New Year's Dinner in Palm Springs
Ring in the new year on Palm Canyon Drive with New Year’s Eve dinner in Palm Springs at Kaiser Grille Chophouse. We’re serving the same four-course menu all four nights, from Thursday, December 31, 2026, through Sunday, January 3, 2027. Begin with a Champagne toast, then choose from dishes like oak-roasted prime rib, butter-poached lobster tail, or wood-roasted Châteaubriand for two.
The Wood-Fired Chophouse of Palm Canyon
New Year’s Dinner
Four Courses — New Year’s Weekend
Thursday, December 31, 2026 through Sunday, January 3, 2027
The Turn of the Year
Four Nights
One New Year’s Table
We wish you, your families and those you love the best of health, happiness and prosperity in the year ahead. This card is poured and served all four nights of New Year’s weekend — the champagne goes around at every table, the fire stays lit, and the bar does not hurry anyone out. Here is to the next one.
— Lee Morcus
Three from the Bar
The Toast
Created for the turn of the year.
Midnight Pour
22Champagne · pomegranate · a float of Razzouk arak.
Gilded Old Fashioned
26Tallow-washed bourbon · date syrup · black walnut bitters · blood orange.
The Ninety-Two
46Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label · Medjool date syrup · cognac · Regans’ orange bitters · turbinado.
Served All Four Nights
The New Year’s Table — Four Courses
Priced by the plate you choose · the rest is included.
The Toast — Included
A Glass of Champagne
Poured at the table for everyone seated, on every night of the weekend.
First — Select One
Winter Field Greens Salad
Organic greens · aged Manchego · Granny Smith apple · Medjool dates · walnuts · white balsamic vinaigrette · V · N.
Classic Lobster Bisque
Sherry · white truffle oil · crème fraîche · sweet lobster meat.
Chophouse Caesar Salad
Romaine hearts · sourdough croutons · the dressing · 24-month Parmigiano-Reggiano · white anchovy.
Chopped House Wedge Salad
Iceberg · Shaft’s blue · applewood bacon lardons · heirloom tomato · red onion · sumac, citrus, Shaft’s blue cheese dressing.
Then — Select One
The New Year’s Plate
Every plate with brown-butter whipped potatoes, honey-glazed baby carrots and green beans amandine.
Jumbo Cold-Water Lobster Tail · 129
Eight ounces, butter-poached and broiled · drawn butter · charred lemon · GF.
Signature Prime Rib of Beef · 129
Chef’s cut, slow-roasted over oak · au jus · creamed fresh horseradish.
The Morcus Lamb Rack, Thick-Cut, 3 Bone · 129
Colorado lamb marinated with garlic, citrus, olive oil and fresh herbs, oak fire-grilled · Dijon, pistachio, za’atar, herb sourdough crumb crust · date & pomegranate port wine lamb reduction · N.
Branzino over the Embers — Samkeh Harra · 129
The Lebanese fisherman’s dish — stuffed with cilantro, garlic and preserved lemon · samkeh harra, the fiery walnut and tahini sauce of the Tripoli shore · bird’s-eye chili, honey and roasted red pepper · pine nuts · pomegranate · charred lemon · N.
Châteaubriand, 22 oz · for Two · 299
Top of the tenderloin · clean trim · wood-roasted · wet-aged 35 days minimum.
Double Porterhouse, 40 oz · for Two · 319
The cut that carries the family name · the buttery tenderloin on one side, the deep strip on the other · dry-aged 42 days minimum.
Double Wagyu Tomahawk, 40 oz · for Two · 389
Full-blooded Wagyu, Tajima bloodline · the showpiece of the case · dry-aged 42 days minimum.
The Third Act — Included — Select One
Date & Toffee Pudding
Coachella Medjool dates · toffee · V.
Olive Oil & Citrus Cake
Desert citrus · semolina · pistachio · mascarpone · V · N.
Cranberry Walnut Cheesecake
Bourbon chantilly · V · N.
Affogato
Espresso poured over the Lebanese Coffee & Cardamom Gelato · date ma’amoul · V · N.
The Card, À La Carte
To Begin
To start before the feast.
Jumbo Gulf Shrimp Cocktail
three 27 · six 49 · nine 74Poached with lemon and herbs · cocktail sauce · charred lemon · GF · ◈.
Sito’s Mezze — Full Spread
29Baba ghanoush · hummus · beet hummus · labneh · muhammara · olives · whipped feta · fresh flatbread from the 750° dome · V · N.
Bluefin Tuna Tartare
34Sashimi grade · wasabi · tobiko · Japanese cucumber · avocado · edamame · wakame seaweed salad · mango · green onion · sake, soy and ginger reduction · pickled ginger.
Fritto Misto
32Calamari · bay shrimp · shredded carrots · zucchini · artichoke hearts · green beans — dusted and flash-fried · charred lemon.
Dungeness Crab Cakes
two 28 · four 49 · six 73Rémoulade · spinach and wood-roasted tomato salad · sumac, Meyer lemon vinaigrette · ◈.
Charcuterie & Cheese Board
45Prosciutto · soppressata · Calabrese · Shaft’s blue · bufala mozzarella · Manchego · olives, mostarda and crostini · N · ◈.
The Card, À La Carte
The Soups & the Salads
Where two prices are shown, the first is the plate and the second the bowl to share.
French Onion Soup Gratinée
17Roasted bone and oxtail stock · Gruyère · Emmental · grilled sourdough crouton · wood oven baked under the crust.
Beets, Grapefruit & Feta Salad
23Za’atar-roasted beets · greens · radicchio · Ruby Red grapefruit · Lebanese feta · pistachio · herbs · lemon sumac vinaigrette · V · GF · N.
Chophouse Caesar
18 / 34Romaine hearts · sourdough croutons · the dressing · 24-month Parmigiano-Reggiano · white anchovy.
Tomato & Burrata
26Seasonal tomatoes · basil · first-press olive oil · aged balsamic · Himalayan pink salt · V.
Mediterranean Chopped
19 / 36Greens · spinach · radicchio · artichoke · hearts of palm · cucumber · tomato · chickpea · feta · olive · avocado · sumac citrus vinaigrette · V · GF.
Chopped House Wedge
18 / 34Iceberg · Shaft’s blue · applewood bacon lardons · heirloom tomato · red onion · sumac, citrus, Shaft’s blue cheese dressing.
From the Block — To the Fire
The New Year’s Chophouse
Brandt Beef, Imperial Valley, California · USDA Prime · one family, one ranch, one breed since 1945 · aged and broken by hand in our own room · over oak and lump charcoal.
Filet Mignon
8 oz 79 · 12 oz 99Center-cut · the most tender of the block · classic béarnaise · brown-butter whipped potato.
Veal Chop, Oak-Grilled
78Bone-in chop over rosemary-scented coals · oyster, maitake and seasonal mushrooms · fig-Madeira reduction · mushroom risotto.
New York Strip
89Firm · mineral · the butcher’s everyday favorite · roasted bone-marrow butter · marinated ember-roasted shallots · brown-butter whipped potato.
The Morcus Lamb Rack, Thick-Cut
3 bone 84 · 6 bone 160Colorado lamb marinated with garlic, citrus, olive oil and fresh herbs, oak fire-grilled · Dijon, pistachio, za’atar, herb sourdough crumb crust · date & pomegranate port wine lamb reduction · brown-butter potato purée · charred asparagus · N.
Boneless Ribeye
92Marbled · juicy · the house favorite · roasted bone-marrow butter · marinated ember-roasted shallots · brown-butter whipped potato.
Rotisserie Duck à l’Orange
54Turned over red oak · bitter-orange, black pepper and cherry glaze · crisp · wild rice.
Bone-In Chophouse Strip
104Bone-in NY strip with dry-age concentration · roasted bone-marrow butter · ember-roasted shallot jam · brown-butter whipped potato.
Norwegian Halibut, Yellow Curry
64Arak, ginger, lemongrass and coconut milk reduction · brown-butter potato purée · sautéed spinach · almond roasted pineapple, mango & roasted corn salsa · N.
Cowboy Bone-In Rib Chop
107The house standard — marbled and deep · cherry & oak coals · roasted bone-marrow butter · ember-roasted shallot jam · brown-butter whipped potato.
Hokkaido Scallops & Saffron
69Seared on the copper · over saffron risotto · saffron beurre blanc · preserved lemon · sweet-pea coulis · almond-wood roasted red and yellow bell pepper coulis · sautéed spinach.
Single Porterhouse — The Butcher’s Cut
109Three-inch tail on · roasted bone-marrow butter · ember-roasted shallot jam · brown-butter whipped potato.
Wood-Grilled Pacific Swordfish, Salmoriglio
58Loin cut over coals · salmoriglio — lemon, garlic, oregano · charred broccolini with first-press olive oil and chili flake · spinach risotto.
Kurobuta Pork Tomahawk
59Long-bone chop · honey-arak brine · grilled stone fruit reduction · lavender honey · puréed garnet and orange yams.
Passed at the Center of the Table
The Sides
Whipped Potato
14Yukon Gold · cream · sweet butter · V · GF.
Grilled Asparagus
16Tarragon · caramelized shallot · wine vinegar reduction · egg yolk · lemon and clarified butter, whisked to order · V · GF.
Creamed Spinach
16Parmigiano-Reggiano · V · GF.
Mushroom Risotto
19Carnaroli rice · oyster, maitake and seasonal mushrooms · Parmigiano-Reggiano · sweet butter, stirred to order · V · GF.
Green Beans Amandine
16Haricots verts · brown butter · toasted almonds · lemon · V · GF · N.
Parmesan & Truffle Frites
16Belgian method, three times cooked · Parmigiano-Reggiano · truffle · rosemary · sea salt.
Charred Broccolini
16Olive oil · Calabrian chili · Vg · GF.
Spinach Risotto
19Carnaroli rice · spinach · Parmigiano-Reggiano · sweet butter, stirred to order · V · GF.
Charred Carrots
16Desert carrots · orange · lavender honey · thyme · V · GF.
Cavatelli Pasta Gratin, Four Cheese
18The house mac & cheese · add butter-poached Maine lobster + 24 · V.
To Finish
Date & Toffee Pudding
16Coachella Medjool dates · toffee · V.
Cranberry Walnut Cheesecake
16Bourbon chantilly · V · N.
Olive Oil & Citrus Cake
16Desert citrus · semolina · pistachio · mascarpone · V · N.
Affogato
14Espresso poured over the Lebanese Coffee & Cardamom Gelato · date ma’amoul · V · N.