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# Cabo Chicken Sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-cabo-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:05:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:41:48.000Z
- Description: Classic tenders, chipotle mayo, bbq sauce, bacon, cheddar cheese, red onion, lettuce, tomato on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 85, outstanding. 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)TomatoLettuceOnionCheddar CheeseBaconBBQ SauceChipotle MayoChickenBread (generic)

**85**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, with one move worth +8.

Reads as a fully realized chicken bacon melt, six of six roles on the board.

Balance

91

Harmony

99

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

98

Composition

90

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

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: classic tenders; chipotle mayo; bbq sauce; bacon; cheddar cheese; red onion; lettuce; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid0.8 · 62ndfat2.3 · 57thsweet0.8 · 83rdumami1.9 · 70thheat0.3 · 77thbitter0.1 · 47th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 76th               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 62nd               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 57th               |
| sweet  | 0.8   | 83rd               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 70th               |
| heat   | 0.3   | 77th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 47th               |

**95** 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 |
| classic tendersscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **−2**    |
| chipotle mayo                    | sauce   | fat 5 heat 2 creamy saucy               | **0**     |
| bbq sauce                        | sauce   | sweet 4 salt 2 acid 2 silky saucy       | **+7**    |
| bacon                            | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **−1**    |
| cheddar cheese                   | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **−3**    |
| red onionscored as Onion         | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+3**    |
| lettuce                          | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+2**    |
| tomato                           | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+12**   |

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 + Chipotle Mayo**: smoky heat on grilled chicken
- **Chicken + BBQ Sauce**: bbq chicken: sweet smoke glaze on a mild bird
- **Chicken + Bacon**: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- **Chipotle Mayo + Bacon**: smoke on smoke, chipotle and bacon
- **Chipotle Mayo + Cheddar Cheese**: smoky heat in sharp fat, the southwest melt
- **Chipotle Mayo + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- **BBQ Sauce + Bacon**: smoke on smoke: bacon under bbq sauce
- **BBQ Sauce + Cheddar Cheese**: sharp cheddar stands up to sweet bbq
- **BBQ Sauce + Onion**: onion sharpens sweet bbq sauce
- **Bacon + Cheddar Cheese**: bacon cheddar: smoke and sharp, burger law
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Cheddar Cheese + Onion**: cheddar and onion, the ploughman's pair
- **Cheddar Cheese + Tomato**: grilled cheese and tomato, the lunch pair

## How to raise it

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

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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.