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| Interior rendering of WORKSHOP KITCHEN + BAR |
With the temperature in Palm Springs just now cooling down, the restaurant scene is about to heat up. Enter WORKSHOP KITCHEN + BAR, a new collaboration between chef Michael Beckman and international impresario Joseph Mourani.
Slated to open early next year in the former Design Within Reach space in the El Paseo building at Tamarisk Road and Palm Canyon Drive in the uptown design district, this could be Palm Springs’ showcase restaurant featuring fine dining AND beautiful design.
Chef Michael returns to the desert after having served as the chef at one of the Coachella Valley’s best known private residences and golf courses from 2005 to 2008, and most recently as the private chef for families in Las Vegas and Beverly Hills. Chef’s training includes a two year apprenticeship at the world-renowned, Michelin Guide three-starred Burgundy restaurant, Lameloise, in a classic French brigade kitchen of 35 chefs for a 70 seat restaurant. He also completed a stage at Patina in Los Angeles in late 2002 under chef Eric Greenspan before joining Ritz-Carlton hotels as a restaurant and banquet chef at their Berlin property.
WORKSHOP KITCHEN + BAR's menu is being described as “a modern, seasonal American concept which draws on local artisanal ingredients and farmer’s markets as inspiration to the menu; and on the classic cocktail bar, crafted around seasonal ingredients and contemporary techniques.”
Design for the new restaurant is being conducted by SOMA of New York.
You can follow the progress of WORKSHOP KITCHEN + BAR on FaceBook.
Bon Appetit!
