I hate to menton this, but you can skip the Palo dinner and go there for brunch. It's wonderful!! The reason I didn't want to mention it is because more people will be wanting to do brunch making it harder to get the ressies.
We've never been to Palo for dinner. We don't feel like we've missed anything. We have always enjoyed our tablemates and have had a great time catching up on each other's activities from the day. We have been to brunch several times and the food is wonderful and the service has been top notch!!