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# Buffalo Chicken Sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-buffalo-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:05:17.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:41:50.000Z
- Description: Signature tenders, blue cheese, buffalo sauce, red onion, lettuce, tomato, jalapeño on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 58, solid. At Lola's Chicken Shack, Alameda.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Lola's Chicken Shack](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack/), a sandwich shop in Alameda, California.

Bread (generic)JalapeñoTomatoLettuceOnionBlue Cheese (gorgon…ChickenBread (generic)

**58**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +25.

Uncharted, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

88

Harmony

80

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

46

Quality

100

Envelope

90

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

More bitter than 90% of the catalog.

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**choice of bread**, served cold: signature tenders; blue cheese; buffalo sauce; red onion; lettuce; tomato; jalapeño.

## Balance

salt1.2 · 59thacid0.4 · 42ndfat1.6 · 30thsweet0.3 · 42ndumami1.9 · 70thheat0.4 · 81stbitter0.8 · 90th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 59th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 42nd               |
| fat    | 1.6   | 30th               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 42nd               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 70th               |
| heat   | 0.4   | 81st               |
| bitter | 0.8   | 90th               |

**88** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                         | Role    | Flavor and texture                              | Points     |
| --------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| choice of bread                               | bread   | soft                                            | the frame  |
| signature tendersscored as Chicken            | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender                | **−2**     |
| blue cheesescored as Blue Cheese (gorgonzola) | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 bitter 2 creamy soft melty | **+4**     |
| buffalo sauce                                 |         |                                                 | not scored |
| red onionscored as Onion                      | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh                     | **0**      |
| lettuce                                       | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                             | **+3**     |
| tomato                                        | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh         | **+9**     |
| jalapeño                                      | texture | heat 4 crunchy fresh raw                        | **+3**     |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Chicken + Jalapeño**: green heat wakes mild chicken

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

[All the sandwiches at Lola's Chicken Shack](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack/) · [The menu this was read from](https://lolaschickenshack.com/menu?ref=onesandwich.com) · [Build your own in the Sandwich Builder](https://onesandwich.com/builder/)

Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.