In November 2016, the Independent, a local newspaper, produced the first Palm Springs Craft Cocktail Week.  The inaugural event was an unqualified success, as restaurants and bars all across the Coachella Valley celebrated the art of the craft cocktail with special drinks.  At the first Palm Springs Craft Cocktail Championship, TRIO Restaurant's Sherman Chan bested four amazing competitors to take home the top prize.  The beneficiaries of the event, The Desert AIDS Project and the LGBT Community Center of the Desert, received several thousand dollars from the participants and sponsors. 

This year, for the second annual Palm Springs Craft Cocktail Week, the event has been moved from November to January 19 - 27.  It is going on as I write this.  Like last year, $2 from every special cocktail offered during the event from participating bars and restaurants will be split between the two beneficiaries. 

To learn more about what this year's Craft Cocktail Week participants are offering, as well as details on the event's big cocktail championship being held on January 25, please visit their website: PSCRAFTCOCKTAILS