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# B.L.T.A. at The Brass Bear Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alamo-the-brass-bear-delicatessen-b-l-t-a/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:08:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:39:15.000Z
- Description: Bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, mayo on toasted sliced sour dough. Sandwich Score 88, outstanding. At The Brass Bear Delicatessen, Alamo.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [The Brass Bear Delicatessen](https://onesandwich.com/alamo-the-brass-bear-delicatessen/), a deli in Alamo, California.

SourdoughMayonnaiseAvocadoTomatoLettuceBaconSourdough

**88**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

Reads as a fully realized blt, six of six roles on the board.

Balance

84

Harmony

96

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

98

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.

**toasted sliced sour dough**, toasted: bacon; lettuce; tomato; avocado; mayo.

## Balance

salt1.1 · 55thacid0.8 · 62ndfat3.1 · 83rdsweet0.1 · 23rdumami1.5 · 48thheat0.0bitter0.1 · 41st

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.1   | 55th               |
| acid   | 0.8   | 62nd               |
| fat    | 3.1   | 83rd               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 23rd               |
| umami  | 1.5   | 48th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.1   | 41st               |

**93** 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    |
| -------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| toasted sliced sour doughscored as Sourdough | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame |
| bacon                                        | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+15**   |
| lettuce                                      | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+15**   |
| tomato                                       | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+26**   |
| avocado                                      | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **−5**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise                     | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−1**    |

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

- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Bacon + Avocado**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

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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.