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# Pesto Chicken Sandwich at Lola's Chicken Shack
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-lola-s-chicken-shack-pesto-chicken-sandwich/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:06:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:41:19.000Z
- Description: Classic tenders, provolone cheese, mayo, pesto sauce, red onion, lettuce, tomato on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 77, 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)TomatoLettuceOnionPestoMayonnaiseProvoloneChickenBread (generic)

**77**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent, with one move worth +9.

Reads as a fully realized chicken pesto sandwich, six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

89

Harmony

90

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

90

Composition

82

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; provolone cheese; mayo; pesto sauce; red onion; lettuce; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.2 · 59thacid0.6 · 52ndfat2.5 · 64thsweet0.2 · 30thumami1.9 · 68thheat0.1 · 48thbitter0.3 · 75th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.2   | 59th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 52nd               |
| fat    | 2.5   | 64th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 30th               |
| umami  | 1.9   | 68th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 48th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 75th               |

**89** 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        | **+15**   |
| provolone cheesescored as Provolone | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **+3**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise            | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+7**    |
| pesto saucescored as Pesto          | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy       | **+10**   |
| red onionscored as Onion            | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **0**     |
| lettuce                             | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+2**    |
| tomato                              | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+9**    |

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 + Pesto**: pesto gives mild chicken a green engine
- **Mayonnaise + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## 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.