F&B Partner Five Leaves to Operate Pop-Up During Hotel’s Annual Coachella Celebration
Every year during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Ace Hotel & Swim Club catches the spirit of celebrating music, art and getting great people together. Their seventh annual Desert Gold — a kaleidoscopic feast of sight and sound and sun worship in the shadow of the San Jacinto Mountains — takes place April 9–20, 2015. Desert Gold offers festival-goers the opportunity to relax, refresh, network and indulge at an inspiring intersection of global creative culture and good party time.
Five Leaves — the masterminds behind the hotel’s newly re-imagined roadside diner King’s Highway — will operate a pop-up kiosk by the pool each weekend during the festival, offering breakfast burritos from 8am to noon and tacos from 11am to 4pm. A 24-hour menu featuring the Five Leaves burger, a Brooklyn favorite, will also be available. In addition to cocktails, beer and wine, LA-based detoxifiers Moon Juice will pop up with a refreshing selection of juices, nut milks and elixirs.
This year, organizers are tipping their hats to dublab radio — a web radio collective that’s been dedicated to the growth of progressive music, arts and culture for the past fifteen years. They’ll be broadcasting pool bangers and patio anthems live at Ace Hotel & Swim Club every day during Desert Gold, as well as curating programming in the Amigo Room both Saturdays of the festival, calling on a diverse musical line-up of friends, mystery guests, eclectic independent labels and far-out record selectors.
LA’s much-loved party crew The Do-Over lands at Desert Gold for the fifth year in a row with resident DJs and special guests, plus Amoeba Records — the world’s largest independent record source — will provide selects from their expertly stocked collection. New York-based artist MOMO helms the annual Commune Wall Mural with a large-scale design inspired by color, space and the transcendent California landscape.
Jud Mongell and chef/partner Ken Addington, the culinary visionaries behind Brooklyn’s beloved Five Leaves and the new food and beverage partners at Ace Hotel & Swim Club, recently revamped the menu of the hotel’s roadside diner King’s Highway. Formerly a Denny’s restaurant, Jud and Ken’s carefully cultivated menu focuses on fresh, locally-sourced ingredients, re-imagining desert diner fare to celebrate the ineffable, bohemian spirit of the wide open West. The Amigo Room, a festive bar featuring artisanal cocktails and craft beers, features dishes that draw inspiration from Oaxaca, Mexico and the diverse flavors of Jamaica and Puerto Rico. Market-driven craft beverages round out the beverage selections, including cocktails on draft, an international wine list and an extensive list of local and foreign craft beers.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Ace Hotel again at Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs, and we look forward to the poolside Coachella pop-up,” said Jud Mongell, owner of Brooklyn’s Five Leaves. “We hope festival-goers will relax and enjoy the new King’s Highway menu and special Five Leaves dishes along with the fun entertainment options.”
King’s Highway and The Amigo Room are open every day from 7am to 11pm, and remain open until 2am on Friday and Saturday. Please visit acehotel.com/palmsprings and follow Ace Hotel on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For reservations call 760.866.6180.
Please find more details about Desert Gold 2015 in the schedule below.
DESERT GOLD 2015 LINEUP
Thursdays — April 9 & 16
Amigo Room
Reunion with DJ Day + Do Over (10pm–2am)
Open to the Public / Free
Fridays — April 10 & 17
Swim Club Pool
dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm)
Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met)
Hotel Guest/ VIP
General Admission with RSVP
Friday, April 10
Amigo Room
Moon Block Party Event (10pm–2am)
Open to the Public / Free
Friday, April 17
Amigo Room
Stronghold with DJ Journée (10pm–2am)
Open to the Public / Free
Saturdays — April 11 & 18
Swim Club Pool
dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm)
Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met)
Hotel Guest/ VIP
General Admission (RSVP)
Amigo Room
dublab DJ (10pm–2am)
Open to the Public / Free
Sundays — April 12 & 19
Amigo Room
Hit City Presents “A Sunday Kind of Love” (10pm–2am)
Open to the Public / Free
Swim Club Pool
dublab DJ Poolside (12–6pm)
Open to the Public/ Free (until capacity met)
Hotel Guest/ VIP
General Admission (RSVP)
Wednesday, April 15
Moroccan Patio
Bart Davenport acoustic set (7–9pm)
Open to the Public / Free
Monday, April 20
Swim Club Pool
DJ Waldo (12–6pm)
Open to Hotel Guests
Swim Club Day Passes
