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The Daily Grill / 1*

73-061 EL PASEO, PALM DESERT; 760/779-9911

Heaps of hot, salty shoestring fries obscure your superb bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich. Sips from a rich, amber pint of cold Anchor Steam beer chill your desert-parched throat. You could be in San Francisco, but you're not. Soon you'll step back outside into the unmistakable heat of the low desert, but for now you and other diners in the busy lunchtime crowd are ensconced within mahogany walls and served by a white aproned waitstaff. That's the plus side of the Daily Grill. And the minus side? That very same sense of tradition: the Grill's formula has been transplanted to Palm Desert by marketing types who've also opened several other branches around the Southland. It feels slick and planned. Yet though such formulaic restaurants never give you a sense of spontaneity, they can still offer up a good meal. Dinners range from large, savory char broiled burgers, chicken pot pies, and broiled half chickens to more complex dishes such as chicken Marsala or broiled shrimp pomodoro with angel hair pasta. Although the place isn't open for breakfast, an early lunch here offers breakfast items such as a Joe's Special (egg, spinach, onion, and hamburger scramble), eggs Benedict, bacon and eggs, and an omelet filled with Cobb ingredients. $; AE, DC, DIS, MC, V; no checks; lunch, dinner every day, brunch Sun; full bar; reservations not neces- sary; www.dailygrill.com; from Hivy 111, turn south on Monterey Ave and drive 1 block.

Jillian's / 3*

74-155 EL PASEO, PALM DESERT; 760/776-8242

Beauty without pretension makes Jillian's a real find amidst desert resort ilV bistros that cater to the well-heeled crowd. The decor here is elegantly rustic, with cottage-y dining rooms, doors, windows, and porches that open up to a magical center court where palms lit with twinkle lights
seem like pillars holding up the night sky. Proprietors Jay and June Trubee are well known in the desert for starting Cunard's in La Quinta (now the La Quinta Grill) in 1986 for the Cunard family. They moved on to open Jillian's in 1994, and to this day Jay does the honors in the kitchen. He trained at the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, and his style is robust Americana, but with a strong emphasis on homemade pastas. All are made fresh daily and include such favorites as cannel-loni—delicate tubes filled with four imported cheeses and served with a tomato tinted cream sauce. Rack of lamb is another tour de force: a Colorado rack crusted with seasoned breadcrumbs and served with a demi-glace scented with home-grown rosemary. Whitefish Dijonnaise arrives on a bed of mashed potatoes beneath a Pomeray-mustard hollandaise. Desserts are made on the premises (as are all breads). Jay's Hawaiian cheesecake has been featured in Gourmet magazine; its macadamia nut crust provides a little crunch beneath a creamy filling, pineapple topping, and fresh raspberry sauce. $$$; AE, DC, MC, V; local checks only; dinner every day in season, closed Jun-early Oct; full bar; reservations recommended; jillians@local.net; near Larrea St.

Jovanna's / 2.5*

74063 HWY III, PALM DESERT; 760/568- 1315

Jovanna Cruz is everywhere: in the kitchen, at the front door, on the out door dining porch, in the back room. In her small, narrow restaurant— very much like a New York Italian eatery, where space is so tight the waitstaff brush past each other back to back—Jovanna fills the space like
the outgoing, hearty Philadelphian she is. She earned her chef's stripes at her parents' 1,800-meal-a-night restaurant in Acapuico, often putting in 18-hour days. Her pasta dishes are deli-cious, generous mountains of flavor, especially a chicken edifice of sauteed chicken tenders in a creamy basil sauce topped with bay shrimp and served over a bed of pasta. Osso buco is always on the menu, and her lamb in marsala sauce served over risotto or pasta merits mopping the plate with more bread to get every last rich drop. Cap your meal with one of her seasonal creme brulees: eggnog during the holidays, orange liqueur in spring, toasted coconut in summer, pumpkin in fall. At press time she is changing her menu to give more emphasis to California-Italian bistro cuisine, but she promises to keep many of the old favorites. $$; AE, MC, V; no checks; dinner Wed-Sun (Wed-Sat in Aug); full bar; reservations recommended; near Portola Ave on the south side ofHwy 111.

Keedy's Fountain & Grill / 1*

73633 HWY III, PALM DESERT; 760/346-6492

Also known as "Keedy's Fix," this classic cafe and its burgers haven't changed an iota since Bob Keedy established the joint in 1957. When he threatened to close the place in 1987 and retire, locals Bob and Patty Downs stepped in, bought it, and kept almost everything the same. They
haven't even replaced the Formica on the counter, where 40-plus years of plates being slid in front of customers has all but worn the color off. You know the menu: classic American break-fast and lunch standards like omelets, BLTs, burgers, and patty melts. But a little bit of Mexico sneaks in. Try a menudo and tortillas special, spicy came asada, or any of the classic enchilada-taco combos. Breakfast boasts more than a bit of Mex, too, with huevos rancheros, chorizo and eggs, and machaca (shredded beef and eggs). The heart-attack classic is still great: a triple-decker burger with bacon, along with a milk shake from the fountain. On your way out, take some time to look over the magazine photo collages on the wall. Americana—you gotta love it. $; AE, DIS, MC, V; no checks; breakfast, lunch every day; no alcohol; reservations not accepted; just off the south side of Hwy 111.

Native Foods /1.5 *

73-890 EL PASEO, PALM DESERT; 760/836-9396
1775 E PALM CANYON DR, PALM SPRINGS; 760/416-0070

Native Foods feeds on the energy of co-owner Tanya Petrovna and her passion for vegetarian cooking with an international slant. The Bali Burger may sound like just another veggie patty, but Tanya makes it from scratch, then enlivens it with caramelized onions and guacamole (you can
also order it blackened Cajun style). Big salads come out of the kitchen like baskets full of produce from a garden. Most unusual is the Jamaican Jerk Steak salad, a seitan "steak" (a vegetarian alternative to meat) over jasmine rice and romaine with flamed banana salsa. Tacos are another specialty, and they've gained fame among locals whose visiting friends are convinced that the tasty soy-based filling must be ground beef. Dinner entrees are hearty and require a few more trenching tools than ten fingers: try the baked yam topped with steamed vegetables, or I Love Lucy's Lasagna, whose pasta layers burst with squash, tofu, roasted eggplant and peppers, garlic cloves, spinach, and mushrooms. Decor is as much fun as the food: giant African-motif masks cover the walls. The crowd is hip, healthy, and every age from toddling to tottering. For dessert, tofu- based creamy dressing over carrot cake gets its zest from oranges, and Elephant's Revenge combines chocolate, coconut, and peanut butter in a rich, cinnamon-spiced cake. There is a second location in Palm Springs. $; no credit cards; checks OK; lunch, dinner Mon-Sat; no alcohol; reservations not accepted; www.palmsprings.com/health/nativefoods; a few steps off El Paseo near San Luis Rey Ave.

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