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# Chicken Salad at Waterfront Deli - Alameda
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-waterfront-deli-alameda-chicken-salad/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:06:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:40:30.000Z
- Description: Chicken salad, avocado, swiss on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 48, rough. At Waterfront Deli - Alameda, Alameda.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Waterfront Deli - Alameda](https://onesandwich.com/alameda-waterfront-deli-alameda/), a deli in Alameda, California.

Bread (generic)Swiss CheeseAvocadoChicken SaladBread (generic)

**48**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · rough

Rough, with one move worth +18.

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

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

73

Harmony

81

Contrast

28

Structure

88

Focus

100

Composition

31

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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: chicken salad; avocado; swiss.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 59thacid0.3 · 35thfat2.9 · 76thsweet0.0umami2.0 · 74thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 59th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 35th               |
| fat    | 2.9   | 76th               |
| sweet  | 0.0   | n/a                |
| umami  | 2.0   | 74th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**76** 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 |
| chicken salad               | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 creamy soft tender | **+4**    |
| avocado                     | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **+5**    |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−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 Salad + Avocado**: california logic: green fat on a lean bird

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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.