The first of several segments filmed in the Coachella Valley for Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives premiered on Friday night. The episode began with Guy Fieri rollin’ out to Sherman’s Deli and Bakery in Palm Desert (near Palm Springs) for his Food Network show. Here’s a recap.

Update: Sherman’s Deli & Bakery remains open with locations in Palm Desert and Palm Springs. This post recaps the original Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives episode filmed at Sherman’s. For a current list of Coachella Valley restaurants featured on the show, including which locations are still open, see our updated guide:
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives in Palm Springs.

The episode starts with a montage of Palm Desert… let’s call them landmarks. I always find it interesting, and sometimes odd, what producers of these shows choose to feature.

After the montage, we find Guy Fieri in the parking lot of Sherman’s Deli in Palm Desert, which he says he discovered while in the desert for an “awesome concert.” This only made me sadder about Desert Trip
not happening in 2017.

From there we get a montage of food, happy customers, Sherman Harris’s Palm Springs star, and meet Janet and Sam, who now run the joint, along with longtime chef Gordon Poster.

Guy heads into the kitchen with Gordon to bake Sherman’s famous rye bread, made in-house, up to 100 loaves a day.

Guy becomes deeply fixated on the fact that the bread is baked at exactly 405 degrees. Not 404. Not 406.

Oh how I love you, bread.

Guy loves this bread too.

Next up is the turkey pastrami, a two-day process involving brining, spice rubs, and a smoker.

When the turkey pastrami meets the rye bread, magic happens.

This sandwich pleases Guy.

The show returns from commercial with brisket sandwiched between latkes, which leads directly into chaos.

Then it’s time for brisket.

Behold! Look at this latke sandwich with half a pound of brisket!

Shockingly, Guy likes this one too.

“I’m going to take the floorboard out of the Camaro and just Yabba Dabba Doo at home,” says Fieri.

We wrap things up with a look at Sherman’s dessert case.

Guy closes things out by calling Sherman’s a “gem” and “outstanding.”

If You Go

Sherman’s Deli & Bakery

73161 Country Club Drive, Palm Desert, CA (760) 568-1350
401 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA (760) 325-1199

View recaps of other local restaurants featured on
Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives.