Manhattan in the Desert Menu
Manhattan in the Desert, located in Palm Springs, CA, offers a diverse menu of deli classics, sandwiches, and lighter options for every palate. The restaurant provides a classy yet casual atmosphere with amenities like outdoor seating, full bar, and free Wi-Fi. With options for vegan diners and a focus on sustainable practices, such as reusable tableware and BYO containers, Manhattan in the Desert caters to a socially conscious customer base as well. Customer reviews rave about the authentic flavors and generous portions, highlighting dishes like the Manhattan Sized Sandwich and the Reuben Sandwich. The impeccable service and quality of food make Manhattan in the Desert a must-visit spot in Palm Springs for a satisfying meal.
Sandwiches - Super Combos
Manhattan Sized Sandwich
Corned beef, pastrami, turkey, roast beef, Swiss cheese and tomato served on rye.
Genoa Salami, Ham, & Provolone Sandwich
Served on a French roll with lettuce and tomato.
Turkey, Ham, Swiss Cheese Sandwich
Served on an onion roll with lettuce and tomato.
Pastrami, Roast Beef, Swiss Cheese Sandwich
Served on rye with lettuce, tomato, and Russian dressing.
Corned Beef, Pastrami, Swiss Cheese Sandwich
Served on an onion roll.
Turkey, Bacon, Swiss Cheese Sandwich
Served on toasted rye with lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Brisket, Pastrami, Jack Cheese Sandwich
Served on an onion roll with lettuce and tomato.
Turkey, Avocado, Bacon, Cheddar Sandwich
Served on a French roll with lettuce and tomato.
Chopped Liver, Pastrami Sandwich
Served open faced on rye with sliced tomato and Russian dressing.
Chicken Salad, Bacon Sandwich
Served on rye with lettuce and tomato.
Corned Beef, Pastrami Sandwich
Served on rye.
Chopped Liver, Corned Beef Sandwich
Served open faced on rye with lettuce and tomato.
Turkey, Avocado, Jack Sandwich
Served on whole wheat with lettuce and tomato.
Corned Beef Sandwich
Steak Sandwich
Served on Garlic toast with onion rings, lettuce, tomato and french fries
Pastrami Sandwich
Brisket Sandwich
Rare Roast Beef Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Fresh Turkey Breast
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Hot Pickled Tongue Sandwich
Baked Ham Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
BBQ Beef Sandwich Sandwich
Chopped Liver Sandwich
Served with red onions.
Liverwurst Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Kosher Salami Sandwich
Hard Salami Sandwich
New York Style Knockwurst
Served on rye with a cup of baked beans, sauerkraut, and coleslaw.
Smoked Nova Lox
Served with toasted bagel and cream cheese, tomato, and onion.
French Dip
Your choice of roast beef, pastrami, or brisket served on a French roll with au jus. Includes French fries and coleslaw.
Avocado Jack
Served with lettuce and tomato.
White Fish Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Tuna Salad (White Albacore) Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Egg Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Genoa Salami Sandwich
Served with lettuce and tomato.
Sandwiches - Deli Classics
Lighter Eater
Burger Patty or Chicken Breast & Scoop of Cottage Cheese
Fresh fruit, lettuce and tomato with your choice of bread, bagel, or roll. Substitute turkey patty, extra.
Stuffed Tomato or Avocado & Cottage Cheese
With choice of tuna, egg, or chicken salad. Fresh fruit, lettuce, and tomato with your choice of bread, bagel, or roll.
Veggie Sandwich
Choice of cheese, cucumbers, lettuce, tomato, sprouts, onion, and avocado. Served on whole wheat and served with fruit.
Steamed Vegetable Platter
With cheese, extra.
Soup & Salad
Served with dinner roll or rye bread.
Knockwurst or Frankfurter Plate
Two knockwurst or frankfurter boiled or grilled and served with bread, baked beans, sauerkraut, and coleslaw.
Hot Fresh Turkey, Brisket Beef, or Meatloaf Sandwich
Served open faced with mashed potatoes, gravy and coleslaw.
Specialties
Soups
Mishmash Soup
Chicken broth with matzo ball, kreplach, noodles and carrots.
Mushroom Barley Soup
Col Borscht with Sour Cream Soup
With boiled potato or veggies.
Matzah Ball Soup
Sweet N' Sour Cabbage Soup
Homemade Chili
Served with melted cheese and chopped red onions.
Chicken Broth with Noodles
Chicken Broth with Rice
Turkey Sandwich
Roast Beef Sandwich
Whitefish Salad Sandwich
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Salami Sandwich
Soup or Salad and Half Sandwich
Sandwiches - Hot Sandwiches
Grilled Cheese
Served on white.
Grilled Ham & Cheese
Served on rye.
Reuben
Pastrami, corned beef, knockwurst or roasted turkey grilled with Swiss cheese and sauerkraut on rye.
Tuna Melt or Chicken Melt
White albacore tuna or our own chunky chicken salad, grilled on rye with American cheese and sliced tomato.
Patty Melt
Half pound burger grilled on rye with American cheese and grilled onions.
Roast Beef or Turkey Ortega Melt
Ortega chile, sliced roast beef or turkey and Cheddar on grilled sourdough.
Triple Decker Club
Bacon, Lettuce, & Tomato (BLT) on Rye
1/2 Lb Hamburger with Lettuce, Tomato, & Onion
Veggie Burger with Lettuce, Tomato, & Onion
Grilled Chicken Breast with Lettuce, Tomato, & Onion
Frisco Burger Half Pound Burger
Served on grilled Parmesan sourdough with melted Swiss cheese and sliced tomato.
Turkey Burger with Lettuce, Tomato, & Onion
Build Your Own Burger or Grilled Chicken
Manhattan Deli Burger
1/2 lb burger with pastrami. Topped with grilled onions, coleslaw, melted cheese, and russian dressing.
Grilled Knockwurst Reuben
Served on grilled rye with melted Swiss cheese and hot sauerkraut.
Monte Cristo Sandwich
Ham, turkey, and Swiss cheese on thick egg bread deep fried and served with strawberry preserves and powdered sugar.
Manhattan Dog
Brisket Philly dog
Topped with grilled onions, peppers, Brisket philly style steak , and provolone cheese.
Pastrami Dog
Topped with yellow mustard, pickles, and pastrami on a poppy seed bun.
Deli Dog
Topped with spicy brown mustard and sauerkraut.
Brooklyn Pastrami Dog
Topped with spicy brown mustard, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and pastrami all on a poppy seed bun.
Manhattan Chili Cheese Dog
Classic Dog topped with homemade chili and Cheddar served on a French roll with a side of chopped onions.
Manhattan's Famous Hot Dogs
Salads
Manhattan Chef Salad
Fresh greens with tender slices of baked ham, fresh turkey breast, Swiss and American cheese, and topped off with a hard boiled egg and sliced tomato.
Cobb Salad
Iceburg lettuce with turkey breast, sliced tomato, and bacon, topped off with avocado, bleu cheese crumbles, and a hard-boiled egg.
Antipasto
Mixed greens, carrots, cucumber, red onion, tomato, red and green pepper, giardiniera, salami, ham, and provolone. Served with garlic bread.
Fresh Vegetable Salad
Fresh mixed greens topped with chopped veggies and our own three bean salad. Choice of dressing.
Greek Salad
Romaine lettuce, feta cheese, green peppers, kalamata olives, tomato, red onion, pepperoncinis, and red pepper. Served with garlic bread.
Caesar Salad
Salmon Salad
Grilled salmon fillet atop crisp lettuce and vegetables.
Asian Chicken Salad
Fresh greens topped with choice of crispy or grilled chicken breast, mandarin oranges, crispy noodles and Asian dressing.
Fresh Fruit Plate
A generous amount of fresh fruit of the day with a mound of cottage cheese.
Chicken Salad Platter
Two mounds of our own chicken salad served with coleslaw, potato salad, and fresh vegetables.
White Fish Salad Platter
Two generous scoops of our delicious whitefish salad served with coleslaw, potato salad, and fresh vegetables.
Tri Salad Platter
Pick three of our homemade salads - tuna, whitefish, chicken, egg, or chopped liver. We'll add coleslaw, potato salad, and fresh vegetables.
Tuna Salad Platter
Two generous scoops of white albacore tuna salad served with coleslaw, potato salad, and fresh vegetables.
Mixed Green Salad
Manhattan Breakfast Special Pancakes
Two large buttermilk hot cakes, two eggs (any style), two strips of bacon or two sausage links. No substitutes.
Manhattan Breakfast French Toast
A full order of French toast, two eggs (any style), two strips of bacon or two sausage links. No substitutes.
Breakfast - Manhattan in the Desert Breakfast
Breakfast - Breakfast Sandwiches
Lox, Egg & Onion Scramble Open Face on a Toasted Bagel Smothered with Lox
Jewish deli scramble served Manhattan style, topped off with thinly sliced nova lox and piled high on a bagel. Best eaten with a knife and fork.
Grilled Ham & Swiss Monte Cristo Breakfast Sandwich
Two thick slices of challah bread from our bakery dipped in egg batter and cooked golden brown. Served sandwich style with frizzled thin sliced ham, melted Swiss cheese and two over easy eggs on the inside. Drizzled with maple syrup.
Toasted English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich with American Cheese, Tomato, Bacon & Sausage
The ultimate breakfast sandwich! Two eggs over medium on two toasted English muffins, stacked high with your favorite breakfast ingredients.
Pastrami & Fried Egg Sandwich on a Toasted Bagel with Melted Swiss Cheese
Three eggs and thinly sliced and frizzled pastrami. Served with one of our famous potato pancakes, apple sauce and sour cream.
Quesadilla Ranchero with Basted Eggs, & Bacon
Giant cheese and bean quesadilla topped with two basted eggs and smothered in our signature ranchero sauce.
Mexican Tortilla Scramble
Three egg, onion, bell pepper and tortilla chip scramble. Covered with Cheddar Jack cheese and served with extra salsa on the side.
Huevos Rancheros with Corn Tortillas
Two basted eggs, tortillas, frizzled ham and melted Cheddar cheese. Smothered in our signature ranchero sauce.
Breakfast - Mexicali Favorites
Breakfast - House Favorites
Fluffy Egg White Omelet Spinach, Onions, Peppers, Mushrooms & Swiss Cheese
Whipped egg whites folded around fresh vegetables. Wonderful flavors and texture, light as a cloud.
Matzo Brei
Fried matzoh and eggs with apple sauce or sour cream. No bread or potato.
Cheese Blintzes
Our very own. Choice of blueberry or cherry topping. No bread or potato. Served with sour cream and preserves.
Potato Latkas
Served with sour cream and apple sauce.
Breakfast - For Lite Eaters
Breakfast - Fresh Fruit
Bowl of Strawberries
Seasonal. With sour cream.
Fresh Fruit Cup
Seasonal.
Fresh Cup of Berries
Seasonal.
Fresh Bowl of Fruit
Seasonal.
1 Egg Any Style
2 eggs, any style
Rib Eye Steak and Eggs
Ham Steak & Eggs
Beef Patty & Eggs
Corned Beef Hash & Eggs
Bacon & Eggs
Sausage & Eggs
Lox & Eggs & Onions, Scrambled
Tongue & Eggs
Eggs & Onions
Eggs, Mushrooms, & Onions
Corned Beef & Eggs
Pastrami & Eggs
Eggs Benedict
With lox. Extra.
Breakfast - Eggs
Breakfast - 3 Egg Omelets
Manhattan Deli Omelet
Corned beef, pastrami, salami.
Corned Beef Omelet
Pastrami Omelet
Chili Cheese Omelet
Cheese Omelet
Ham & Cheese Omelet
Bacon, Mushroom, & Cheese
Denver Omelet
Ham, green pepper, and onion.
Bacon, Tomato & Avocado
Avocado, Mushroom & Jack
Vegetarian Omelet & Cheese
149648497 favorite: Chefs choice.
Build Your Own Omelet
Breakfast - Build Your Own Omelet
Breakfast - Hot Off the Griddle, Pancakes, French Toast and Waffles
Pancakes (4 Large Pieces)
Four large served with syrup and butter.
Short Stack
Cinnamon Swirl Pancakes
Unique to our restaurant! Pancakes swirled with a blend of cinnamon and brown sugar. The wonderful flavor and aroma of freshly cooked cinnamon rolls.
Bacon & Sausage Pancakes
Inspired by the classic amish recipe, our version is chopped bacon and sausage cooked crisp in these free-formed cakes. Just the right combination of salty and sweet.
French Toast
Made with egg bread.
Carrot Cake French Toast
House favorite! Warm cinnamon-ginger carrot cake from our bakery, sliced, battered and grilled. Garnished with dollops of cold cream cheese icing. Truly original and amazing!.
Caramelized Banana-Pecan French Toast with Brown Sugar Maple Syrup
Two thick slices of challah bread from our bakery cooked golden brown and smothered with bananas, pecans and buttery brown sugar-maple sauce. Reminiscent of bananas foster down in New Orleans.
Blueberry Cheesecake French Toast with Fresh Blueberries
Another Manhattan deli original, two thick slices of challah bread cooked golden brown. Topped with a schmear of blueberry cheesecake icing and fresh blueberries.
Smoked Salmon (Lox) Platter
Lox & Whitefish Salad Platter
Smoked Whitefish Salad Platter
Breakfast - Smoked Fish Specialties
Breakfast - Cereal
Oatmeal
With brown sugar, milk, and raisins.
1 Egg, 2 Strips Bacon, & Toast
1 Egg, 2 Strips Bacon & Bagel
1 Egg, 2 Sausage Links, & Toast
1 Egg, 2 Sausage Links, & Bagel
1 Egg, 2 Strips Bacon, & 4 Silver Dollar Pancakes
1 Egg, 2 Sausage Links, & 4 Silver Dollar Pancakes
1 Egg, 2 Strips Bacon, & 2 Slices of French Toast
1 Egg, 2 Sausage Links, & 2 Slices of French Toast
Breakfast - Just for Kids'
Breakfast - Breakfast Sides
Chicken Breast
2 eggs
Corned Beef Hash
Ham Steak
Burger Patty
Bacon
Sausage
Egg
Home Fried Potatoes
Hashed Brown Potatoes
Sliced Tomatoes
Cottage Cheese
Cream Cheese
Bagel with Cream
Toast with Butter & Jam
English Muffin with Butter & Jam
Blintz (1 Piece)
Latka (1 Piece)
Chicken Fingers
(4) Served with ranch or BBQ sauce. (Select 1) Dipping Sauce: Ranch DressingBBQ Sauce.
French Fries
Potato Salad
Baked Bean
Chicken salad
Tuna Salad
Egg Salad
Greek Olives
Baked Potato
Served with butter and sour cream. (Select 1) Topping: Butter, Sour Cream.
Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
Steamed Veggies
Brown Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
Latka (1)
Grilled Chicken Breast
Coleslaw
Macaroni Salad
Three Bean Salad
Onion Rings
Chopped Liver
Tartar Sauce
Applesauce
Blintz (1)
Sides
Appetizers
Whitefish Salad
Served with bread. (select 1) Bread: Bread, Bagel, Roll.
Potato Knish
Served with brown gravy.
Smoked Salmon (Lox)
Tomato, onion, bagel, and cream cheese.
Fried Kreplach
(5) Served with grilled onions and brown gravy.
Stuffed Cabbage Roll
Served with bread. (select 1) Bread: Bread, Bagel, Roll.
Chili Cheese Fries
Steak fries topped with chili & melted cheddar cheese. (Onions upon request).
Pastrami Ruben Fries
Skinny fries topped with melted Swiss cheese, chopped Pastrami, Coleslaw and thousand island dressing.
Fried Pickles
Dill pickles spears, breaded and fried until crispy, served with Ranch
BBQ Brisket Quesadilla
Large flour tortilla stuffed with BBQ Brisket, melted cheese, pickle chips & coleslaw
Hot Dog
(Select 1) Kids' Drink: Small Milk, Small Juice.
Chicken Strips
(Select 1) Kids' Drink: Small Milk, Small Juice.
Kids' Cheeseburger
Hamburger
(Select 1) Kids' Drink: Small Milk, Small Juice.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
(Select 1) Kids' Drink: Small Milk, Small Juice.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Includes french fries or apple sauce, milk or fountain drink, and sprinkle cookie. (Select 1) Kids' Drink: Small Milk, Small Juice.
Just For Kids'
From the Bakery - Desserts
Cherry Cheesecake
RUGULAH, RASPBERRY,CHOC CHIP, CINNAMON OR APRICOT
N.Y. Style Cheesecake
Double Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
Blackout Fudge Cake
Bread Pudding
German Chocolate Cake
Eclair
Napoleon
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
Carrot Cheesecake
Carrot Cake
Rice Pudding
Apple Strudel
Jumbo Brownie
A La Mode
Tiramisu
Coffee
Decafe Coffee
Hot tea
Iced tea
Coke
Diet Coke
Coke Zero
Lemonade
Sprite
Root Beer
Raspberry Iced Tea
Lowfat and Nonfat milk
Chocolate Milk
Hot Chocolate
Dr Brown's DIET Cream Soda
Dr Brown's DIET Black Cherry Soda
Dr Brown's Black Cherry Soda
Saratoga Sparkling Water
Saratoga Still Water
Iced Coffee
Beverages
Dinner Menu
Roasted Brisket of Beef
Tender slices of brisket served with au jus.
Grilled Hamburger Steak
Half pound hamburger charbroiled to your perfection and topped with grilled onions and mushrooms.
Baked Meatloaf
Our very own meatloaf baked in o delicious brown gravy and savory spices.
Chicken Livers and Onions
Grilled to your perfection and smothered with onions.
Calves Liver and Onions
Grilled to your perfection and smothered with onions.
Roasted Chicken
Half chicken roosted fresh every evening for your pleasure.
Corned Beef and Cabbage
A mound of sliced corned beef served with o quarter cabbage and boiled potatoes.
BBQ Baby Back Ribs Half Rack
Served with baked beans, coleslaw, and choice of potato.
BBQ Baby Back Ribs Full Rack
Served with baked beans, coleslaw, and choice of potato.
Rib Eye Steak with Grilled Mushrooms and Onion Rings (when available)
12oz. charbroiled to your perfection.
Roasted Breast of Turkey
Tender slices of white turkey meat served with turkey gravy.
Grilled Salmon
Served with choice of potato and vegetables.
Chicken-In-The-Pot
Half chicken boiled and covered with o rich chicken broth, topped with o big fluffy matzo boll, one kreploch, noodles and carrots, rye bread and butter. Served with dinner salad. (Excludes potato and vegetable choice)
Chicken Alfredo
Topped with our own Alfredo sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Fish and Chips
Beer battered fillet of cod. Served with fries and coleslaw.
BBQ Chicken
Served with baked beans, coleslaw, and choice of potato.
Country Fried Steak
Topped with our own country gravy. Served with mashed potatoes and steamed vegetables.