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# BLT at Picnic
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic-blt/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:10:40.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:35:56.000Z
- Description: Picnic bacon, early girl tomatoes, butter lettuce, dijonnaise on acme ciabatta roll. Sandwich Score 87, outstanding. At Picnic, Albany.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Picnic](https://onesandwich.com/albany-picnic/), a deli in Albany, California.

CiabattaMustardLettuceTomatoBaconCiabatta

**87**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · outstanding

Outstanding, and the road to 90 is open.

A blt with layers outside the form; six of six roles, most layers have a partner.

Balance

99

Harmony

82

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

93

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.

**acme ciabatta roll**, served cold: picnic bacon; early girl tomatoes; butter lettuce; dijonnaise.

## Balance

salt1.7 · 79thacid1.2 · 78thfat1.3 · 20thsweet0.2 · 27thumami1.6 · 55thheat0.6 · 90thbitter0.4 · 85th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.7   | 79th               |
| acid   | 1.2   | 78th               |
| fat    | 1.3   | 20th               |
| sweet  | 0.2   | 27th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 55th               |
| heat   | 0.6   | 90th               |
| bitter | 0.4   | 85th               |

**99** 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    |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| acme ciabatta rollscored as Ciabatta | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame |
| picnic baconscored as Bacon          | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+47**   |
| early girl tomatoesscored as Tomato  | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+26**   |
| butter lettucescored as Lettuce      | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+25**   |
| dijonnaisescored as Mustard          | sauce   | acid 3 salt 2 heat 2 saucy smooth       | **−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 + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke

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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.