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# Bagel Cream Cheese at Eunice Gourmet Cafe
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-eunice-gourmet-cafe-bagel-cream-cheese/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:08:54.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:38:32.000Z
- Description: Cream cheese, onions, spinach, tomato, cucumber on bagel. Sandwich Score 69, very good. At Eunice Gourmet Cafe, Albany.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Eunice Gourmet Cafe](https://onesandwich.com/albany-eunice-gourmet-cafe/), a cafe in Albany, California.

BagelCucumberTomatoSpinachOnionCream CheeseBagel

**69**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +22.

Uncharted, five of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

69

Harmony

97

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

73

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

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.

**bagel**, served cold: cream cheese; onions; spinach; tomato; cucumber.

## Balance

salt0.4 · 17thacid0.7 · 56thfat1.2 · 18thsweet0.4 · 46thumami0.7 · 19thheat0.1 · 54thbitter0.3 · 73rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 0.4   | 17th               |
| acid   | 0.7   | 56th               |
| fat    | 1.2   | 18th               |
| sweet  | 0.4   | 46th               |
| umami  | 0.7   | 19th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 54th               |
| bitter | 0.3   | 73rd               |

**69** 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    |
| --------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| bagel                 | bread   | soft chewy                              | the frame |
| cream cheese          | fat     | fat 4 creamy silky smooth               | **+29**   |
| onionsscored as Onion | texture | sweet 2 crunchy juicy fresh             | **−6**    |
| spinach               | bulk    | soft fresh leafy                        | **−2**    |
| tomato                | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+10**   |
| cucumber              | bulk    | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+7**    |

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

- **Bagel + Cream Cheese**: the schmear: cream cheese on a boiled crust
- **Cream Cheese + Cucumber**: tea sandwich core: cool on cool

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

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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.