees, the branzino is available in sauce with a celery root remoulade, the seeded hen cutlet comes with an apple, radish, pomegranate salad, and the 14-ounce New York steak soup contains a spoon black pepper cream proper within the middle. .

There's a protracted bar that shakes up basic cocktails and a few new drinks, like Gertie's Excellent Date that mixes date-infused rye, Dolin Vermouth, Cocchi Candy Vermouth and bitters. Alice B. additionally has wines from California, Oregon, Mexico, New Zealand, France and Italy. Bar bites embrace hummus, cornmeal cheddar drop biscuits, smashed potatoes, and a grass-fed chuck burger.

On the title of the restaurant: Feniger and Milliken selected Alice B. in tribute to the American author Alice B. Toklas and her life companion Gertrude Stein. The restaurant's artwork will showcase native feminine and LGBTQ+ artists and provide stay leisure.

Alice B. is positioned at 1122 E Tahquitz Canyon Method, Palm Springs, CA, 92262. Hours are Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., whereas it’s open till 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Closed Tuesday.