El Mirasol

El Mirasol, a very busy and very tasty restaurant on Palm Canyon Drive, just outside of downtown Palm Springs, is a great night out, but expect to wait for a table on Friday and Saturday nights.

Be sure to order a margarita, the strawberry frozen margarita or, my choice, the Cadillac Margarita. They come in regular and double (go for the double, seriously).

For dinner, we ordered the 12 1/2 on the combinations menu - two hardshell tacos one in chicken and one in beef, and a chicken burrito. While the tacos were good, the chicken burrito was definitely the star of dinner.

Margaritas Mexican Restaurant

In the same parking lot as the Residence Inn Hanover Lebanon, is Margaritas Mexican Restaurant. With locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and a new location in Pennsylvania, Margaritas is what you would expect from a chain Mexican restaurant.

We ordered the The Mexican Flag and Tios Mexican Combo. Both were good, but nothing to write home about. I found the Mexican Flag to be good but got to be overwhelming with cheese and onions quickly. The combo was nice because the three offerings were more varied than in the Mexican Flag.

We also ordered the white wine peach sangria, which was very good, but included a lot of ice compared to sangria itself. The carafe is the better deal, which has about three glasses in it.