For a long time, a Palm Springs summer meant checking hours before you left the house. Half the rooms you liked in February had gone dark by June. That habit is worth unlearning. A handful of operators have decided the shoulder months are a market of their own, and if you follow the people rather than the addresses, the summer calendar starts to look denser than the one you remember.
The interesting move this year is to treat the summer roster as a small map of who's investing in staying open. Three groups sit at the center of it.
Follow the Operators
The team behind Bar Cecil has extended its footprint next door.
