Best Breakfast and Brunch in the Coachella Valley

Breakfast is the meal this valley does best, and the city you're standing in matters more than any ranking.

So these run city by city — Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Rancho Mirage and onward — rather than one valley-wide top ten that sends four hundred people to the same patio and ruins it for everyone including them.

The picks lean toward places open for years with no ambition whatsoever to be discovered. Counters, mismatched chairs, portions built for people who have plans.

Check summer hours before you drive out. A lot of these pull back hard between June and September, and there's nothing bleaker than a locked door at 8am when you got up early on purpose.