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# Tuna Melt at Waterfront Deli - Alameda
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alameda-waterfront-deli-alameda-tuna-melt/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:08:05.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:39:27.000Z
- Description: Tuna salad, diced tomatoes on choice of bread. Sandwich Score 77, excellent. 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)TomatoTuna SaladBread (generic)

**77**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

Reads as a fully realized tuna salad sandwich, four of six roles, most layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

97

Harmony

78

Contrast

79

Structure

93

Focus

100

Composition

77

Quality

100

Envelope

98

More umami 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**, toasted: tuna salad; diced tomatoes.

## Balance

salt1.3 · 64thacid1.1 · 72ndfat1.7 · 31stsweet0.3 · 43rdumami2.7 · 90thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.3   | 64th               |
| acid   | 1.1   | 72nd               |
| fat    | 1.7   | 31st               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 43rd               |
| umami  | 2.7   | 90th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**97** 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 |
| tuna salad                     | protein | umami 4 fat 3 salt 2 creamy soft        | **+37**   |
| diced tomatoesscored as Tomato | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+35**   |

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

- **Tuna Salad + Tomato**: tuna salad and tomato, the lunch-counter pair

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.03 short).

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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.