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# Chicken & Waffles Sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-chicken-and-waffles-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:05:31.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:41:45.000Z
- Description: Classic tenders, bacon, cheddar, red onion, lettuce, tomato, syrup on unstated bread. Sandwich Score 81, excellent. 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)Maple SyrupTomatoLettuceOnionCheddar CheeseBaconChickenBread (generic)

**81**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

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

Balance

84

Harmony

97

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

90

Quality

100

Envelope

98

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

More sweet 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.

**bread not stated**, served cold: classic tenders; bacon; cheddar; red onion; lettuce; tomato; syrup.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 68thacid0.4 · 43rdfat1.9 · 39thsweet1.1 · 90thumami1.9 · 69thheat0.1 · 48thbitter0.1 · 51st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 68th               |
| acid   | 0.4   | 43rd               |
| fat    | 1.9   | 39th               |
| sweet  | 1.1   | 90th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 69th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 48th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 51st               |

**84** 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  |
| -------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | ------- |
| classic tendersscored as Chicken | protein | umami 3 fat 2 juicy chewy tender        | **−3**  |
| bacon                            | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+20** |
| cheddarscored as Cheddar Cheese  | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 soft gooey melty   | **+1**  |
| red onionscored as Onion         | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **+1**  |
| lettuce                          | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+2**  |
| tomato                           | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+14** |
| syrupscored as Maple Syrup       | sauce   | sweet 5 silky saucy wet                 | **−2**  |

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 + Bacon**: chicken club logic: smoke on a lean bird
- **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
- **Bacon + Maple Syrup**: sugar shack law: maple glazes smoke
- **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).

[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.