The 10 Best Places to Drink in Palm Springs

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1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

The mahogany L-shaped bar gives away what Paul Bar/Food is before you've ordered anything: a serious cocktail bar that happens to feed you well. It sits next to a strip-mall dispensary, which keeps the tourists guessing and the locals comfortable. Classic drinks get quiet tweaks, a frozen Sidecar here, a black Manhattan there, alongside a short food menu of wings, burgers, and steak frites that nobody's complaining about.

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs
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1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

A dark, stylish room next to the Twist PS hotel that takes itself a little more seriously than most of what Palm Springs has to offer, and earns it. Tailor Shop is a cocktail bar with a short, well-considered menu, the kind of place where a Ward 8 or a Sazerac arrives looking like someone thought about it. The crowd tends toward dressed, not sunburned.

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

The red leather booths survived the renovation intact, and the 1970s diner vibe is so well-preserved you half-expect a harvest-gold appliance somewhere in the back. The Heyday is a casual burger shop on North Palm Canyon serving smash burgers, fried chicken sandwiches, and wings alongside strong classic cocktails and a retro playlist that earns its keep. The kind of place that makes Palm Springs feel less like a wellness retreat and more like a road trip stop.

1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs
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1. Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in Palm Springs

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