La Copine

Top choice in Joshua Tree National Park


It's a long road from Philadelphia to the high desert, but that's where Nikki and Claire decided to take their farm-to-table cuisine from pop-up to bricks and mortar. Their roadside bistro serves zeitgeist-capturing dishes such as the signature salad with smoked salmon and poached egg, rock shrimp ceviche or banh mi sandwich. No reservations.

It's about 9 miles north of Hwy 62 via Rte 247.