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# Cubano at The Brass Bear Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alamo-the-brass-bear-delicatessen-cubano/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:08:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:39:07.000Z
- Description: Ham, salami, swiss, dijon mustard, mayo, pickle on ciabatta. Sandwich Score 75, very good. 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.

CiabattaPickle (cucumber)MayonnaiseSwiss CheeseSalamiHamCiabatta

**75**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +16.

Reads as a cubano, five of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

96

Harmony

93

Contrast

94

Structure

100

Focus

90

Composition

65

Quality

100

Envelope

95

More salt 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.

**ciabatta**, pressed: ham; salami; swiss; dijon mustard; mayo; pickle.

## Balance

salt2.8 · 90thacid1.3 · 80thfat2.7 · 71stsweet0.4 · 47thumami2.2 · 83rdheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.8   | 90th               |
| acid   | 1.3   | 80th               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 71st               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 47th               |
| umami  | 2.2   | 83rd               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**96** 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     |
| --------------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| ciabatta                          | bread   | soft chewy crusty                      | the frame  |
| ham                               | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 soft silky tender | **+15**    |
| salami                            | protein | salt 4 fat 4 umami 4 chewy silky       | **+2**     |
| swissscored as Swiss Cheese       | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty        | **+11**    |
| dijon mustard                     |         |                                        | not scored |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise          | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy              | **−2**     |
| picklescored as Pickle (cucumber) | acid    | acid 5 salt 4 crunchy juicy pickled    | **+23**    |

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

- **Ham + Salami**: salami and ham, the deli's double cure
- **Ham + Swiss Cheese**: cured pork and nutty swiss, an old alliance
- **Ham + Pickle (cucumber)**: the cubano lesson: brine cuts cured pork

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a finished composition (0.15 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.