Upscale Italian in the heart of downtown Palm Springs. Il Corso takes you on a tour of Italy with dishes from Sicily to Venice. Full menu in the dining room; smaller portions in the bar, the restaurant features a pizza bar outside of the open kitchen.

In the dining room, imported Italian, natural stone walls; reclaimed farmhouse wood on the floors and entryway ceiling; made-to-order comfy red chairs, and red and white linens on wood tables. Overhead: shiny, oversized air ducts give the restaurant an industrial feel below the piano-wire taut, pattern of steel cables crisscrossing the high ceilings. It’s a remarkable effect.