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# The Mona Lisa at The Brass Bear Delicatessen
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/alamo-the-brass-bear-delicatessen-the-mona-lisa/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:08:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:38:44.000Z
- Description: Prosciutto, bacon, italian cream cheese, tomato on toasted sour dough roll. Sandwich Score 60, solid. 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.

SourdoughTomatoCream CheeseBaconProsciuttoSourdough

**60**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · solid

Solid, with one move worth +13.

Uncharted, five of six roles, few layers have a partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

80

Harmony

79

Contrast

90

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

41

Quality

100

Envelope

99

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.

**toasted sour dough roll**, toasted: prosciutto (high tier); bacon; italian cream cheese; tomato.

## Balance

salt2.2 · 90thacid0.6 · 55thfat2.9 · 77thsweet0.2 · 24thumami2.3 · 86thheat0.0bitter0.0

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 2.2   | 90th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 55th               |
| fat    | 2.9   | 77th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 24th               |
| umami  | 2.3   | 86th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | n/a                |

**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 sour dough rollscored as Sourdough | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame |
| prosciutto (high tier)                     | protein | salt 4 umami 4 fat 3 silky chewy tender | **0**     |
| bacon                                      | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+3**    |
| italian cream cheesescored as Cream Cheese | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **−2**    |
| tomato                                     | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+17**   |

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 + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

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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.